After many years of trying to set personal goals in various ways and then failing to stick to them, I’m finally having some success. I can’t claim all the credit for this. To get from someone who has never been able to be consistent at anything, to someone who appears to be making the [...]
I mentioned in a previous post what the bionic dad syndrome is but it turns out that it’s not gender specific. The “bionic mum” has suddenly taken up crazy craft projects to make things for our expanding family. She just spent an entire week and more than a little cash in learning how to make cuddly toys.
She bought the materials. Bought a sewing machine. Took some lessons. Took a pattern from a book, she highly recommends by the way, and finally unveiled her creation. If I’d videoed the reaction I would have hit the you tube jackpot.
“No. No. No. Daddy. Pick me up. Pick me up. PICK ME UP”
My heart broke for my wife. Our child rejected her first cuddly toy creation. She took it well but I suspect she was hoping for excitement, not terror. Still, she’s not giving up so I reckon there’ll be a few more creations like this one hanging around our house in the coming weeks.
I’m open to suggestions for what to do with the monkey, or if you can give it a good home let me know. Maybe I’ll send it to you.