Picture of the Week- Summer is Over

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6 Things for the Weekend- Gourds, Corn Maze Jokes, and Coffin Cookies

 1. Gourds and dead sunflowers- Gourds are so pretty and dead sunflowers are so creepy (in a good way). I had fun taking pictures of both.

2. Corn Maze Jokes- My Grammy would love them. There were a few we never figured out, but if you can take a maze shaped like a chicken and fill it with elephant jokes, you are getting everything right, even if you feel like you might sink through the mud.

3. Western Spaghetti- By Pes. I love it.
4. Central Cinema- An awesome small theater in Seattle with booth seating, food, and cartoons playing until the movie starts. I mean, how can you fight with cartoons? Plus they played the Ghostbusters music video, which weirdly features Al Franken. It's fun to be in any theater that encourages almost a live viewing response from the audience (all the beer pitchers I saw coming in probably helped with that). I loved the whole place, though they aren't showing much we would want to see between now and spawn.

5. Smiley Cookies!!- It almost makes me sad to look at this picture, because I have to face how many cookies we ate in one day! Eat n Park is really stepping their game up, because this is just amazing. Plus, the cookies look a lot like Charlie Brown.
6. Krusteaz Cinnamon Cake- Yes, we also had cake. It was the closest thing to Hobee's coffee cake we've had. Simple and from a box, but also totally delicious.

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Bumpwatch Week 35

How Far Along: Today, we finished our 35th week of pregnancy! BBG is the size of a coconut- his hearing is all developed (better to hear Daddy singing), his lungs are mature, and his high kicking continues to improve. We also had a baby light week to recover from the crazy babiness of the week before, but he will not be ignored. He will dance!

Best Moment of the Week: We had a really awesome day yesterday- first, we went to Dr. Maze's Pumpkin Patch. We decided to go do the corn maze (because neither of us had ever done it before), which was a solid hour of tromping through mud and dead plants. Then, we got to an awesome Seattle theater (Central Cinema) and eat not super great food while we watched Ghostbusters. They even showed the music video (amazing). Last, when we got home, my Dad had sent us a coffin filled with mini Smiley Cookies! Best present he could have ever sent, and it basically took the day from great to ridiculous.

Most Interesting Prego Quirk: You get weirdly proud of yourself for completing simple human functions. I am straight up elated when I can get my cell phone out of my purse on the car floor. I have developed an elaborate set of strategies for rolling over. I feel real pride for sleeping past 8. Every prego has to do things their own way, but I find it is good for the soul to focus on what you can do rather than for the 6 lb chair someone panics when you try to move.

I Would Really Like Some: Clam chowder. The Boy pushed for a new soup instead, but you better believe chowder will be eaten in this house sometime in the next week or two. The baby needs clams.

 

Bizarro Thing No One Warned me About:  When you get to the third trimester, you get slower and time gets faster. Right now, it feels like it takes me twice as long to get from here to there, like running through the sand with enormous snails tied to your feet.This part makes sense, since you are weighed down at the navel, and it throws off all your balance. What is weirder is that my brain seems to have slowed down- I haven't had trouble with words or had any major prego brain mistakes (one of my sister in laws backed her car up without looking while pregnant), but its like all of my brain functions are moving through even more sandy sand. My general flighty forgetfulness is escalated, and when I work, I think I am actually slowing down after building up my speed. My mom says that this is normal, but I never knew that the final stretch could make you literally slow down this way (and why must I be so stupid? So inconvenient). Before you hit the crazy phase where you are sure the baby comes early, you lose all sense of your internal clock, because everything takes soooo long.

And The Boy?: He has been working on a mobile for the baby, which is truly one of the cutest things I have ever seen (both the making and the antique flying machines made of felt and buttons). We were also excited to find an awesome movie theater in Seattle, so much so that we might go again before baby (everyone says movie dates are one of the big things to go once you have kids- bummer). 

Looking Forward to: This week we have our last baby class (more Bringing Home Baby and its overwhelming cuteness), I am going to do all the spawn laundry and probably pack hospital bags. This means that I am coming to terms with birthing, right? 

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Quote os the Week- We are Channels

 Two of my favorites-

 

"While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also  God's creation" -Maya Angelou

"God has given us two hands- one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing." -Billy Graham

 

 

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Unmined Costume Inspiration- The Grand Budapest Hotel

Alright, I probably won't win an award for this, because it is new this year, but Wes Anderson movies are always costume inspiration goldmines. Also, I would just love to see more men out in mustaches and purple formal wear (though if you have bird-like/Brody-like features at all, you owe it to the world to go as the villain). I also think Agatha might be a fun costume for a girl? Anyway, here are some inspiration pictures.

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3 Costumes I Think We Can Retire

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1. Native American costumes (even worse, sexy Native American costumes)- You could apply this to any racial/ cultural appropriation nonsense. If you wouldn't go out in blackface, why would you go out looking like this? You are embarrassing yourself and caricaturing multiple cultures at once. I know that this is still a hot button issue, but if you want to go out in nearly nothing, there are so many options that don't have to be disrespectful of anyone. Just icky. Plus, we have all seen it a million times, so you are both offensive and boring- time to turn it in.

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2. Audrey Hepburn (specifically, Breakfast at Tiffany's Audrey Hepburn)- I am not against tutus of any kind, but I don't get the Audrey Hepburn thing, and I am even more perplexed by how many girls she appeals to in a deep, yet totally superficial way. Is it just wanting to wear the tiara? The strange juxtaposition between classy and trashy? That everyone already owns a black dress? I really don't get it, but I do think if you have to do Audrey, at least try Roman Holiday Audrey or if you are really ambitions, let's see a sexy My Fair Lady costume. Large hats are coming up for a real comeback.

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3. The Joker- If I could, I would hit some serious breaks on all these played out superhero costumes, but this feels the most egregious. I mean, how many years ago was that movie? Just be someone else. If you want to wear makeup, and who can blame you, it is super fun, come up with something else. This one has been done so many times at this point.

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1970s tiered lace wedding dress: Gypsy-style Dress of the Week

Dear Reader, 

Hot on the heels of those pretty gypsy images, this beautiful original 1970s wedding dress has to be our Vintage Wedding Dress of the Week...

Romantic 1970s lace wedding dress, £695 including full-length slip

This is such a romantic look, and a really rare find. With its complexion-flattering cream lace, and off-the-shoulder styling with delicate ribbon straps, it perfectly suits a boho vintage-gypsy-style wedding.

On- or off-the-shoulder? Both look stunning. 1970s wedding dress £695

It would look wonderful with a waist-enhancing sash trimmed in flowers. And as you can see above, it's equally fabulous worn on the shoulder for a bride who prefers a little more coverage. I'd love to see this dress accessorised with a flower crown, or perhaps with tumbling romantic tresses...

This gorgeous dress is available now, priced £695 including full-length slip.

See you next week, with some more lovely vintage gypsy ideas...

Love

Helena

Heavenly Vintage Brides

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