It seems like the boys have a few months of bliss in every pair of pants/shorts they own...you know when the length and the width are just perfect and they are toddler heart throbs! Then the awkward stage sets in and I can't help but curse the clothing from shrinking in the laundry or mutating in the closet. As if overnight they are too short, too tight and it appears as if I am raising Tom Selleck wanna-be's (minus the facial hair, of course!). So then they go into the next pair of pants that are too long or too loose at the waste and as the boys run off to play their pants slowly creep down until the moon shines! Jack has become very self conscience about his underwear showing from his pants being too loose and he told me that his teacher told him that he needed to get a belt. Away we went to our favorite craft store Beverly's and the boys picked out what they wanted for their new belts.
Lincoln's belt (the one with the alphabet) was intentionally made less sturdy. It still does the trick but I didn't want it to be as hard to slip the ends in and out of the D-ring because his hands just can't manuver things quite as well as Jacks. After I made these I found this really cool tutorial using velco
Penny in my Purse Kids Belt Tutorial and snaps
Elsie Marley Boy Belt Tutorial for the younger ones.
hey, history teacher! i saw this (well, my husband saw it and could not stop laughing his head off) and thought you would appreciate it, too: http://mashable.com/2010/11/26/founding-fathers-twitter-comic/
ReplyDeleteOH I love the creativeness!!
ReplyDeleteMoriah! Love it! Already printed out for my U.S. History AP class tomorrow...we just finished the American Revolution last week!
ReplyDeleteCarrie, you should totally make a velcro one with your little boy...I'm sure he would love picking out fabric at the store!
Yep - I already saved the link!
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