Who Shot First? (DIY Han Solo Costume)

December 3, 2014October 28, 2016 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 3 Comments

When our daughter wanted to be Chewie for Halloween, our son simply had to be Han Solo. Proportionally they were just about the right size. In theory, he was happy about this. He loves Star Wars. In practice it was a little more complicated. He was quite upset that Han does not get to have a lightsaber! But more importantly, he hated the hair! I mean, HATED the hair. As the good (albeit slightly obsessed) mom that I am, we skipped 2 haircuts so he would have nice shag do in time for Halloween. Un-coiffed, it looked more “Luke” than “Han”, and the times we tried to style it like Han he just got REALLY upset. So, the brain washing had to begin.
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GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! (DIY Chewbacca Costume)

November 19, 2014August 28, 2024 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 15 Comments

Our house, September

7:30 am:
– Sweetie it is time to get out of bed
– GAAAAAAAAAAAH!
– No, really, you have used up your snoozes, time to get up!
– GAAH!

4:30 pm:
– How was school? Did the spelling quiz go OK?
– GAAAAAH!
– Great! I’m glad you liked recess, but what about the quiz?
– GAAAH!

6:30 pm:
– GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
– Hey buddy! There is NO hitting your sister! Honey, why did he hit you?
– GAAAAH! GAAAAH!
– gaaaaah! gaaaaaah! gaaaaaaaaah!
– You! No stealing you brother’s lightsaber. You! no hitting!

9:30 pm:
– GAAAAAAH!
– I love you too! Good night!

(in case you don’t watch movies with the subtitles on – GAAAAAH! is how they transcribe all of Chewie’s dialogue for the subtitles) Continue reading →

Best Friends!

November 18, 2014August 28, 2024 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 3 Comments

So the story goes that Chewie owes Han Solo his life. When Han was in the Imperial Army, he refused orders to kill Chewie. Han was discharged, and took up smuggling to make ends meet. Chewie came along to protect Han, to pay his debt as it were.

I’m not sure a life-debt necessarily means life-long friendship, but it surely is the case with those guys. (Assuming they are translating Chewbacca’s words correctly…You know, he could be cursing up a storm, and we wouldn’t know it! GAAAAAAAH!) Their loyalty is fierce, like family.
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Glow Stick Lightsabers: an Elegant Weapon for a more Civilized Age

November 7, 2014November 2, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 6 Comments

At last count our family had about a dozen or so of various inexpensive lightsabers, 1 of the mid-grade, and 3 of the high-end ones (OK, full disclosure, those last 3 are not the kids’…). You wouldn’t think we needed more. However, none of them worked for the General Grievous Halloween costume we did last year (instructions to come soon!). We needed smaller, lighter, and continually glowing – so we had to get creative. These are kid-sized, inexpensive, glow in the dark, AND they are pretty whackable (won’t break, or hurt you too badly when you get hit in the knees). That’s a pretty hard combo to beat! Top that off with being super simple to make, so the kids can do most of the work.