Jon has been having some tooth pain recently. He went in to the dentist's office yesterday to see what could be causing the problem. Leaving with a prescription for an antibiotic and Vicatin, he came home with the understanding that he needs to get a second opinion form an endodontist. Not reassuring. But, the pain killer has only been taking the edge off ... that's how painful it is.
Anyway, this morning he took the Vicatin on a completely empty stomach (he's supposed to take it either 2 hours before eating, or 2 hours after eating) and promptly started to feel dizzy. Not the best thing to feel when you have to present a webinar to over 40 people. So, he asked me to come check on him in 30 minutes to see if he was saying some really loopy things during his meeting. This is a precarious situation for us all because I DO NOT have the most quietest children in the world.
I knew I needed to give them something to do in the school room so they would remain quiet while I checked on Jon (possibly staying there for his entire meeting to help him). I put Eliza in charge and gave her a book to read to everyone else. When I came back, they were all enthralled in Frog and Toad are Friends. They loved it. And, I loved that my oldest daughter was kind enough and able to help us out.
Tonight she went to a late night activity for church. All of the 10-11 year old girls met in May and received copies of Anne of Green Gables to read over the summer. To celebrate finishing the book, the girls got together tonight with their leader to watch the movie. They were told they could bring pillows to sit on, and a treat. Eliza wanted to be comfy, so she wanted to wear pajamas. But, last night, she sorrowfully said, "But, I don't have any cute pajamas."
That's when I whipped out the material I'd bought in June to make her some pajama pants for Christmas. I figured, "Hey, a yard of fabric isn't that expensive, I can make her some new ones closer to Christmas time." So, today, I made her these pajama pants.
Her only problem after that point was that she didn't have a shirt to wear that matched. I dug in my closet for a shirt that was way too small for me (before picture of her wearing the shirt is the first one on this post), cut off the sleeves and added the left over strips from the jamma pants as a ruffle on the neck. Eliza was so thrilled, she used some of the leftover sleeves as gloves. Silly girl.
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On the up side, I love the PJ's!!! They're absolutely adorable. When we were kids my mom would make us all PJ for Christmas and I only asked for PJ pants because I hated the shirts she would make. Very good idea taking one of your old shirts and using some of the left over fabric as a ruffle! I would've like a shirt like that when I was younger too. :)