our buddy Super B turns 5!

My darling, clever and creative friend Cakestina threw a fantastic 5th birthday party for her little man, Super B. I was happy to shoot some photos for her and even happier to share them with you!

Recycled refrigerator box made a great telephone booth. Handy for changing into your super hero clothes or for stealing kisses from ones honey ;) 

Plastic pool + dry ice + board for crossing = fun way for kiddos to test their bravery!

Super B, Super T, Super J in their Super CUTE t-shirt capes. Thank you scissors, velcro and fabric markers!

They fly!

and leap over buildings!

Super B's mom made a super cool cake!

Great table set up. Art by Carlton Christy

Hungry Heroes

Birthday Boy!!   Pre-Scooped ice cream! smart!!

 We LOVE the M's and Super B!

Rock Steady Juniors

 We work for ourselves and spend a lot of time at our shop in Artesia. Many days, especially during the summer, when they aren't at their various activities... our little munchkins spend quite a lot of time there too. They are generally free to help and build and paint and work and play on computers and under tables... I feel so blessed to have such awesome people working with us. People that put aside scraps for my kids to build with and people that cut swords, planes and other toys out of random materials for them to play with. Working at Rock Steady is awesome!

An afternoon with the 82s

JT got to spend some quality time with Unk on a Sunday in January. They took a trip to Fire Station 82 in Hollywood, CA where Unk's cousin, Fireman Ian, is an engineer. At first a little shy, it didn't take too long for JT to break out of his shell and enjoy climbing all over the engines, dressing up in a uniform, putting on the headset and spraying the hose! He hung out at the Fire House with the fellas for a bit until they got a call and had to go off in a blaze of sirens. After a morning of "training" he was a little bugged that he couldn't go out on the call with them.

Thanks Unk for an awesome experience and Fireman Ian and the 82s for being such cool hosts! Lilloman has new plans for what he wants to be when he gets a little taller.

Huzzah! Such a way to spend such a "faire" day!

I think in the last 10 years we've only missed one year at the faire. The Southern California Renaissance Faire comes every spring from April to May. It's open each Saturday and Sunday from 10-7 and it's AMAZING fun! It's stepping back through time where you're greeted with "Good Morrows" and thanked with "Grammercies". Leave a dollar in any vendors basket and they'll go mad yelling "Hazzaar to the generous giver!!" Lots of people dress up, we even did a few years ago (see below).

There are actors roaming that have assumed roles as nobles or common folk. There's undoubtedly a Spartan or two (not hired... just regular Joes) casually hanging out ready to pose for pictures with anyone who asks. Last year we ran into a guy in his Star Trek uniform who had obviously just beamed in for the day (Bri had to take a picture with him).

Renn Faire '09

The food is one of the BEST parts!! Banana chocolate crepes and cream puffs were a delicious breakfast and the rest of the day followed suit with steak on a stake, broccoli cheddar and clam chowder in bread bowls, coconut sorbet in a coconut shell, apple slices with caramel and graham crackers, root beer floats, steamed artichoke, curly fries and topping the day off was Sin on a Stick... which roughly translated is Frozen Chocolate Covered Cheesecake on a stick ;)


We strolled around, not minding the dust or the half naked folks that the faire tends to attract. First stop is always at Greenman Florals for head wreaths. He makes over a thousand each year and we've accumulated quite the collection. We got smiles and waves from "Queen Elizabeth" and a brief history lesson from her governess Lady Katherine Ashby. Both kids enjoyed the parades of the queen's court.


We played in the bubble yard and swung on a GIANT swing! Hea Baby finally napped while we watched the subtle and not so subtle jokes and tricks of Broon. JT and Auntie Nini got their archery on and JT wisely chose to spend his money on a mahogany wand (since he's been cut off from buying weapons).

I perused all the different costume shops trying as best as I can to get ideas for sewing new costumes for JT and Mr B... maybe even a new dress for me and something cute for Hea Baby. I've got ambitious intentions for this sewing machine ;) we'll see how that translates into reality.



Always a good time, the Renn Faire is the place to be if you're cool. haha, but really, you should go.

Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy

Jack Jack is pretending ALL day long... And if you're there, you are assigned a character and YOU HAVE to play along :)
Today, it's Sherrif Woody and Mommy Jessie. With a smile like that... who could resist?!