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October 29th, 2007 Leave a comment Go to comments

Behold, Brownie vests for Emily’s multicultural little Brownie troop. Actually, they’re reversible – green on one side, brown on the other, so that the dolls can be either Brownies or Juniors. As you can see, two of them have bridged up to Juniors.

The one on the right was the first one I made, and it shows. To make these, I make two identical shapes with green and brown, sew them together at the edges except for one spot, then turn them inside out by pulling them through that one spot. Then I sew them around the edges again to keep them from being puffy, and seam them at the shoulders. On the one on the right, I didn’t think to make the point that I keep open behind the neck where it wouldn’t show, so her front edge is kind of sloppy. I don’t hear her complaining, though, and Emily is very happy, so good enough.

I let Emily run the sewing machine foot pedal on the straight sections. She did well. It’s a good introduction into how the machine works.

It was a long day of us running hither and yon, and her being super engaged, which means I’m worn out. Don’t get me wrong, we want her to be engaged, but I’m an introvert running on not enough sleep and it’s very tiring. Still, good day. I can’t complain.

I’ve had a recent upswing in orders from non-English-speaking countries. I’m getting some of those folks to send me their native currency, to be a fun learning tool for Emily to learn more about, say, Germany. I’d call them considerate strangers, but Browncoats aren’t really strangers now, are they?

I realized this evening that this is the first year I haven’t thought, “this could be the last year Emily is in mainstream classes.” I don’t want to jinx it, especially since they’re just starting multiplication, but for the first time I’m taking it as a given that she’ll be able to continue on in regular classes. She’ll just have all the many, many other standard pitfalls that kids in school have to deal with, that’s all.

Lord, I’m making myself more tired. Time to go to bed.

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  1. October 30th, 2007 at 13:46 | #1

    Do you write the Ma Cobb notes in the native languages?

  2. October 30th, 2007 at 13:46 | #2

    Do you write the Ma Cobb notes in the native languages?

  3. October 30th, 2007 at 14:34 | #3

    “Mein lieber Junge,

    Good Lord no. I work hard enough on these; let’s not put ideas in anybody’s head.

  4. October 30th, 2007 at 14:34 | #4

    “Mein lieber Junge,

    Good Lord no. I work hard enough on these; let’s not put ideas in anybody’s head.

  5. October 30th, 2007 at 14:47 | #5

    These are the things I wonder about.

    I met one of my best friends when she came here as an exchange student and I turned to her one day and asked “So while you’re here do you think in English or do you keep thinking in German?”

    Things like this made it necessary to keep me separated from other people in school.

    For the record though she admitted while in America she did actually think in English.

  6. October 30th, 2007 at 14:47 | #6

    These are the things I wonder about.

    I met one of my best friends when she came here as an exchange student and I turned to her one day and asked “So while you’re here do you think in English or do you keep thinking in German?”

    Things like this made it necessary to keep me separated from other people in school.

    For the record though she admitted while in America she did actually think in English.

  7. October 30th, 2007 at 14:56 | #7

    Re: These are the things I wonder about.

    That’s not a weird question, I’d be curious too.

    But then, I’m also weird, soo…

  8. October 30th, 2007 at 14:56 | #8

    Re: These are the things I wonder about.

    That’s not a weird question, I’d be curious too.

    But then, I’m also weird, soo…

  9. Anonymous
    October 30th, 2007 at 23:42 | #9

    Cute!
    Would it be too weird to listen to the other language tracks on a Firefly DVD and write the Ma Cobb note? Yes: Or have the buyers from other countries send translations to you along with currency! Start a scrapbook of translations! How cool would that be?

  10. Anonymous
    October 30th, 2007 at 23:42 | #10

    Cute!
    Would it be too weird to listen to the other language tracks on a Firefly DVD and write the Ma Cobb note? Yes: Or have the buyers from other countries send translations to you along with currency! Start a scrapbook of translations! How cool would that be?

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