A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014'
42/52 is from Soren's Sands Carnival - So fun!!! Thanks Mom for the shot and for hanging out with us all weekend.
43/52 - contemplating his next move at Lunken Playground. Love this thoughtful little dude so much!
A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014'
Life has been a bit of a whirlwind around here - so this week is from my iPhone. I couldn't help it, he was having SO much fun climbing trees and picking cherries (I think that's what they were...). I use this app - pictapgo that I really dig. It's full of filters and fun combos AND you can size it for whatever size print you wish AND if it didn't get any better - share on social media. Enjoy!
A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014'
There is so much I love about this shot. Sitting on his pogo stick examining a rock (Mom! it's a rectangle prism!). This was a fun day spent outside climbing trees, watching the leaves fall and taking in the sites, sounds and smells of Autumn.
A portrait a week of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014'
I was really tempted to you use a brooding pic of Soren as 'Lego Batman', but he was SOOOO pumped about his big bed, I had to use one of these shots. Too much! Growing oh, too fast!
However, here are some bat ears popping out!
Your Mom gives you a sewing machine.
Well - buys a NEW sewing machine. Life has been a little nutty around these parts the past couple weeks, and that is putting it mildly. To distract me from my currently messy life, I decided to dive into Soren's costume this year.
Initially the little man wanted to be C3PO - not quite sure how he became familiar with the character, but none the less that is what we were planning on creating. THEN, he decided that Batman would be pretty cool. And since Soren is only familiar with the Lego character Batman - his idea of the Dark Knight has a yellow face and severe eye brows. So we rocked it.
Soren has his first Pre-K classmate B-day party this weekend and of course the theme IS: you guessed it - Lego Superheroes. I thought - how perfect! even more of an excuse to start diving in early!
Last year, I made Soren a stegosaurus costume on the my mom's first machine. I love that machine, really I do. But I started with my first stitches and couldn't get through! On par with my daily challenges these days. I tried different needles, thread, tension - you name it. Finally I called my Mom in a panic. 'I have 25 dollars of knit fabric and I can't do anything with it!'. She'd had it.
My Mom calmly explained 'Sweetie. That machine is 37 years old! I am so glad that you've been using it, but I am buying you a new one.' And that was it. She called an order in for a Singer Heavy Duty Basic, I went to pick it up and zipped out Soren's cape and hood yesterday (with his help, of course). I could barely peel it off of him for a bath last night. And I can't wait to dig into new projects now available to me with this machine. I never knew sewing could be done with such ease!
Success. Thanks Mom.