Joe can Sew!

This afternoon I was planning to start sewing

Christmas presents for my family.

Joe asked if he could help, so he helped me cut out

the fabric for his present, a pair of pajamas.

It's a tiny house so everyone had already seen their

fabric. No surprise ruining going on here.

What was a surprise was that he wanted to sew his own.

I said no, but there was enough fabric leftover to make a new apron.

I thought he could help me.

I cut the fabric and pieced it for him.

He did the rest.

This was his first time sewing.

And he was very intent and focused.

That in itself is an accomplishment for him.

He usually struggles with attention.

Except when cooking.

Here he is wearing his new apron and cooking his dinner.

If there is one thing that is as satisfying as sitting down to

eat a meal you just made,  it is whipping the apron you just finished

out of the sewing machine and wearing it

while you cook that meal.

He is one proud boy, with one proud momma,

and a brand new apron.