Thursday night my two youngest children came home with a suprise.......fabric. They were going to make two costumes for themselves, with each bundle of fabric they were holding. I asked them just how they were going to do this, and they causually replied they were going to use saftey pins. "Hmmmmmmmmm," was my initial reasponse, to which they both just laughed.
Now I have not used my sewing machine in several years. Each halloween when my children were younger I made them all costumes. I made mummies, witches, dragons, princesses, and so many more that I cannot even remember. I had three children, and each would be made into whatever they desired to be, I held never held back. I have to admit though, those costumes where much smaller. My two boys are now 16 and 20 years old, that's a lot of fabric to be pushing through a machine. So I looked them straight in the eye and asked just what were they planning to be this year? The answers were scarey:
1.) a scarecrow with a horror element washed in
2.) A yetti
The fabric my oldest son, Nick, had a burlap type, that was itchy, hard to handle, and cut and held with, you got it, safety pins! I know I can do this for him, but when does he need it by? Big smile comes to his face and he tells me by tomorrow. OH GOD!! So I lay him on the fabric, cut out a pattern, and sew for almost three hours until we are finished. I was amazed at how good the finished product was after they added some paint, webbing, mask, and a rat on the hat.
The fabric my youngest son Alex had was no better! I had flying white fuzz all over the kitchen with every cut of the fabric I made. He informs me that he would like a full body suit of a yetti. What the heck is a yetti is my first question, to which he shows me on google, to which I turn white as a ghost. He has to be kidding, I am tired now, but he gives me a little hug and a smile. How can I turn him down. I am rolling though now, I had the sewing maching humming along, and in no time (1 1/2 hrs) we have a finished product. He puts the outfit on and thanks be to the halloween gods above--it fit. My husband helps with the head piece and on it goes, its not what I had planned, but what the heck it fits his head and he likes it.
My boys are ready for this years halloween celebration and making their costumes was a trip down memory lane. We were all in the kitchen working to finish the product, laughing, and talking about the good old days. I have to say this was one of the best thursdays I have had in a very long time. Spending time with your children is wonderful when they get older and choose you over their buddies.
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What a good mom! How the heck did you find time to work and make 2 full Halloween costumes on a THURSDAY night?!?! Isn't it nice to spend time with your kids and they actually appreciate it. When I was in highschool I went through the "parents are not cool" phase. Once I graduated and moved out, I realized how important my parents were to me. It made me appreciate all the little things my mom and dad did. I even missed my mom's obsessive soap opera watching because that was a time that she would always be home and pause the tape to talk to me. It's nice that your kids appreciate what you do for them.
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