The other night during bedtime routine with the baby and the girls, John approached and asked me if I'd teach him how to sew buttons. Being just a little bit busy (ha ha!), I said no, I didn't have time at that moment, and he skittered off to do I-didn't-know-what with the hour he gets to stay up later than the girls.
When the others were settled, I went to find John to kiss him good night and found him on the guest bed with my button collection and his own little sewing kit spread out: he had taught himself to sew on buttons. They're good and strong too, so I told him he could definitely do my button mending on clothing!
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| Sewing buttons in his pajamas |
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| John sewed this quilt on my machine with my guidance. He had sewn on four buttons when I took the picture, but the quilt is now festooned with buttons! |
Of course, Mary wanted to learn to hand sew and I was inclined to teach her, especially in light of the comments by the farmer at Old Sturbridge Village! I finally got around to it today and she sewed her first pillow all by herself. So much fun!
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| Beaming with pleasure over her first pillow |
And in other fun news, John started his chess class at our parish homeschooling co-op! And today he turned around and taught his four-year-old sister the basics of the game. I wondered why they were playing so quietly upstairs so went to investigate and found them hunched over a chess board--I'm lovin' it!
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| First chess class |
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