And he WON’T LET ME POST IT!!!

A little backstory. We have been picking things to do from the book ”Days of Knights and Damsels”, from a cute hands-on project kind of series of books that Shorty has always enjoyed. Last year he went through and did a lot of the things in the similar book “More than Moccasins,” about different Native American traditions. You can probably find a lot of those posts on my blog still This one is about life in the medieval period, in which Shorty is currently keenly interested. The Renaissance Festival is coming up and we have been trying to plot our own costumes, so we have had fun making things out of the clothing section of the book and exploring our options. Some of them have turned out better than others – they’re harder than they look! Also, just as a side note, it’s amazing a little boy will get all excited about learning to sew when it’s for making a cool Robin Hood hat. Ha!

Today we read about ruffs, and we made one by accordion-folding and gluing long strips of paper together. Then he tried it on, and it looked hysterical – just like one of those ridiculously huge collars they used to wear. Then he decided I should take a “royal portrait” and struck a pompous pose that was JUST like the snooty noblemen of the paintings we’ve seen. It is the funniest thing ever, even his face got all dramatic, but then…

He said I can’t post it on “any of my sites!!” Ah, the drawback of having a kid who knows you’re all up on Twitter and Facebook and approximately 47 blogs. He knows how I roll. Maybe  I can talk him into it. Wish me luck!