Disboutiquers Part 7 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[mytwotinks]

I was just thinking of Miss Riley this morning!! I hope she's feeling good and healthy!!!

You are so sweet! She is doing really well right now. She had some tests Friday and her bladder was emptying a lot better than it was the last time. I hope that means the flomax is going to help matters. The surgeon tried to talk me into taking her off of her daily antibiotics (to prevent the infections, I requested it after her last infection) because he said that he didn't want her on them "for no reason." That kind of ticked me off because in the past (most of her life) preventing infection was a reason. I told him that I wasn't going to do it the first week of school. He asked me to do it after another month. I am going to do it, but if she gets an infection right after she goes off (like she has all summer) I am going to make them put her back on. I am not going to make her suffer with infections every other week.

 

[teresajoy]

First please let me say that I am sorry to be so off-topic!

Hi Heather Sue!

No, not the actual kids, I wish I could replicate faces, I am not that good. Just the clothes and those are not copied exactly as my figures are only between 2 and 5 inches tall. I only lurk for inspiration, to admire all the creativity and read the helpful tips and tutes. I will try to get pics as soon as I can, I promise.

I am going to try to get a website going when I get back from WDW.

If you want to see what I am talking about (most people don't even know about these sculptures or ooak (one of a kind) art dolls as we call them) please go to ebay - dolls and bears - dolls - OOAK artist dolls.

This is not a plug or anything, I obviously don't have anything for sale but most people have not even heard of these sculptures before and I thought you just might like to see what they are.

,
Kelley

Some of those are really adorable! Some are a bit scary! That takes so much talent!!!

I can't wait to see some of yours!!

Hello...Thanks so much Travelin' Gal and others that responded to my help post on my siggy!! It should be fixed now

Yeah! I can see your siggy picture now!!!

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

OK...question for those with boys...
I really wanted to make the kids some Little Einstien outfits for our day at MGM. (since the fabric is on sale saturday at Hancock)
I got some cute patterns for the girls, but at a loss for my boy. I can't applique (yet, its on the list of things to figure out). So other than a collared shirt, what can I make for my son?!?
(Poor boy, the girls get all the cute stuff!)

I kept it simple for the boys...mainly because I did not do appliques with my OLD machine...now I do...(oh! That calls for a Thanks Heather right?)

But anyway...i did shorts with iron ons...it's hard to tell much from these pics, but you get the idea...

Heather! These are so wonderful!

I love that he sticks his tongue out while he is concentrating! Riley is always sticking her tongue out while she is deep in thought. I wonder if she does it at school while she takes tests?

Can I admit that I stick my tounge out while I concentrate too? It's is a family thing for us! All the women seem to do it without knowing while we sew! Pretty funny I guess...or REALLY weird!

Happy First Day of School!

OK, this reminds me. I need to ask people who live in warmer climates. Why do you start school so early? I'm presuming that you get out earlier in June. I always thought that it was because of the heat but isn't it just as hot in August??? Can someone solve this mystery for me?? We still have 2-3 weeks before school starts here. BUT we also go to school until the last week of June.

In NC, in most areas we start back the last week of August. It is a set law...no kidding..that has to do with tourism! If you live in the areas that "might" get snow, they start a little earlier. (We just are not prepared for snow in NC, so if the kids miss too much school, they don't have to make as many days up on work days and such...they have built in days). We still finish in June...this year they finished June10.

Oh...the school bus thing...no my kids do not ride the school bus...I was both in a wreck on a school bus and I was beat up on a bus...by a VERY mean kid! Little PTSD for me I think. I don't like it because there is such a mix of ages that I don't want them exposed to all that. Plus, I LOVE picking them up from school!

I do let them ride the bus on field trips, they are with their own age group, a little more well monitored.

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I kind of feel the same way except I am more nervous of the no seat belts and the bus drivers!

This makes me nervous too. Like Kim said I do let Jenna ride the bus for field trips, but of course I am always a parent volunteer and follow behind in my car. Yeah, Like I said I am paranoid.

 

[t-beri]

Riley was so funny this year. I guess fifth graders are too cool for new lunch boxes! I wasn't trying to talk her into a character or anything, but I thought that she would at least want a fresh new little cooler looking one like she has been using, but no go! She wanted to use her same lunch box and her same backpack. She also talked to her friends about what they would wear and the general consensus was a jean skirt and t-shirt. They didn't want to look like they were trying too hard!

OH!!!! So it's a 5th grader thing!!! Mac HATES his backpack from last year. But when my mom took him to buy a new one he wouldn't get one
Then there was the thing where the uniform dress code was released and I bought Mac 8 new polos and now the policy proposal was then rescinded from the school board meeting b/c some parents from the middle and 1 high school that were also on the proposal wanted it pulled and were threatening law suits (over a enforcing a uniform policy YUP!) and as an innocent bystander our schools policy was not voted on either. SO there is no official uniform policy just standard dress code but they are ENCOURAGING parents to dress their kids in uniforms.
I don't know whether to buy him school clothes or send him in uniforms. I am very confused. I already have about a $200 school supply list.. including dry erase markers, socks (for erasing), a ream of copy paper and a THUMB DRIVE
ugh, I'll be glad when school starts too. It'll mean I'm done getting ready for school to start

Here's an example of what most of them looked like!

Did you put Sawyer in the backround of Tessa's picture on purpose? It looks like it.

These are really great pictures. I have been meaning to do the same thing w/ my kids since I bought my camera. Maybe I'll do it this weekend if it's not too hot.

...t.

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

OH!!!! So it's a 5th grader thing!!! Mac HATES his backpack from last year. But when my mom took him to buy a new one he wouldn't get one
Then there was the thing where the uniform dress code was released and I bought Mac 8 new polos and now the policy proposal was then rescinded from the school board meeting b/c some parents from the middle and 1 high school that were also on the proposal wanted it pulled and were threatening law suits (over a enforcing a uniform policy YUP!) and as an innocent bystander our schools policy was not voted on either. SO there is no official uniform policy just standard dress code but they are ENCOURAGING parents to dress their kids in uniforms.
I don't know whether to buy him school clothes or send him in uniforms. I am very confused. I already have about a $200 school supply list.. including dry erase markers, socks (for erasing), a ream of copy paper and a THUMB DRIVE
ugh, I'll be glad when school starts too. It'll mean I'm done getting ready for school to start



...t.

Okay the whole uniform thing...I HATED at first! but now...no arguing or debating over what they will wear the next day at school. The kids don't like it but...I do! Plus, I don't have to worry about them messing up nice clothes at school! On the down side...every now and then, they have a dress down day and Katie said "Mom! Look at all the colors!!" It kinda made me sad. And, now I can't send them in the cute clothes I can make!

And yes...i am tired of getting ready for school too! DRIVING ME NUTS!!!!

 

[CampbellScot]

You are so sweet! She is doing really well right now. She had some tests Friday and her bladder was emptying a lot better than it was the last time. I hope that means the flomax is going to help matters. The surgeon tried to talk me into taking her off of her daily antibiotics (to prevent the infections, I requested it after her last infection) because he said that he didn't want her on them "for no reason." That kind of ticked me off because in the past (most of her life) preventing infection was a reason. I told him that I wasn't going to do it the first week of school. He asked me to do it after another month. I am going to do it, but if she gets an infection right after she goes off (like she has all summer) I am going to make them put her back on. I am not going to make her suffer with infections every other week.

poor Riley...I'm glad you've been able to advocate for her. Her body needs a break from the constant infection cycle! Are you pumping her full of cranberry juice? I hated the stuff...I thought it was actually medicine! But it helped...according to the doctors. I am proof that there is hope though...I grew out of the constant infections by about the 7th or 8th grade. I never had them again the way I did when I was young. Doctors did caution my mom that pregnancy might cause a recurrence of the issues, but that was the only time they anticipated I might have issues with bladder/kidney issues.

Hope Riley has a super first day at school! Drew too in her sparkle outfit!!

 

[minnie2]

I am only a few blocks from school. I don't know if I would let them ride at all if there was highway involved. Drew rode a preschool bus and they had them in car seats. I don't understand why they don't have seat belts, although I can see how difficult it would be to get them all buckled in.

I let Nik ride in kindergarten because the Kindergarten school really pushed the parents to let their kids ride and made it hard for a parent to drop the kid off. Kyle was only 3 so the thought of dragging him in and out of the car was a nightmare. We had some major issues when she road. It irked me that the driver handed out tons of candy and one time it was open so as a good mom I tossed it. Well Nik told her and the driver yelled at me for tossing the candy So my Jersey mouth took over. There was also times when the driver would see us walking out of the house wave and drive away. So Once again my Jersey mouth would take over and call the transportation department and make them send another bus! I dorve her both ways in 1st grade and planned to do it in 2nd. Last yr Kyle was in K and he wanted to ride the bus. So I let him I got the little paper saying he will be picked up at x time and dropped of at 3:15pm. Fine so I was outside waiting for him on the 1st day at 3:10pm. 3:20 no bus 3:40 no bus, at 4pm I finally decided to call the transportation department. Well they told me the paper I had was wrong his bus shouldn't arrive until 3:45 but that day it was running about 45 minutes behind! They could careless If I told them that they sent me a paper wit a 3:15 drop off time which was Nik's drop of time too so I had no reason to question it. Needless to say that was the last bus ride to or from school he had!!!!!!

This makes me nervous too. Like Kim said I do let Jenna ride the bus for field trips, but of course I am always a parent volunteer and follow behind in my car. Yeah, Like I said I am paranoid.

I am usually the parent volunteer too. Last yr was a it rough since they were in different schools and got out at different times. but this yr they are together so it will e so much easier!

OH!!!! So it's a 5th grader thing!!! Mac HATES his backpack from last year. But when my mom took him to buy a new one he wouldn't get one
Then there was the thing where the uniform dress code was released and I bought Mac 8 new polos and now the policy proposal was then rescinded from the school board meeting b/c some parents from the middle and 1 high school that were also on the proposal wanted it pulled and were threatening law suits (over a enforcing a uniform policy YUP!) and as an innocent bystander our schools policy was not voted on either. SO there is no official uniform policy just standard dress code but they are ENCOURAGING parents to dress their kids in uniforms.
I don't know whether to buy him school clothes or send him in uniforms. I am very confused. I already have about a $200 school supply list.. including dry erase markers, socks (for erasing), a ream of copy paper and a THUMB DRIVE
ugh, I'll be glad when school starts too. It'll mean I'm done getting ready for school to start ...t.

You are so lucky! Nik had to have the Disneystore hannah Montana lunch box and bag! So $40 later she is Hannah Montana ready!

 

[kjbrown]

All the girls and the outfits are so cute. It is very hard with only a 5 yr boy who destroys everything he wears. I might try a few things for myself after I get the costume done.

My daughter destroys everything, too. It was heartbreaking at first, but I'm getting over it. I finally just figured, I make it for to wear. So she can either wear it and destroy it, or I can stick it in the closet.

OK...question for those with boys...
I really wanted to make the kids some Little Einstien outfits for our day at MGM. (since the fabric is on sale saturday at Hancock)
I got some cute patterns for the girls, but at a loss for my boy. I can't applique (yet, its on the list of things to figure out). So other than a collared shirt, what can I make for my son?!?
(Poor boy, the girls get all the cute stuff!)

For my son and a neighbor boy, I am making the bucket hat from youcanmakethis. Also the CarlaC bowling shirt. I was thinking about some pants maybe. Applique shirts with "boy" characters is on my long list. If I ever get there!

That is fantastic!!!! I am very impressed! Your first applique, and it is a gift!!! WOW!!! Confidence and talent!!!

Your daughter is so adorable!

Well, I figured it the applique didn't turn out, I could just give her the skirt!

Thanks. And thanks to all of you who have commented, it means a lot seeing how talented you all are!

 

[HeatherSue]

Thanks for all of your compliments on the pictures! I also tend to stick my tounge out when I'm concentrating. So do my mom and dad, so it runs in the family!!

First please let me say that I am sorry to be so off-topic!

Hi Heather Sue!

No, not the actual kids, I wish I could replicate faces, I am not that good. Just the clothes and those are not copied exactly as my figures are only between 2 and 5 inches tall. I only lurk for inspiration, to admire all the creativity and read the helpful tips and tutes. I will try to get pics as soon as I can, I promise.

I am going to try to get a website going when I get back from WDW.

If you want to see what I am talking about (most people don't even know about these sculptures or ooak (one of a kind) art dolls as we call them) please go to ebay - dolls and bears - dolls - OOAK artist dolls.

This is not a plug or anything, I obviously don't have anything for sale but most people have not even heard of these sculptures before and I thought you just might like to see what they are.

,
Kelley

We don't apologize for being off-topic!
I'm glad to hear there aren't little dolls with our kid's faces on them!!
I looked up the dolls on ebay and some of them are really cool!! I can't wait to see yours!!

Thanks I know...I keep telling my family members..."there are more out there like me!!" ... It's so cool! Thanks for the compliments...I am going to shorten the patchwork skirt, though...i'll post another pic when it's done. I am working on a "petal skirt" with some xmas disney fabric...we'll see how it goes.

I can see your whole siggy pic now!! Yay! Disregard my pm, unless you would like help resizing more pics.

Did you put Sawyer in the backround of Tessa's picture on purpose? It looks like it.

These are really great pictures. I have been meaning to do the same thing w/ my kids since I bought my camera. Maybe I'll do it this weekend if it's not too hot.

...t.

Nope, he was just playing with the watering can and he was ready to go inside, so he was looking in through the window at the dogs. I was actually "done" taking pictures when I took that one, but I thought she looked cute so I snapped another one. The next time I do this, I'll do it later in the evening, or in the morning. I guess this time of day isn't the best time because it was too bright. They kept squinting!

 

[jham]

I have been way too on-topic lately, so here are WAY too many Sawyers and Tessas.

I "borrowed" (okay, I stole it for a few days) my dad's camera and took some pictures of the kids out in the yard.

Here's an example of what most of them looked like!

But, I also got a few of these.

These were taken later that day when they were outside playing with Daddy.

Our garden. This is our first garden and we tried to cram way too much stuff in a little spot!

Okay, I'm almost done, I promise! My dad bought this little house for $50 at WalMart (for the grandkids, this is next door at their house) and Sawyer was "helping" him put it together.

GORGEOUS! And no, I'm not th_ing them! You have such beautiful kids! I love the picture of Henry and Sawyer, makes you wonder what he is saying to him.


So I just took the kids to swimming lessons. DD10's friend, also 10 came along (sometimes she hangs out at our house so she doesn't have to go to daycare). She and Jayden are planning on being Elphaba and Galinda/Glinda for Halloween (you should see them sing "Loathing" together. it rocks!) and she said her mom doesn't want her to be Glinda because it is too princessy then later she was telling me how she loves princesses but everyone says she is too old to love princesses. She talked about how she has a couple of princess toys and she does not play with them with her friends because they will make fun of her Of course I told her Jayden would never make fun of her and will happily play princess with her any day. She also said she really wanted a princess tee shirt at Disneyland but would be embarrased to wear it to school I told her several times that I am not a little girl and I LOVE princesses, I have more than one princess shirt which I wear proudly, I would happily play princesses AT MY AGE. I don't think that made her feel better but honestly, it made me sad. I'm glad Jayden doesn't feel this way yet and I hope her "princess pride" can wear off a little on her cute friend.

 

[t-beri]

I LOVE uniforms. Every other elementary school in the county except 1 (the parents voted against it) has had them since Gavin started school. But he is moving to a brand new school and for some reason the school board needed to officially VOTE for the policy but it got wrapped into a proposal to extend the uniforms into middle school and for 1 of the high schools. The middle and H.S. parents threw a fit.When they rescinded the proposal our school policy was off of the agenda, as well, until next year. I was actually upset about it!! Some of the schools uniform policy's are less strict. in some you can wear any navy, black or tan pants so don't allow cargo pants or black pants. Most schools have about 3 colors (school colors) to choose from, some offer polos w/ the schools logo as well but they aren't mandatory. one school lets them wear any style pants and any color polo. I already bought his burgandy and hunter green polos. I wanted to add a few gold ones to the group but now I think I need to buy him some suitable street clothes. He doesn't think anyone will CHOOSE to wear the uniforms.
I'm very quite upset about the situation. I could take uniforms back and buy clothes but what if the school is successful in encouraging the kids to wear the uniforms? what then...I'd have to buy uniforms...I guess I will send him to school and not worry too much and make my decision after the first week is over.
...t.

BTW...Teresa and Heather!!!! enough with the ganging up!! See if I try to help w/ the Links ever again!( I know you were THRILLED!! ) Denise, Jeanne...could SOMEBODY get my back around here? JEESH, just leave me for the wolves why dontcha?
...t.

 

[mytwotinks]

You are so lucky! Nik had to have the Disneystore hannah Montana lunch box and bag! So $40 later she is Hannah Montana ready!

My kids would not be riding the bus if I wasn't so sure that their bus driver would be looking out for them. I'm pretty lucky. It usually ends up being easier to pick them up, but this year they divided the elementary so Drew is at the lower elementary (k-2) and Riley is at the upper (3-5). Riley can ride over to Drew's and I can pick them both up there, so that may be what we end up doing after the initial excitement of the bus wears off.

Drew picked out a Hannah Montana lunchbox at Target that was shaped like a guitar. She has been carying it around for a couple of weeks pretending to "play" it. We also got the thermos and the container to keep food warm. $40 later, I am going to have to force myself to stay motivated and make lunches! I really don't want them eating at school too much. I will let them if it's something special, but I want them to stick to our diet and there isn't any way to know what in the world they are eating in what they serve. Plus, I have a real problem with calling fried cheese or chips and fake cheese dip a main course!

 

[mytwotinks]

I LOVE uniforms. Every other elementary school in the county except 1 (the parents voted against it) has had them since Gavin started school. But he is moving to a brand new school and for some reason the school board needed to officially VOTE for the policy but it got wrapped into a proposal to extend the uniforms into middle school and for 1 of the high schools. The middle and H.S. parents threw a fit.When they rescinded the proposal our school policy was off of the agenda, as well, until next year. I was actually upset about it!! Some of the schools uniform policy's are less strict. in some you can wear any navy, black or tan pants so don't allow cargo pants or black pants. Most schools have about 3 colors (school colors) to choose from, some offer polos w/ the schools logo as well but they aren't mandatory. one school lets them wear any style pants and any color polo. I already bought his burgandy and hunter green polos. I wanted to add a few gold ones to the group but now I think I need to buy him some suitable street clothes. He doesn't think anyone will CHOOSE to wear the uniforms.
I'm very quite upset about the situation. I could take uniforms back and buy clothes but what if the school is successful in encouraging the kids to wear the uniforms? what then...I'd have to buy uniforms...I guess I will send him to school and not worry too much and make my decision after the first week is over.
...t.

BTW...Teresa and Heather!!!! enough with the ganging up!! See if I try to help w/ the Links ever again!( I know you were THRILLED!! ) Denise, Jeanne...could SOMEBODY get my back around here? JEESH, just leave me for the wolves why dontcha?
...t.

That stinks about the uniforms. I really think I would like having uniforms. Less worrying about what to wear!

Sorry, I probably won't be much help. I'm kind of a coward!

 

[t-beri]

Hey Jeanne, I'll come play Princess w/ you That is sad and I hope that you are able to smack Jayden around a bit and bring her to her senses if she ever speaks of disowning princessdom.

Once again you have succeeded in making me feel very jealous and left out because I have never heard the soundtrack to WICKED. I also have been meaning to read the second book, but haven't. Is Son of a Witch any good?

And Misty makes me wanna read Twilight but DS is always on about how much the troll, *Ehem*, sorry got something caught in my throat, his step mom (read: the woman his dad lives with and gave a huge fetchin' rock to but is NEVER going to marry) LOVES these books and is obsessed with vampires. So I had to put my love of all things Vampiric aside and pretend like I am not interested one bit. I am however looking forward to the movie after seeing a trailer.

 

[mytwotinks]

GORGEOUS! And no, I'm not th_ing them! You have such beautiful kids! I love the picture of Henry and Sawyer, makes you wonder what he is saying to him.


So I just took the kids to swimming lessons. DD10's friend, also 10 came along (sometimes she hangs out at our house so she doesn't have to go to daycare). She and Jayden are planning on being Elphaba and Galinda/Glinda for Halloween (you should see them sing "Loathing" together. it rocks!) and she said her mom doesn't want her to be Glinda because it is too princessy then later she was telling me how she loves princesses but everyone says she is too old to love princesses. She talked about how she has a couple of princess toys and she does not play with them with her friends because they will make fun of her Of course I told her Jayden would never make fun of her and will happily play princess with her any day. She also said she really wanted a princess tee shirt at Disneyland but would be embarrased to wear it to school I told her several times that I am not a little girl and I LOVE princesses, I have more than one princess shirt which I wear proudly, I would happily play princesses AT MY AGE. I don't think that made her feel better but honestly, it made me sad. I'm glad Jayden doesn't feel this way yet and I hope her "princess pride" can wear off a little on her cute friend.

Riley has a best little friend that I am sooooo glad she found. The two of them are total dorks together and they couldn't care less! She is her first friend that she made that wasn't through me. Most of the friends she was close to before it was because I had known their mom or met her at some function or something. They just found each other in 3rd grade and it's been wonderful! They love the fairies and they love their webkinz!

It's great when girls meet friends that they are comfortable with and don't judge each other! The only "problem" that this little girl's mom and I see is that they are soooooo close that they seem to have forgotten that any other girls exist!

 

[kjbrown]

Off the topic of custom clothes, but on the topic of Disney World...

I got a discount code and want to take my DD4 to WDW for her birthday (Halloween). DH is putting up a stink. Did I mention he got laid off?

But I wanna goooooooo (she says in her whiniest voice).

Okay, done now. Back to your regularly scheduled programming...

 

[teresajoy]

She talked about how she has a couple of princess toys and she does not play with them with her friends because they will make fun of her Of course I told her Jayden would never make fun of her and will happily play princess with her any day. She also said she really wanted a princess tee shirt at Disneyland but would be embarrased to wear it to school I told her several times that I am not a little girl and I LOVE princesses, I have more than one princess shirt which I wear proudly, I would happily play princesses AT MY AGE. I don't think that made her feel better but honestly, it made me sad. I'm glad Jayden doesn't feel this way yet and I hope her "princess pride" can wear off a little on her cute friend.

That is sad!! Hopefully hanging out with you guys will bring out her inner princess!!!

Speaking of Inner Princess, has anyone heard from, Sondra, CindyBGood lately???

BTW...Teresa and Heather!!!! enough with the ganging up!! See if I try to help w/ the Links ever again!( I know you were THRILLED!! ) Denise, Jeanne...could SOMEBODY get my back around here? JEESH, just leave me for the wolves why dontcha?
...t.

OH, I see, you can dish it out, but you can't take it huh?????

Ok, Ok, please forgive me T.! I really did appreciate the help with the bookmarks too! That saved me a bunch of time!

Riley has a best little friend that I am sooooo glad she found. The two of them are total dorks together and they couldn't care less! She is her first friend that she made that wasn't through me. Most of the friends she was close to before it was because I had known their mom or met her at some function or something. They just found each other in 3rd grade and it's been wonderful! They love the fairies and they love their webkinz!

It's great when girls meet friends that they are comfortable with and don't judge each other! The only "problem" that this little girl's mom and I see is that they are soooooo close that they seem to have forgotten that any other girls exist!

That is so sweet that they found each other! Arminda had a good friend at school last year, but she moved to Texas! I hope she finds another good friend. Brian's brother and his familly live right by the school Arminda goes to, but they drive their kids 25 minutes each way, to another (and in my experience, worse) school district But, they are seriously talking about sending them to our school district this year, so I'm hoping maybe Arminda will be in the same class as her "twin cousin" this year.

 

[longaberger_lara]

So cute! I wish I had one when I was a kid - I loved hello kitty. What am I talking about - I still write checks with a hello kitty pen!

The crab outfits are great! Wish I was at the beach!

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The pictures of Sawyer and Tessa are fantastic! I love my DSLR. We bought a Nikon D40 last fall because our oldest daughter was starting school sports and we wanted to be able to take great pictures for a scrapbook for her. I love that camera!

Happy First Day of School!

OK, this reminds me. I need to ask people who live in warmer climates. Why do you start school so early? I'm presuming that you get out earlier in June. I always thought that it was because of the heat but isn't it just as hot in August??? Can someone solve this mystery for me?? We still have 2-3 weeks before school starts here. BUT we also go to school until the last week of June.

I honestly don't know why we start so early here, but we do get a week long fall break and spring break, and I think we are getting 3 weeks at Christmas this year.

 

[GeorgiaAristocat]

Happy First Day of School!

OK, this reminds me. I need to ask people who live in warmer climates. Why do you start school so early? I'm presuming that you get out earlier in June. I always thought that it was because of the heat but isn't it just as hot in August??? Can someone solve this mystery for me?? We still have 2-3 weeks before school starts here. BUT we also go to school until the last week of June.

To add what others have said, I think that part of it is that it is TOO hot in August down here to do much outside. So, they might as well be in school, right, and out when it is NOT too hot in July? We have a modified schedule. We started on August 4, get a week in October, the whole week of Thanksgiving, 2 1/2 wks for Christmas/New Year, the week of President's Day, a week in April (spring break) and are done the Friday AFTER Memorial day. Personally, I think they could drop either the February or April week in favor of getting out a week earlier, but what do I know?

Also, we do NOT have uniforms, but I am of the crowd that wishes we DID so that there would not be any debate (or tears) about what to wear and what is still in the laundry. And my oldest just started kindergarten this year.

I know that this is going to sound bad, but I'm afraid of the bus kids. I'm afraid that if I let Jenna ride the bus than she will get hurt by one of the kids. I know I'm paranoid.

I am not so frightened of my little girl getting hurt (she rides the bus to school in the morning only), but I am VERY concerned about what kind of language she is likely to pick up. Once my boy starts "big" school next year and I don't have to go in opposite directions to get them both to school I will start dropping them off instead of riding the bus. Although, so far, my daughter LOVES getting to ride the bus (probably because it makes her feel so grown up!)

Other comments:

LOVED the Hello Kitty outfits. Might have to make one for my girl.

Sorry I lurk so much instead of post. I come here for inspiration frequently. I should try to post pics of all my kids costumes. (Mine tend to wear costumes to the parks instead of customs. I still make them and they are still comfortable, so it doesn't bother me.) Strangely, Pocahontas is the next one for my girl. Who was asking about the perfect fabric? I got some of the sueded poly. I also made my son a peter pan last year out of the same type of fabric - it wears and washes really well and has the right look.