Cinderella

This is my dilemma: Abby is OBSESSED with watching Cinderella. It is literally the first thing she asks to do when she wakes up. So as it is nearing October, I started thinking about Halloween and what costume to do this year for Abby. This the first year we're taking her trick-or-treating. Hooray! So back to the costume. Jesse really wants her to be Boo from Monsters Inc. It'd be CRAZY easy to throw her in an oversized pink shirt and leggings, and then stick some pigtails in her hair. But she doesn't care much for Monsters Inc. anymore. And neither do I. But we're both attached to Cinderella. I started researching Cinderella costumes and they range anywhere from $20 - $80! Then I thought: well maybe I'll make one. So I started researching that possibility. But really, after you've bought the pattern, mushed your brain deciphering the pattern, purchased the fabric, and put it all together.... will it really be less than just buying a costume for $20 or $30? That's my dilemma: do I buy a costume? or is it worth it to attempt making one?

What do you think?

The Boo costume is not an answer. I'm trying to avoid that one right now... In the meantime, I'll stop plaguing my mind with research and await your brilliant responses. Happy autumn!

Abby's secrets

So many of you know, Abby is addicted to her pacifiers, or "binkies" as we call them. She has her "bubble binky" and her "flower binky", because they have bubbles and flowers on them, as shown above. Abby has to have one in her mouth and one in her hand when she goes to sleep. Or she doesn't sleep (I know she's two and we need to stop this habit). On Saturday, the bubble binky mysteriously disappeared. I searched the beds, behind the beds, under the beds, in the toy box, in the dressers, in the closet (yes, singular), EVERYWHERE. And I could not find it. Of course that meant trouble when night came. She cried and cried because she wanted her bubble binky, but I didn' t have a clue where it was and she couldn't remember where she put it. She finally decided that one of her doll's binky was okay and she tried to sleep. But it hasn't been easy the last few nights. Just barely I went into our room to go to sleep. I always reposition Abby on her pillow and put her blankets on her before I go to sleep. So I was shifting her back to her pillow and looking for her binkies so she'd have them when she wakes up in the night, and there on her bed... was the bubble binky. I gawked at it for a moment. WHERE THE HECK HAS THIS THING BEEN?!?! I grabbed it and walked out to Jesse and frustratingly said, "Seriously?" He looked at me and with equal shock said, "I know! She brought it out while you were at your relief society visit and said, 'I found bubble binky, papa!'" Jesse asked her where she found it, but with a sly smile she refused to respond. The bubble binky has returned. I honestly want to know where it has been this whole time. We have a small apartment and not a lot of places for it to go. I'm beginning to think she stashes them.... Anyway. That's my story. Now go to bed.