Halloween 2013 | Easy Homemade Toddler Yoda Costume
October 31, 2013 at 10:46 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi | Leave a commentTags: costume, costume ideas, easy, halloween, homemade, how-to, no sew, toddler, tutorial, yoda
So it seems I’ve been a very bad blogger lately! I find myself wearing several hats (pun intended) lately and starting up my new little business has lots of my energy going away from this blog. Sorry! I’m still here!
So this Halloween was Kamran’s first true time trick or treating. He had an absolute ball–so did my husband and I! Little guy dressed up as Yoda in a costume made by yours truly. He spent a good few days practicing his light saber sounds and breaking in his Yoda hat.
One thing little man said quite a lot tonight was “Hi Ms. Ya-yen! Tank ew Ms. Ya-yen!” As he helped himself to **more** candy from the neighbor’s dish. (Don’t worry, the candy is for ME, not him–he gets raisins and organic lolipops.) In addition to candy, he also took “Ms. Ya-yen’s” nose. Don’t worry, he gave her his in return. Two is honestly my favorite age so far.
I have to share this costume and how I made it because it was probably one of the easiest things I’ve ever made.
Necessary Skills:
To make this costume you need 3 real skills. You *do* need to know how to crochet and make the hat. (Or you could just order one from me www.facebook.com/loopsidaisy) The other two skills are fairly easy–cutting and hot glue.
Materials:
Green yarn for the hat.
2 medium sized mens t-shirts. One brown and one tan.
3 glow sticks, preferably green–we didn’t have green.
Electric tape
Some sort of belt/rope/twine
Instructions:
I typically don’t use patterns for my crochet work. I wanted to get this hat done quickly so I opted to use a pattern. This pattern from Knot Your Nana’s Crochet. It took me a day-ish of working on it as I had a minute. I crochet rather fast, so perhaps give yourself and extra day if you think you need it.
For the robes. The men’s brown shirt is the base. Just put it on your child. The tan shirt should be cut up the front and center so it opens like a robe. I just eyeballed it. You could hem this (sewing or adhesive, iron on hem tape) if you want, I just tucked the raw edges under once it was on my little guy.
I just happened to have the perfect belt for my little dude to borrow. If you don’t have one, tan colored rope or twine would work just fine. It wrapped around his waist twice and had plenty of room for the ends to hang once tied.
You see 2 light sabers in the photos above. The big one is a geek-item belonging to my husband. Little dude actually walked around the neighborhood with 3 glow sticks, hot glued together. The handle is just black electric tape wrapped on itself.
Blowing His Nose = All Grown Up
March 6, 2013 at 7:58 AM | Posted in Baby Romaezi | Leave a commentTags: snow day, snowquester, tissues, toddler
Today is a snow day and working from home means no commute and extra time under the covers. Parenthood means the exact opposite, of course.
Kamran was exploring this morning but let us stay in bed for an extra few minutes. SO NICE! Our boy is growing up.
This morning Kamran found tissues–a toddler’s favorite mess to make. He said, “nose?!” Meaning he wants to blow his nose. I asked my husband to help him because unassisted nose blowing means a mess. Before he could get to the tissue-laden toddler, he was done blowing his nose and saying “trash” headed to the trash can. Guess he doesn’t need us anymore!
He also found his snow boots in our closet and insisted they go on his feet. I guess he does fully comprehend what snow means!
I haven’t updated in a few weeks so…Kam is a total blabber mouth and it’s super fun. He is king of repeating the same word 5 times before you have a moment to respond. Lots of his words sound like bad words but aren’t.
B**** = Fish
Ass = off or wash
Douche = shoes
We had Kamran’s final NICU follow along 2 weeks ago, the speech pathologist said he is right on track for a 2 year old on speech development. Same goes for other development areas as well. We are so lucky and happy about that! He should start stringing more words together soon. Oh, and no more adjusted age!
Have a fun snowquester/snowquestration today everyone!
Cooking for Kam: Spinach & Swiss Grilled Cheese
December 2, 2012 at 4:52 PM | Posted in Baby Food | Leave a commentTags: food, Grilled cheese, spinach, Swiss, toddler
My boy loves cheese and bread as much as every other toddler. Sometimes I feel guilty giving him straight old fashioned grilled cheese. I serve it with fruit and veggies but want his main dish to have extra nutrients too.
Today we opted for Swiss and spinach grilled cheese. I cooked it the same way you know and love and with plenty of butter. I’m not sure if this counts for “sneaking veggies” since he loves spinach and will eat it as a simple side dish but I found it wort sharing.
Cooking for Kam: Chicken Broccoli Quesadillas
April 20, 2012 at 10:04 PM | Posted in Baby Food | 2 CommentsTags: Baby, cooking, food, recipes, toddler
Chicken Broccoli Quesadilla
Kamran has established that he is going to exercise his option of being a picky toddler. He is a pretty inconsistent eater but has made one thing clear. He does not like chicken unless it is mixed with something. He will eat my homemade chicken nuggets, no problem but plain cubes of chicken are for throwing on the floor. That left me with the question of what to do with all of the left over cubed chicken I froze but know Kamran won’t eat. He seemed to like my solution. Quesadillas.
Here is what you need. I only made 1 serving.
1 tortilla
1.5 oz cooked chicken (shredded, cubed, however you prefer)
1.5 oz broccoli–I used frozen organic broccoli and just diced from frozen.
Shredded cheese, as much or little as you like
Heat your tortilla on a pan, flipping until it begins to puff a bit. Add broccoli, chicken and cheese on top to one 1/2 of the open tortilla. Fold the tortilla in half, allow cheese to melt and flip to cook the other side. Cut into finger sized strips and serve.
Kamran has decided that he is now a big boy and wants whole pieces to bite off. You could also cut these down to bite sized pieces if your child prefers.
Do I Really Have a Toddler?
March 16, 2012 at 12:00 PM | Posted in Baby Romaezi | Leave a commentTags: Baby, first birthday, march for babies, talking, toddler, walking
Define toddler for me. Technically Kamran doesn’t “toddle” yet. We’ve had 2 unassisted steps and maybe a cumulative 2 minutes of time standing on his own. He doesn’t even know he took the 2 steps, but I know. I saw it last Friday. Kamran is not interested in a repeat performance. Heck, he doesn’t even want to stand. Sometimes he will test the water, let go and grab whatever it is he was holding himself up on. I don’t like that we are now calling him a toddler just because he has experienced a birthday. Okay, maybe it is really that I can’t believe I am mom to a 1-year-old. Kam has grown from my 5 lb helpless little wonder to this 21 lb wrecking ball. He’s curious about and into everything, has the most wonderful, smiley personality and is such a sweet, loving boy.
Little ones learn so much in the first year. I don’t think I ever realized that. Kamran can stand on his own, but won’t, walks when his hands are held and loves to cruise furniture or clear a good shelf. (Poor Sookie has been victim of more shelf avalanches than she would care to admit.) The fact that Kam isn’t walking is no big deal to me most days. I’m actually largely thankful that we get a little extra time to “relax” before walking begins. Lately I’m amazed at Kamran’s vocabulary. He is only 1 but actively attempts to communicate with us. Every week it is something new. Last week according to Kamran, every moving animal and insect said “meow”…and he meowed at them to make sure we knew this. He also says “meow” when you ask what the kitty says. I felt like I was experiencing real life “Super Troopers” antics. In addition to saying “meow” more often, he discovered that he would receive his favorite food if he said “ba-a” (banana). This week he wants down. He says “daaaooo” and bucks in your arms until you put him down.
Back to how much Kamran has grown. Last year he fit in the basket he now sits next to. He wasn’t exactly happy about it, but he fit.
Then: April 2011
Since I haven’t blogged about it for a bit, we are now 23 days away from the March for Babies. I have raised 33% of my goal so far and am working hard to raise the rest. In addition to being for a good cause, if I raise $250 between today and Friday, 4/20 I am entered into a drawing for 2 roundtrip airline tickets. Donations are absolutely appreciated and can be made at www.marchforbabies.org/jromaezi.
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