Tragedy struck at our house tonight. Jack has this stuffed bear chair and he found a hole in it. He came to me and showed me the hole and then a major freak out ensued…
Jack: “Momma, you have to fix it. You HAVE to!”
Me (being lazy): “Nah, it’s fine Jack. It’s just a little hole.”
Jack (sobbing): “Please Momma…. plllleeeeeaaasse????”
Me(still being lazy): “Not tonight Jack.”
Jack (trying to compose himself): “Pretty, pretty please… with love on top?”
Me (thinking- with love on top?? How sweet is that?):”Ok fine. Let’s go get my sewing kit.”
Jack: “Yeah!!!”
Megan: “You have a sewing kit???”
And therein lies the problem. The sight of me sewing anything is about as rare as spotting a Black Rhino. Megan has a pair of pants that are ripped at the knee and the other day when she asked me to sew a patch on it, I honestly looked at her as though she just spoke to me in Mandarin. So tonight I went to get my sewing kit to make the repair on the bear chair. And when I say sewing kit, I mean a tiny box with the following contents:
-about 20 buttons (none of which I would actually use even if I needed a button)
-a pair of scissors
-some safety pins
-exactly 4 spools of thread (Red, Black, White and Cream)
-about 6 needles
-velcro (not sure why I got the velcro, or why I’m keeping it for that matter. But it is causing problems with the other items in the “kit” sticking to it)
I settled in to fix the chair and started threading the needle. Then I noticed my children. They were watching me closely- watching my every move. I felt like an animal in the zoo. Then Megan spoke. “I didn’t even realize that you know how to sew!” she said. I thought to myself, “Yeah, you and me both sister!”
We are impressed you even have a sewing kit! Thanks, Jen, for this hilarious, and way overachieving, Three Day Weekend post! Look for Jen at her blog, Serenity Now!, as well as on Twitter!
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I did some sewing to make (assemble) my kids hallowe’en costume, and while I had my box out, I decided to do a patch on my daughter’s jeans (no one should be impressed by that; it was an iron-on patch that didn’t stay stuck). Anyway, my 6-year old looked at me lovingly and said that I was acting just like a grandma, doing all that sewing.
Compliment, right? Right? Ya, I’ll go with compliment.
Twitter: LovinStilettos
November 6, 2009 at 9:27 am
SOunds like a typical conversation between me and my daughter! LOL :)
Twitter: anissamayhew
November 6, 2009 at 9:27 am
I asked Twitter for a recommendation for someone who could turn tshirts into purses…someone sent me a PATTERN. FAIL, people, gigantic, sweaty, smelly, hairy FAIL!!!
My mother was just here visiting, and I threw about half the clothing we owned on top of her, and thrust forth the sad sewing kit I also own… I dunno how I skipped that step of development – didn’t get the sewing gene – and thanks to mum, we can wear our clothes again. You’re awesome for even trying! I would have thrown the bear away, ‘coz I’m all mean like that. Heh.
Twitter: msmegan
November 6, 2009 at 11:16 am
We have the same sewing kit!
And really, that’s why God invented tailors and seamstresses. Gotta keep the economy going, right?
“You have a sewing kit???”…that was sew low. Your post is what this site’s all about sister.
Twitter: shaunaglenn
November 6, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Seriously, why don’t we know how to sew? Someone has failed us somewhere. Now, if we could only figure out who was to blame.
Hmm.
My kids react similarly when I attempt to use a vacuum. But I do know how to perform minor sewing repairs.
I just had to call my dad to ask him if I should be washing my new sheets before I sew them with a sewing machine Straight Stitch or just sew them then wash?.. and that turned into a 30minute phone call, still no sewing done
in a sweet nutshell: why I love JenW.