
Today is the time for spring picture day at the preschool. Miss A happily wore that blouse with jeans. It was sewn last fall, for the fall picture day, but she refused to wear it. She’s in a terribly picky pink and girly phase right now and the blouse is apparently not girly enough. It’s a good thing that I have a backup plan and she ended up wearing an Ice Cream Dress made from purple mermaids by my beloved Heather Ross. I don’t think I ever posted a pic of it! Well, it is certainly loved, because it’s purple and it’s got mermaids.
Today however, I know the trick to get her to wear what I want. I gave her two things to choose from so the chance of a ‘no’ is lessened. The choice is between that blouse and a skull and crossbones blouse from Baby Gap. I looooove the print on that Baby Gap so much! I wish they made it in my size. Sigh… Anyway, either one was a good choice for me and thankfully she chose something Mama made!
This was the first day she ever wear it. I sort of lost interest in it after the initial refusal, I just hung it in the closet without sewing any buttons on. After I got the positive response, I had to sew on the buttons quickly before she went to school. The button was picked long time ago and just sat there on a bookshelf in the sewing room. It eventually was covered with stacks of fabrics and paper, I had to dug up through many things to find them. Finally, I found four out of the five I needed. On the way downstairs, I managed to lost one mysteriously. Now we’re down to three buttons out of five! I’ve already sewn those three before I realiezd that the fourth one was missing.
I had to rummage through the button stash jar to find some more matching buttons. I couldn’t just change it to another set of buttons after I’ve already sewn three! Seriously, I hate sewing on buttons. It’s a good thing that I found one matching button! In the end, four out of five is not too bad. Who fasten the top button anyway?

My boy is one! We had his birthday party at a local park last week and it was fabulous. I ordered the food and the cake from my friends who loved to cook and bake, so the preparation is stress-free. I only have to prepare the goodie bags and sew a shirt for the birthday boy.










