the workshop

Clara got a sewing machine for her birthday so my little elves were busy sewing away yesterday.

They had a system, Clara did the foot pedal and Alex moved the fabric...
Once Alex left for his guitar lesson, Clara was on her own...
They desperately wanted a project to work on and thankfully, before I could come up with something, they came up with something themselves. They decided to make a "quilt" by cutting patches out of fabric and sewing them to a big piece of fleece that they had. This was a perfect way to begin using the sewing machine and to learn how to control it a bit before tackling something that needed to be a little more precise.

Hmmm.... I remember as a kid they would have these printed fabrics that were ready to cut and sew together to make a pillow animal. I wonder if they still make those?

Today was an unusual day. We were supposed to go with friends to see the Midnight Circus but it was a rainy day here so we stayed home. We had a good morning of school work and a nice rainy day afternoon watching school movies. BUT.... without warning as we were walking out the door to go to Clara's dance... Alex blurts out that he's feeling sick and proceeds to run back into the house to throw up. Thankfully I was able to catch the mom of one of Clara's friends from dance before they made it to class and they swung by and picked up Clara on their way. I got Alex set up and comfortable on the couch and we watched a couple of shows on Ancient Egypt that I had recorded off of the History Channel. Clara's friend's mom called and asked if Clara could just home with them and they would feed her dinner before bringing her back home.... well twist my arm. Of course!

Alex managed to keep down ginger ale and saltines and was fever free... so I was thinking that this was just fallout from our weekend of excess... however, at bedtime, he started running a fever. Not a bad one, just 100, but a fever nonetheless.

Clara didn't get home until 7:15 which meant she was pretty much good to jump into the shower and head to bed. Thankfully she seems to feel okay.

I'm heading to bed in case I end up having to be up with Alex at some point during the night.

'nite!