Since I have difficulties juggling two kids, multiple personalities and a clunky EOS Rebel, I begged Damon to trade me his teensy Elph for my monstrous camera baggage. “Do it for the kids?” I urged, to his chagrin, but he caved and I love him for it.
Here is it’s new sleeve, lovingly (albeit hastily–c’mon, this is just after Girl’s Nite Out) stitched by hand from leftover sake monkey’s tie fabric when I should be sleeping. But it’s protected now:
Self Portrait Tuesday
Negotiating a deal with upper management.
The machine is still humming…
This afternoon we were all so amped on imaginative play that we decided to set up a sushi bar in the boy’s room. With remnants I’ve been sewing salmon sashimi, tuna sushi and seaweed salad. It was so entirely diverting that we might go thrifting tomorrow for more kitchen accessories and vintage fabrics. Ford also mentioned wanting his own tea set and glasses for bubble tea and a sushi cutting board with a picture of a glass of bubble tea on top. And he wants bubble tea. I think the green tea variety.
Driving to playdate this morning with the restless boys in the back and Sake Monkey buckled into the seat between them, I realized the satisfying feeling of control that a stuffed doll offers. No matter what scenario you place them in, they remain quiet, trusting and happy.
For the past hour I’ve been drawing silhouettes for stuffed dolls. I began with a human-type but it quickly morphed into a starfish-person. Go figure. Add starfish-person notions to the thrift store list for tomorrow.