Category: Caitlyn

Art, Caitlyn, family

Priorities and Time

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I don’t really think of myself as an ambitious person. Wanting to be president or working to find a cure for cancer or becoming a box office smash, those are ambitions. I just have a wish list. Admittedly, it’s a very long wish list. And I suppose not everything on the list is actually a wish. I never find myself saying, “Gee, I wish I could clean the bathroom right now.” But I do often wish I kept house better. I’m a huge list maker. I have to-do lists on paper, on the computer, in my head. And I’m a …

Caitlyn

Someone is Six

For the third year in a row, when I asked Caitlyn what kind of birthday cake she wanted, she requested peppermint. Last year, I talked her into chocolate cake with peppermint frosting, so this year it was an short step from one to the other. Peppermint cake is a little weird, all on it’s own. And, of course, I made too many cupcakes. I don’t suppose it would be a party if I didn’t make too much food. Or too many confetti eggs. There are about seven dozen here, and the kids smashed every single one. And when they were …

Caitlyn, sewing

And one more thing…

 

Once a week, Caitlyn goes to circus class. For the last several months, she’s worn knit pants and a t-shirt – easy to move in, safe around the equipment, and not too cold before warm ups. But it’s actually warming up and the pants are too hot. This has resulted in some rather unfortunate – to my eye – mid-class wardrobe adjustments. I do try to let Caitlyn make most of her own fashion choices, but this was looking ridiculous, not to mention uncomfortable. So, I took what was left from the knit I used for the t-shirt from KCWC …

Caitlyn, parenting

School Dance Angst

Growing up, school dances were something I anticipated with more trepidation than excitement. Dances were never just a chance to dress up or hang with classmates in a more social setting than Mr. White’s fifth period social studies class. This was where the magic was supposed to be. It seems it’s almost always at a dance that the princess falls in love. But the gym, in neither junior high or high school, ever looked like the school dance setting in Footloose or Back to the Future or any other teen movie from the 80s. No one ever asked me to …

Caitlyn, sewing

KCWC – Day Two

 

For the first time I can recall, I really wanted one of my dad’s wooden trouser hangers, the kind that have two pieces of wood that press together to hold a pair of pants. And I’m officially jealous of anyone who has interesting textured walls or closet doors. Photographic difficulties aside, here’s the first completed project for KCWC: a “salad bowl” skirt. I love the row of radishes on the front: … and these peas on the back: The skirt is loosely based on McCall’s 5841 and the rainbow skirt I designed for Caitlyn in December. The vegetable theme had …

Caitlyn

Confetti Eggs!

 

I’m prepared. There are (almost) 11 dozen confetti eggs for Solstice and Caitlyn’s birthday. Caitlyn knows what she’s going to do with these… the only question is will she smash them on any heads other than her own? Save