Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Learning Life Skills

October 26, 2010

Here are a couple of pictures I took this week showing skills being learned by my kiddos. The first is a doll’s dress that Maggie made out of a leaf. Yes, she cut the leaf for the design she wanted and to fit the doll. Here’s what she made:

This next one is of Joe, who is 11 now, using a large knife to cut potatoes with. He has been begging for awhile and I felt it was time for him to learn – he is growing up and becoming more responsible. Besides, being able to cook is one of the best life skills one can have in my opinion.

I’m really proud of my kids – or could you tell :-).

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On October 27, 2010 at 4:07 AM, dxprog said:

Okay, I'll be honest. The leaf thing kind of blew my mind. Where the hell did she pick the dress making skill up?

On October 28, 2010 at 4:28 PM, java_queen said:

I don't know, but the girls are really good at it. I took out a new roll of paper towels yesterday and they were already planning dresses as if it were a bolt of fabric. I'll be putting pictures up later today.

On October 30, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Val said:

Very cool dress! I am so impressed! Have they been watching Project Runway?

On November 3, 2010 at 6:08 PM, java_queen said:

No, they just make all this stuff up - they're starting to be more into fashion with their dolls so it was just an outgrowth of that. I think I'm going to have to fire up the sewing machine soon though.

On January 19, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy said:

[...] went through a period recently of making clothing for those dolls out of paper towels and even leaves. I must say they were really good at it, but especially Katie who seems to have a really good eye [...]

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