NOT AS Planned!!!

This is a layout of my sweet niece Ava. I used the Chatterbox Cottage Kit. I made it for the monthly contest at Memory Book Inspirations but my computer crashed on the last day of submissions. I guess I shouldn't have waited til the last minute. Lesson Learned!

Well, the costumes are not as I planned but they are super cute. I decided to give in and let Braden be an alien but I didn't want to pay $30 for a robe and a mask. I did a search on Ebay for alien costumes with Braden at my side and what luck they had the exact costume he wanted for $10. He got so excited seeing all the costumes though he changed his mind again, and again, and again. First he saw a stitch costume. He decided that he would be Stitch and Ashlyn would be Lilo. He had brief moments as an astronaut, Stitch, and a robot. He finally decided on the robot. I got my way! Kind-of! I wanted to make a robot costume but we bought a robot costume instead. It's cute and he really likes it.

I thought Ashlyn would be a cowgirl and she really isn't old enough to argue. However, Braden told her during his decision making process that she was going to be Lilo. She loves her big brother and we now know that she listens to everything she says because I spent the next week trying to talk her out off a Lilo costume. I once again finally gave in and took her to buy a hula outfit. She is BEAUTIFUL!!! It's simple but very cute. No one will know she is suppose to be Lilo with her red curly hair but she still looks very cute.