I savor each and every new experience with our daughter. We’ve sewed together and worked on our own projects before, but working on our own, independently-designed projects next to each other is a new, glorious experience.
We began working on birthday crows for our babies (mine turns three years old next week, hers is lying on the table waiting for her crown fitting).
Then she decided that she needed to sew a present for me (my birthday is just after hers).
In true toddler fashion, she needed to do it entirely on her own.
She then preceded to design, cut and sew the project entirely by herself, asking for occasional help threading the needle and tying off knots.
She made me a little stuffed pillow. My heart melted.
She seems quite proud too.
Unfortunately, somehow I’m going to have to break the news to her that I don’t want to cut her embroidery open to get to her intended present inside.
After all, it’s her beautiful needlework that’s special to me, not the stuffing.
But when it’s your birthday, you open presents, and she wants me to open mine. “It’s a stuffing birth-fairy present, Mama!”
I suppose I need to encourage her to wrap it (won’t take much persuading, she LOVES to gift wrap presents), so I have that to unwrap and can keep her darling pillow intact instead.
We’ll see how it goes. I’ll be sure to give her a high-protein snack beforehand and make sure she’s adequately hydrated when she gives it to me. We all feel more agreeable and happy when we’re fed and watered, right?! That certainly seems to work in this family. :)
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(so easy to use and with zero mess!)