Reformation Day

I am glad Timothy posted these pictures from Friday for me. No, we don't celebrate Halloween. We went to a Reformation Day Celebration at our sister church. The boys had so much fun... and we did too! Timothy, Brenda and I even got to go in the inflatable with Andy, who went in so much, we lost count. Joey loved playing with the apples and water in the bobbing game.

The children could dress up as something good for the celebration. Ya'll will be really proud of me. I made their costumes! By hand! My sewing machine does not work, so I hand stitched them. Knowing that they would not wear masks nor have their faces painted, I made tiger and frog hats from foam. I re-worked an old orange and white t-shirt to fit Andy as a long vest and sewed on that white fluffy chest. From the left over material from the shirt, I hand sewed a tail and attached it to the back of the costume. Andy's black stripes on his re-made t-shirt vest were hand colored. THAT took the longest of all. Joey's dark green t-shirt was new. I recycled an old light green t-shirt to make his collar and embrodered part of it and painted "ribbit" and a frog on to it as well. In the end, they were so cute in their costumes. I think this is the first time that I have ever made a costume(s).

In the process, I learned something about myself, I love hand-sewing clothes. Who would have thought? But... who does that any more?