The first week of May includes May the Fourth, Cinco de Mayo, Free Comic Book Day, and Prom! May is always a whirlwind of fun, and as I took down the Easter decorations, I felt a bit lackluster. I like having the mantel decorated. So I decided to make a banner for May the Fourth. I found things I liked and then saved them to finish the next day. When I came back to it, I had not saved anything! It took me all day, but in the end I was pleased with the result.
We celebrated with Sarlacc Cake! I forgot how much I love this cake; it is delicious! A heavily spiced cake with cardamom cream cheese frosting and gingersnap cookie crumbs. I really should make it more often.
¡Cinco de Mayo! This year we had tacos, since most of the kids will eat them. I tried to get a 2-liter of sangria, but could only find small bottles. So everyone got a bottle, and I made some horchata from a mix, and it is really good.
The school prom was Great Gatsby and Gold themed. When Lizzy first brought up the dance, I remembered a dress I had thrifted years ago and thought it might work for it. The dress was navy and silver, so she spent months hand-sewing gold beads onto the dress. I did have to alter the dress a bit, but it fit her really well. On the day of prom, I tried to do finger waves, but they defeated me. I don't have the right clips for it. I tried using foil-wrapped pencils to help hold the shape, but no dice. Later that night we had the sisters over for dinner, and they both are hairstylists, and they declared that the finger waves are the hardest to do, so I guess I'm in good company.
Last prom Lizzy had worn some beads that belonged to my Grandma Murphy. This year she wore her hat and fur coat. She found the perfect little purse at a thrift shop just days before. Isn't she the cutest?
We heard that Jeff Hays was going to be signing a comic book on Free Comic Book Day in KC. So we took the kids to Home Depot to make keepsake boxes, then dropped off a few kids at home and ran over to get our comics. I was expecting a line to form as he is very popular. We got there about an hour and change early, and the line was just forming, but the store was open, so we made our selections and decided to head home.
Lizzy always goes above and beyond with her Home Depot builds. It will be sad when she can't do them anymore. It's weird to think in a few months she will be 18!
We were each allowed 5 comic books; here's my haul:
Also, I have been fighting off a nesting bird who has decided the light right outside my back door would be the perfect place to build. I have kept a broom handy and have been vigilant for weeks. One day Teddy and I spent the whole of the morning sitting guard outside. Then I had the bright idea to take the lamp out of the equation. I roped Devon into helping me cover the top part of the light.
The remains of the last nest littered the ground.
You can just see the bird; he flew up to the light and was so perplexed! I congratulated myself on my quick thinking.
This was very shortsighted; it turned out as a smaller bird realized they now had the perfect spot, so protected and warm. They moved right in! Oh well. Later, Daniel evacuated them and made it less bird-friendly. Here's a look at the garden. Daniel has been working hard on it. He has been running off rabbits that have been trying to eat all the plants.
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