Halloween & Yule

I know, it has been forever since we last did an update. The boys were fighting over what I wanted to change the blog header too. Mama said no-one is posting on the blog until we sort it out.

Thomas Marshal the Lion is going on an adventure (the first one for 2014) on Saturday and he said he would like to do an update of his adventure on Saturday.  To keep things in order, we have agreed on the blog header. We just need Mama to make it for us now.  She is very busy at the moment though, she is making a Sith Stalker costume for the silly Lion.  He is going to a Star Wars event in Belfast in March.  That is an event both him and Mama are looking forward too.

This update is a Halloween and Yule update.

Halloween 

For Halloween 2013 we went to one of Mama's friends house. She had a party! It was lots of fun, we played games, though we weren't allowed to dunk for apples in the water, none of us wanted to go into the tumble dryer! Mama told scary stories :) We all got metallic shiney skulls and skull shaped glasses. The Halloween Fairy had left them for us.

This year Mama said that hopefully we can go on adventures for Halloween.

Yule 

We wanted to help Mama decorate the tree, we followed her down to the hallway and the photos are what happened.

First photo is of us patiently waiting to help Mama.

Then the boys did this to me!

I got my own back on them

Mama left us alone for five minutes, when she returned she said "I cannot leave you alone for five minutes!" Then she laughed because she said we looked cute.

Mama left us alone again, when she was away  Diamond Joe did his first ever stunt! I was so scared I couldn't look! Thomas Marshal was cheering at him.  She took a photo of him and then she laughed. I was still scared, he could have fallen and hurt himself.

During December we got to open Star Wars advent calendars! During this time Jar Jar Binks was in the calendar. This is what Thomas Marshal did to him.

Santa!!

Santa came to us! We left out hot black coffee (Mama said he would need if after getting whiskey in a lot of houses). Some chocolate biscuits and carrots for the reindeer. When we woke up on xmas morning our stockings were filled with goodies! 

Diamond Joe's Stocking and what was inside.

Thomas Marshal's stocking and what was inside

My stocking and what was inside.

build a bear visit 2

Today we went back to Belfast and to Build A Bear!! :D We got on the bus at 9 am and arrived in Belfast around 10:30 am. Then we went to Build A Bear!! I was excited but a bit scared too. Today I got re-stuffed and that scared me a bit. When we went in the lady smiled and said hi and asked how the last bear we got was settling in :) Then Bunny told her that I came to get re-stuffed and that I was scared. She looked at me and said nothing to be scared about. Bunny took off my hat, boots and coat and put them into my bag then she handed me to the lady. The lovely lady told Bunny that she could pick out my girl friend (friend who is a girl NOT girlfriend) while she was making me better and she'd give Bunny a shout when she was ready for a hug test. When Bunny left the counter I shouted "MAMA!" The lovely lady said that I'd be okay and that my mama wasn't too far away and I'd see her again soon. She spoke to me the whole time and that made me feel a bit better.

Then she called Bunny over for a hug test :) Then she took me from Bunny again and asked if she would like to pick out a heart for me. Bunny picked out a heart and held it tight and made a wish, then put it gently inside me. The lady then put me to one side and took the friend who is a girl from Bunny. Bunny pushed the pedal! :) Then Bunny gave new girl a hug and said she was perfect :) The lady asked if we would like two hearts in her, she laughed when we both said YES, at the same time.

Bunny had to take her hearts and rub them on her feet so she'd be fast. Then rub them on her arms so she'd be strong.On her tummy so she'd have lots of giggles, on her mouth so she'd be loud. Bunny said she didn't think that would be a problem living with me, the lovely lady and Bunny laughed. Then Bunny rubbed the hearts on her ears so she'll always listen then on her bum so she'll be a smarty pants, we all laughed at this.

Then she gave new girl to Bunny while she went off to tidy me up before giving me back to Bunny. Bunny went off with new girl and they chose some clothes for her and then Bunny sat down and dressed her. The lovely lady came back to Bunny with me and I was grinning so much! :D Bunny gave me a big hug and I didn't want to let go of her. Then we went to the naming station and named new girl and then we paid and left :) The did love my contact lenses :) The lovely ladies said that was a very brave Lion :) I'm like a Time Lord now with two hearts! :) So is the new girl.

We went to the café where we went last time and I got LOTS of attention by the ladies in the queue! <giggles> We handed out business card to them :) Also handed out some to random people in the street and in the bus station before we got back to the burrow.

By now you're wanting to meet the new addition to the cosplay gang. Photos below :)

Say hi to my new little sister,  Raven Nevermore :) Yes she is named after the Edgar Allan Poe poem.

Isn't she cute?! With her lovely purple eyes and her little purple nose :) This is the outfit she left Build A Bear wearing :) Star Wars! When I showed the lovely lady Raven's outfit she laughed and said "Yes, I know you're all big Star Wars fans"

The back of her jeans have got Star Wars written on them!

I got a new hat :) A pirate hat and a shirt with skulls on it and another pair of jeans. Bunny says she can sew skulls onto the jeans if I want :)

We also got this cute outfit for Raven Nevermore :)

Here is a pic of me and Raven Nevermore :) The hat I'm wearing is one Bunny had got for me to wear to keep me cosy and warm.

Raven Nevermore wanted to wear a skirt, so she changed from her jeans and put on purple leggings and the sparkly black skirt we got for her. Doesn't she look so cute? :)

Distance Travelled (from Armagh): 90 miles

Build A Bear visit!

Today we went to Belfast :) We left Armagh shortly after 9 am  I sat at the window and looked out :) We arrived in Belfast at 10:30 am.  After I went potty we went to Build A Bear. It was only about a 10 minute walk from the bus station and when we walked down an alley way I saw Build A Bear! I got very excited and I dragged Bunny saying "Hurry UP!" She laughed. When we went in I waved at the staff and they waved back :) They all said how lovely I looked :) They asked my name and the girls said I was cute and the men said I was cool! A staff member asked why we were there and I said to get a stunt bear. So she showed us what we had to do and we thanked her and said we'd take a look around, she said take as long as you like.

I looked around at all the clothes and I told Bunny I wanted EVERYTHING! She laughed and said she didn't think I would look good in a skirt, I pulled a face at her. Then we went to look at the bears. I saw some pretty ones and some tough looking ones. Bunny asked me if I had decided if I wanted a girl or a boy cosplay buddy. I said boy so that narrowed some down. Then I saw a camouflage bear :) I wanted him, Bunny said we should look around and pick some clothes if I wanted some and then we can go back for the bear. So she got a basket and I started putting clothes into it. I asked one of the men if they had lightsabers and they pointed to them so we got two red ones for stunt bear's Darth Maul cosplay :) I picked out some clothes and I put in a Batman costume for stunt bear because he is going to be Batman and I'm going to be Bane and it is going to be so much fun!

I picked out a Star Wars outfit for stunt bear then I went and carried him to the stuffing machine :) The man let me press the pedal for the stuffing! :) I think I went a bit overboard on it, you'll see in the photo below. I put a little bit in his head and the man said he would need more. I laughed and said he was only a stunt bear but he put more in. Then he asked if I wanted a heart inside, so I picked up a red heart and kissed it and said a wish. I made Bunny kiss it and say a wish too. Then I gave it to the man and he put it inside stunt bear and sewed him up :) Then we went to a dressing table and Bunny dressed stunt bear in the Star Wars outfit. We changed his trousers to jeans when we got back to the burrow. We also got some items for cosplay but I won't tell you what we got :P

Then we had to get stunt bear's birth certificate :) So we went to the machine and put in the details. Then we went to pay, the girl asked was this our birth certificate I nodded and she put it inside his carrier and then put him inside. I looked at him inside the carrier and patted him on the head and laughed. Bunny laughed so I did it again.  The girl was very good because she managed to put all the clothes and lightsabers in with him :) Bunny handed over the gift card she had got and I gave over some pocket money :)

Then we headed to a craft store! :) On the way there a man asked if Bunny needed a taxi she said no thanks, then he asked if I needed one. Then he asked to see him so we walked over to him. He said I had a very cool look about me :) Then we went towards the craft store. Before we got there more people stopped us! They asked if we wanted to go on a bus tour and that build a bears go free. Bunny said not this time but maybe next time. Then we got stopped again! This man with a very cool handlebar mustache patted me on my head and said something to me in a language I didn't understand but it sounded friendly so I just thanked the man and we eventually got to the craft store! I crawled into my bag and we walked around the store. Picked up a few things for cosplay :) I'm not allowed to tell you what we got, you'll have to wait and see when the costumes are made.

Then as we were walking out of the craft store towards a coffee shop, stunt bears carrier's handle broke! Bunny caught him just in time. So she had to carry the box under her arm. The coffee shop was upstairs in a book shop, it was lovely :) Bunny looked at the timetable and said we could make the 12:45 bus back to Armagh. So after we left the coffee shop we went to the bus station. It was funny because I was still in my bag and Bunny said she was getting odd looks carrying stunt bear's carrier but not when she carried me.

She asked if had to go potty before the bus journey, I said yes. So I went potty then Bunny bought me some coke, because I had no pocket money left after Build A Bear. Then as we were waiting for the bus, stunt bear's carrier box fell to the ground, I shouted "Drop and Roll". Bunny picked the box up and she asked was he okay, we heard giggling coming from the carrier box.  Then we got on the bus and Bunny took stunt bear out of his carrier and we sat looking out the window and we talked it was fun :) We got back into Armagh after 2 pm. I had a very big day today and I got a new friend :)

Photos below :)


Say hello to Diamond Joe :) My new little brother, my cosplay buddy.

I got some Darth Vader slippers! :) I LOVE them! :)

I got a Batman costume for stunt bear Diamond Joe.

Two red lightsabers for Diamond Joe's Darth Maul cosplay. They will be fused together to make Darth Maul's double lightsaber.

When we got back to the burrow there was a package for me! So I opened it and this was inside :) A DARTH VADER COSTUME AND RED LIGHTSABER! 

DARTH VADER!! 

It isn't from my cousin in America because she got me one, but she can still send it to me because we need another cloak for the Darth Maul cosplay. I couldn't wait to try it on so so below is a photo of me in my Darth Vader cosplay :D You can't see in the photo but the lightsaber does light up!

I had LOTS of fun today! Bunny said we can go back to Belfast another day and go back to Build A Bear if I want to go back! :) I do :) She said there is more to see in Belfast that we haven't seen yet so that will be fun :) It's SO big and lots of people but I held tight to Bunny's paw and I was okay. 

Distance Travelled (from Armagh): 90 miles

Journey through the stars

Today Bunny took me to Armagh Planetarium for today's adventure! :) We arrived at around 12:30pm and went got tickets to see two shows :) The first one was at 1pm and was called We Are Aliens :) While we were sitting down and waiting to be called in Bunny told the people next to us that I was Bane yesterday because the man was playing a Batman game. Anyway the show, it was amazing! I LOVED IT!! I lay back in the seat and looked up and it was amazing! The seats go back so you can look up at the dome without getting your neck hurty! Full dome of stars and wow! just WOW! :D This show has cute aliens in it, I won't spoil it for anyone but at the end credits the aliens wave! I waved back and Bunny laughed.

Then we went out and joined the people waiting for the 2pm show. It was called "BEYOND THE BLUE: A Stargazing Journey" Now THIS was fun! I got to fly! It'll make sense if you ever visit Armagh Planetarium :)

Also at the end of each show there is something very special which I loved! At the end of the first one, I asked Bunny if it would happen again at the second show, she said I'd have to wait to find out and it DID! :D I won't spoil it but it is so much FUN! :)

Then we went into the craft room and I sat and made (Bunny helped) a Dalek! :) Below are a few pics of the different stages of making the Dalek :)

The finished Dalek! :) What do you think? I wanted red hair on the Dalek, Bunny laughed but said okay since it was mine I could put red hair on it if I wanted too.

Then I posed by this sign that is in Armagh Planetarium :)

Bunny said that we can come back to the Planetarium another day and see more shows if I want too! YEAH!! I really hope we do go back. We didn't leave the Planetarium until around 4pm! We walked down and we heard music coming from the Mall, so we went and investigated. There was a carnival on :) We went to one stall and I stood on the table, the man looked at me and grinned and asked me my name. I told him and he asked what he could do for me. I asked him if he had a Hurley stick and ball that was my size and he did! I asked Bunny if I could get them, she said I had spent all my pocket money yesterday. I looked up at her and said "Please, Mama! Please! Can I get them!" Then I did my best sad face she laughed and said okay :) I gave the man a business card and he said he would look at the blog :)

Then we walked past a large doggy! I had to hide behind Bunny's back because he wanted to eat me! Bunny took a photo of him for me. He's a German Shepherd/Collie cross.

Next we saw men setting up speakers on a stage, I wanted to sit on a speaker! So Bunny asked the man if I could, he said okay. The speaker was VERY high. Bunny gave me to him and he put me on top of a speaker :) How cool does this photo look?

We thanked him when Bunny took the photo and gave him a business card :) Bunny says it looks as if I'm about to dive off the speaker into a crowd.

Then we walked through the town, Bunny saw one of her friends so we waved at him. He waved back! :) Then I saw a red motorbike! I asked Bunny if I could sit on it, she said we'd have to ask the biker. So we asked the biker but he couldn't hear me because he had his helmet on! Then we asked again and he said yes :) So below is a photo of me on a red motorbike, It's RED! :D

The nice biker said I was very cute! :) He liked the black stripes in my mane. I told him that it was because of the Bane mask that I was wearing yesterday. He laughed and said that it sounded like fun. Then I told him that I'm designing a biker jacket with a 3 piece patch on the back. He laughed and said that would look very cool.

We stopped by the pet store next, I stared at the fishes and Bunny said no, because she'd have to look after them and she wouldn't have time. I stared at them for a bit longer then I asked the man in the pet store if he had any blankies. He said he had but they're not very big. I said it was for me and he grinned and said it would be big enough to wrap me in. Bunny is gonna use it for the base to make a sleeping bag for me! I have no idea how she's going to do that, but the blankie is lovely, snuggly and warm :)

Then we went a bit further and we saw Bunny's friend again, the one who had waved to us earlier. He called us over and he looked at me and grinned and said I was very cool :) He took me from Bunny and took a couple of photos on his phone and I gave him a business card :) I told him that I was Bane yesterday :) He also liked the black stripes in my mane left over from the Bane mask. He said that I should get Bunny to "paint" more black in my mane! I looked at him like he was crazy.

Then we went back to the burrow :) Below are photos of my haul.

"Exterminate, Exterminate, Exterminate, Exterminate, Exterminate, Exterminate, Exterminate"

My Hurley stick and ball! Just my size too :) I didn't even know you could get them in my size.

My cosy, snuggly and warm new blankie :)

Heroes and Legends 2013

Today I went to the Heroes and Legends event in the Armagh Planetarium ran by Emerald Garrison. I LOVED IT!!! :D It was SO much fun! :) got lots of photos taken, apologies but I'm going to do it in one blog post :) Bunny took nearly 70 photos and we've narrowed them down to what you will see in this blog post. Everyone loved my Bane outfit! They all knew who I was and they said that the mask was cool :)

First photo is of me in my Bane outfit taken in Bunny's room this morning :) She aged the outfit with black fabric paint and put black polish on the boots but didn't polish them. The paint on the mask was still wet and some of the paint got onto my mane! Bunny said we can wash it carefully out later. I had to be sewn into the mask, but I had breathing tubes so I was okay.

We arrived at Armagh Planetarium at around 10:30 am. Below are pics of me with the characters at the event :) Everyone loved my outfit :)

 Who you're gonna call? Ghostbusters! :)

Mad Hatter! :)

 On top of an Alien egg! I was scared it was going to hatch!

Me with Spidey and Gonzo

Davros!

Predator! Bunny went fangirl with him! It was SO funny! She said she loved him and gave him a hug! Then I got these photos taken and she hugged him again! Everyone was laughing and then they told her that, that wasn't the usual response to the Predator! :)  Also see in the second photo Spidey? He was going to photobomb the second photo! Bunny said "Bad, Spidey. Shoo!" She chased him away! It was so funny! :)

These two took me from Bunny and posed for this photograph! She had asked for one with me and them together.

This is me in the hand of one of the props they had. It was huge!

The Alien was very cool :) He stroked my mane :)

Now we come to Batman! Batman is evil! Don't believe anything else he tells you! He is EVIL! After the first photo he put me under his cloak and started to run up the ramp you see behind him with me! Bunny called after him then he came back and posed for the second photo.

The Wookie was HUGE!! 

Harley Quinn and Batman. Bunny gave me to Harley because she didn't trust me with Batman then she gave me to him for the photo!

This is my favourite photo of the day! A pic with Bane's daddy! <giggles> A Sith Lord! He was HUGE! Bunny says he looked like he was 6ft 5 or 6ft 6! He patted me on my head as he walked past into the room where this was taken! 

As you can see from the above photos  most of them tried to kill me, which did make for great photos :) Also lots of people took photos of me and me with them :) I am still grinning so much! I can't stop grinning! I had an amazing adventure today :) We didn't leave until nearly 1:30pm!

Bunny says she is going to try and make an Alien costume for me for next year :) That would be very cool. When she told people they got big wide grins <giggles> Though Bane's daddy still wants to see me in a Darth Vader costume.

We gave out LOADS of business cards today! Bunny said we gave out around 50! FIFTY!! That is crazy! :) When Bunny orders some more I want the picture of me with Bane's daddy as one of the photos on the back of the business card :)