a little peek at our halloween. we have a thing for musicals around here - we as in the girls and i. we get a lot of eye rolls and smirks from papa. one of my favorites from childhood is xanadu. if you have never seen this movie - and then you watch it as an adult - the cheese factor is pretty high. but growing up with it - the music, the dancing, the roller skating, the airy layers of cotton and satin, the wish that you had a blue orb of energy that surrounded you - stays with you - to the point where you think it is pretty much the best movie. ever. i introduced the girls to the movie about a year ago and while i do not let them sit through the movie itself - we play all of the musical numbers back to back. a bit of an obsession was born. so i present to you... the muses of xanadu...
i hope you had a wonderful holiday and aren't sneaking too much of your children's chocolate {like i am}.
xoox~jla
p.s. today is the last day to order a copy of little italy and receive a free calendar - i can't wait to start mailing these out to you i in the coming weeks!
Your girls are just adorable! We are suckers for musicals around here too. Maybe because he is a musician and a photographer and I am terrible singer with a camera(!) so the visual combined with the music is always attractive.
Glad to hear you had a lovely Halloween!
Posted by: Helen | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 10:47 AM
Those are some fantastic costumes: I never would have thought of that! Excellent.
Posted by: NTE | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 01:03 PM
Such a gorgeous photo. I absolutely LOVE your art. So glad to have found you via Susan Tuttle.
Posted by: Wendy Burton | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 01:15 PM
I don't think that I've ever watched this film all of the way through, only clips. But I do remember the song Xanadu very well :-) I love your Halloween photos of the girls, so very beautiful.
Posted by: Carol | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 04:41 PM
your girls look great - I'm sure they had fun. it was such nice weather. happy november!
Posted by: Kelly | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 04:53 PM
my daughter and i loved xanadu so much we went to see it on broadway! happy halloween AND happy november!
xo
Posted by: lindsey | Sunday, 01 November 2009 at 06:57 PM
OMG, they are just too gorgeous!
Posted by: rebekka | Monday, 02 November 2009 at 08:17 AM
That is too funny. I roll my eyes when my wife and my 3 girls are dancing to this as well. I did not watch it growing up but my wife did and they do the same thing... Play all the musical parts. Another fav is Singing in the Rain.
Posted by: memekode | Monday, 02 November 2009 at 09:07 AM
Lovely blog...just wanted to say hello! :)
xo
Cassie
Posted by: Cassandra Marie | Monday, 02 November 2009 at 03:22 PM
thank you friends!
lindsey - i really wanted to see it on broadway - i hope it was good!
memekode - too funny, that is another one of our favs as well. pretty much anything with gene kelly is gold in my eyes ;)
Posted by: jla | Monday, 02 November 2009 at 07:37 PM
Seriously, I've seen Xanadu a million times....but not for a very long time. You have to love a movie who's soundtrack is all ELO songs....I may be showing my age, too.
Posted by: Jennifer White | Tuesday, 03 November 2009 at 12:04 AM
Oh my goodness, seriously? I had an unwavering love for this movie as a little girl and thought Olivia Newton-John was just about the most beautiful thing ever. I do believe I could still sing most of the soundtrack.
And Gene Kelly was utterly dreamy, even surrounded by leg warmers.
Posted by: tara | Tuesday, 03 November 2009 at 03:09 PM
Your photographs are just so beautiful!
& I love Xanadu, now you've made me want to watch it again after all these years!
Jas
Posted by: Jasmine | Wednesday, 04 November 2009 at 02:32 AM
Love this picture!!!! these 3 girl are too cute! Hope your weekend will be a great one!
Posted by: geisslein | Friday, 06 November 2009 at 07:47 AM
This is a wonderful photo. They are so cute and I enjoy seeing them in your polaroids.
Posted by: Jan's camera | Monday, 09 November 2009 at 01:07 AM