Scenes from Anime Boston 2012

We had ourselves a busy weekend! 

Saturday was the Anime Festival and Sunday was Easter and Travis' 4th birthday.

Here are some photos from the Anime festival.  This was our first time, and I loved the costumes!

Travis and the Mario gang.  This pretty much made his weekend.

My personal favorite, Kyoshi Warriors (from Avatar the Last Airbender)

I wasn't sure what many of the costumes were, but I still appreciated all the detail!

The kids got very excited when we saw Pokemon characters.  This is Cubone:

Maura was Jesse from Pokemon's Team Rocket.  The same as Her Halloween costume, but minus the uncomfortable wig and makeup.

While not technically Anime, there were some people dressed Steampunk style.  That was very exciting.  Maura and I both have a Steampunk fascination.  For Easter, in her basket, Maura got some books: How To Draw Steampunk and 1,000 Steampunk Creations.

It took every ounce of willpower for me not to buy myself a victorian style mini top hat, it almost killed me.

Check out this group!  Fabulous!

Here's Liam getting in on the Steampunk hats:

Anime Boston, a wicked good time!

Maura's Morty Scarf

Yep, you guessed it, another Pokemon project.

 

Well another one of Maura's birthdays snuck up on us.  She's 15!!  She's been asking for a Morty scarf for a month or two and I decided to surprise her with it for her birthday, just like Last year's Totoro shoes.

Here was the photo I had to work from when making the scarf:

Morty

Her grama gave her that super cool Mew Two sweatshirt.  It was from Random Choices shop on Etsy.  This hoodie is really good quality and was a steal for the price.  Maura's happy, we're happy.

We had dinner out at the Rainforest Cafe.

...& then we topped off the weekend with a Jigglypuff cake!

Happy birthday Maura, I hope you never change!!

Prepare for trouble...

The Team Rocket Motto:

Prepare for trouble...
...And make it double

To protect the world from devistation...
...to unite all peoples within our nation.

To Denonunce the evils of truth and love...
...To extend our reach to the stars above.
Jessie...
...James
Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light...
...surrender now or prepare to fight.

MEEEEEEEEEEOWTH THATS RIGHT!



I think he may really be working for Team Rocket, or at least he wants to.
All of my kids love Pokemon, so no surprise he does too. I decided he needed a villain sweatshirt, and as villains go, Team Rocket is pretty funny and harmless.



So this sweatshirt was made using the All The Rage Raglans pattern. I guess it wasn't stretchy enough fabric (sweatshirt fleece from JoAnn), so it was too tight to fit comfortably over his head. I got creative with the zipper, and I love the look, but guess what, it's still too tight! He put it on for the pictures, but this one isn't going to fit. Too bad!



I mean, check out this awesome pokeball on the back. His 14 year old sister is so jealous, she wants one too. She is going as Jessie for Halloween (I guess I should get started).

Like I said in my earlier post, Travis is getting tough to sew for. Being very fiery and seriously strong-willed, he's been rejecting the clothes I make recently. I know he's trying to get me going, so I'm staying cool. I can focus on other projects for awhile. Besides, getting photos of him in the clothes is exhausting!!



So, next on the list:
Baby shower gifts, Jessie costume for Maura, and skirt for me! That's the short list.
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I'll leave you with a photo of all 4 kids I took a few days ago, it's rare to get a decent group photo of them all, so I'll take it!