Comments on: The Great Pumpkin Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

By: Life in the Highlands

Life in the Highlands — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:37:45 +0000

Royce–It does look yummy. When he first brought the clay home, I thought it was a chunk of fudge. Imagine my disappointment…

By: Royce

Royce — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:04:59 +0000

Is it just me or does your sons abstract art look particularly yummy?

By: Life in the Highlands

Life in the Highlands — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:48:28 +0000

dressingmyself–Great story! And I’m glad it had a happy ending.

Louise–That’s what I worry about the most when I sew: if you don’t like what you’ve made, you can’t take it back.

And ftr, I am not going to re-gift my daughter’s Halloween candy. That would be cruel. (Although it is tempting…)

By: Louise

Louise — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:10:50 +0000

This reminds me of the time I made my daughter a skirt, but then she didn’t like it and wouldn’t wear it. Sewing skirts–not so easy. With or without the zipper.

By: dressingmyself

dressingmyself — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:30:08 +0000

Reading about you making kids’ costumes reminds me of one of the happiest days of my life.
This happened about 6 or 7 months after we moved to the town where we now live.
I worked full time, with a 6 and 2 year old at home. My husband was a very long distance commuter, home only at weekends. You can probably imagine what that was like.
My son came home from school and proudly told me he had a part in the Christmas play – as a court jester. He would need a costume.
I don’t own a sewing machine.
On Sunday I mentioned this to my (church) minister’s wife.
She said ‘I’ve got a costume that I made for my daughter a few years ago. I’ll convert it to a jester costume for you.’
If anybody ever deserved to go to heaven…