Mom, I need a costume for tomorrow...

is what Eric said to me approximately an hour before his bedtime. The much anticipated book fair begins tomorrow at school, and apparently, the kids may/might/must? dress up as a favorite character.

Eric's first choice was to wear his Batman costume, saying, "I'm pretty sure there are Batman books." Mean momma denied his request. That costume is too skimpy for OCTOBER, let along February. Besides, it is still waiting to be hand-washed (yes, from Halloween).

Next, he decided he wanted to be Jerry, of Tom and Jerry fame. That fell apart when he did not have a brown shirt. He DID, however, have a grey shirt and pants, so I convinced him Tom would do nicely.

Ok, I know Tom is not exactly a book character, but "I'm pretty sure there are Tom and Jerry books."

Luckily, I had my sewing machine out today (yes, I WILL learn to sew), so I whipped up the following tail and ears (in approximately 30 minutes - not bad!).

I am feeling pretty much like super mom. Now let's see if he even wears it. :)

Ok, I'm back.

I took a big long hiatus from posting on this blog. I'm afraid that between updating my "family blog", playing on facebook, and trying to spend a little time OFF the computer, my own personal blog got the short end of the stick.

But I have fun news to bring me out of hiding!

I was asked a couple days ago to join the team at Piggy Tales and 3M as a designer. I am thrilled to be working with their fun, vibrant papers and equally thrilled to have the following ladies as teammates:

Charity Hassel
Elizabeth Carney
Kim Collee
Melanie Douthit
Heidi Sonboul
Ruth Clarke
Linda Harrison
Paula Gilarde
Mou Saha
Jennifer Armentrout
Leah LaMontagne

When I told the kids about my good news, (they are 5 and 3), they cracked UP about the words "Piggy Tales." Silly boys. ;)

To see more, check out the Piggy Tales blog at: http://www.piggytales.typepad.com/