Nerrrrd

I was at Target the other day buying secret gifts.  I sent Myke and Kitty to wander elsewhere in the store so they wouldn't peek at my secret gifts.  This is what they found:

The Stormtroopers were REAL!  It was incredibly exciting! Kitty even got a cookie, a bookmark, and a pin.  They reminisced about the encounter for the rest of the day.

Nerds.  Everywhere I turn.  Nerds.

Halloweeeen

This year Kitty wanted our entire family to dress up.

So we did. 

We were the Addams family.  I didn't actually know how to properly apply Morticia's makeup so I used common sense and just kept layering more and more spackle onto my face.

I looked like a drag queen by the end.  A mighty fine drag queen, I might add!

Kitty also wanted to host, "a limited-edition haunted house" for her friends  Those were her words.

So we did.

We made bats and a ghost, hung spider webs and blood splatter around the room.  We had tombstones and creepy music and foggy witch's brew.  But the crown jewel was Mykey's automated spiders that dropped down from the ceiling.  He spent hours getting those babies ready and they turned out pretty great.  I wish I had a better photo but you can kind of see them hanging down on the right side of the table in the picture above.

After dinner and a jaunt through the haunted house, Kitty wanted to go trick-or-treating with her friends.

So we did.

It was a beautiful evening and Kitty scored.  She even saw 3 of her school friends around the neighborhood.  It was extraordinarily exciting!

After all the extraordinary excitement and giving herself a stomachache from over-indulgence, Mama wanted to go to bed.

So we did.

Happy Halloween!

7th Heaven

Kitty turned 7 this year!  It was an explosion of all things feline.  We played cat-themed games: feed the cat beanbag toss, hot kitty, cat dancing, and cat mask decorating.  We even had a unicorn kitty pinata and cake.  It was a blast!

Weeks before her birthday, Kitty sketched what she wanted for her cake.  It was well beyond my skill level but I pulled it off.  I'm amazing like that.

After the party it looked like the house had been overrun by sugar-fueled cats.  Imagine that.

Her actual birthday was on Sunday so she had another present-opening extravaganza.  Every kitty needs a cat Squishmallow pillow, unicorn kitty luggage, and art supplies.  Good thing that's what we bought her.

She also received stuffed animals and a puzzle from Grandma Lisa and money from my parents, which she parlayed into a sno-cone machine.

We even ate ice cream directly out of the carton to celebrate turning 7.

What a wonderful way to honor 7 years of Kitty!  Meow!