Favorite Character Day

Tomorrow is "dress as your favorite book character" day at school. It seems that days like these are all too frequent--days where the mom has to figure out how to meet the dreams and

expectations of children who have never learned (or at least completely appreciated) the artistic challenges of their earnest, well intentioned, and completely un-crafty mom. In situations like these, I'm usually long on ideas, and short on strategies to actually make my ideas a reality. Most events like these end with more money than I care to admit spent at Michaels or Hobby Lobby, and at least one of us in frustrated tears. Tonight, however, by some undeserved miracle (and the much needed intervention of a more-crafty dad), we have pulled together 3 characters in record time and with no expense!

Claire's Dora is the lucky result of a similar event 3 years ago (I could never have pulled off "Backpack" on such short notice otherwise). Sam, ever easy going in matters like this, readily agreed to dressing as "A boy and his bunny." Add an old baseball hat, a needle and thread, and an old stuffed bunny and voila! Grace is usually the challenge in situations like these--what with her artistic eye and perfectionism--but she had her heart set on what turned out to be relatively simple. Her choice was "Slugs in love" and it was Chad to the rescue with this clever idea to use a funky snow hat and add eyes and bows.

Now if only someone wanted me to dress as my favorite character. Fiddle dee dee. I know I have a hoop skirt around here somewhere...