Being unemployed for 6 months has really begun to challenge our creativity when it comes to finding ways to entertain ourselves. Jay, being a complete dork and, therefore, often an extremely entertaining person (especially when he comes up with stories about his 7-11 experiences), has lately really begun to stretch those entertainer abilities.
R LOVES to play dress up. It is not unusual for her to wear a costume all day long. She has even been known to wear one of them during a family trip to WalMart. (She has obviously not yet reached the age of embarrassment).
The other day, the kids were (once again) bouncing off the walls, begging to be entertained. There are only so many mall playgrounds we can stand taking the kids to without going completely insane! So wacky, weirdo Jay, with creative juices flowing, came up with one of his crazy, hair-brained schemes.
R was wearing her fanciest dress up costume. Jay decided that she and I should get out of the house for a little big girl bonding time... with her wearing the costume. Yes. That's right.
His challenge was that we could not come back until we had taken 5 unique pictures of R wearing her pretty dress. Of course, R was elated! She could not have been more excited to be seen in public wearing her fancy gown.
This is Florida in the summer, and that means lots and lots (and lots) of thunderstorms. There happened to be one about to blow in, so R and I set out and tried to get as creative as possible with our pictures before we had to come in out of the rain...
R LOVES to play dress up. It is not unusual for her to wear a costume all day long. She has even been known to wear one of them during a family trip to WalMart. (She has obviously not yet reached the age of embarrassment).
The other day, the kids were (once again) bouncing off the walls, begging to be entertained. There are only so many mall playgrounds we can stand taking the kids to without going completely insane! So wacky, weirdo Jay, with creative juices flowing, came up with one of his crazy, hair-brained schemes.
R was wearing her fanciest dress up costume. Jay decided that she and I should get out of the house for a little big girl bonding time... with her wearing the costume. Yes. That's right.
His challenge was that we could not come back until we had taken 5 unique pictures of R wearing her pretty dress. Of course, R was elated! She could not have been more excited to be seen in public wearing her fancy gown.
This is Florida in the summer, and that means lots and lots (and lots) of thunderstorms. There happened to be one about to blow in, so R and I set out and tried to get as creative as possible with our pictures before we had to come in out of the rain...
(We decided our theme would be "Unusual Things for a Bride to Do in her Wedding Dress")
Here comes the bride!
Checking the Mail...
Riding a Scooter...
Driving a car...
Trying on Ugly Shoes...
Bargain Shopping...
Petting the local wildlife...
Model Advertising...
Ordering Pizza...
And finally, filling the tank after a day of fun in her wedding dress...
Needless to say, we got some pretty interesting looks from people. But mostly, everyone that stopped us could not say enough about how beautiful she was and how I needed to put her into pageants (which I would never do, by the way!). Overall, everyone thought that our fun little challenge was a great idea.
R had so much fun that Jay and I have decided to make this a regular event. Only, now it has become a bit of a competition between Jay and I. He said he will be the one to take her out next time, and that he would be able to do bigger, better, and more unusual pictures of her in the dress! Well, I think I deserve a little credit for the fact that we only had a limited amount of time to do it because of the rain. If given another chance (with no weather issues), I think I could win the challenge hands down! Ha ha.
What do you think? :o)
3 comments:
I thought it was a cute idea!!! way to go!
too cute. what a great idea. it had to be so fun for her. I cant wait to see how creative u guys get. :)
hey....i LIKE those ugly shoes. in fact, i have some...not with the wedding dress, but still....
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