Dragon sweater

There's at least one model happy to cooperate at home: Kyan was quite excited about his new dragon sweater, with sleeves and hoodie in matching cloud pattern. He was careful not to wet or dirty his shirt all day so he could wear it to go to daycare this morning. And when his teacher complimented him on his beautiful dinosaurs. Kyan was quick at telling her that they weren't dinosaurs, but dragons...

Bubbles and seahorses

We're in a seahorse mood these days. All started with Kyan who had to bring the picture of a water animal along with a couple of facts for Share at daycare this week. We chose the seahorse which, Kyan will tell you, can be yellow, orange, red, green or grey, can sport stripes or dots, doesn't have teeth or a stomach (and must then munch all the time), and eats larvaes and tiny brine shrimps. All that gave me ideas for new prints, already on the way with a matching starfish print. Kyan already gave me his order for a stripy "bulles et hippos" pair of pants.

Cultural minute: seahorse is said "hippocampe" in french, from the greek hippos (horse) and campus (sea-monster).

Caterpillars on the move

Didn't win the print contest that time again, but the fabric came out great. Kyan had a scream when he saw the colors, but I still tested it by making small pants and a dress for Anastasia (not to wear together or you'll have a heart attack). Anastasia had her usual reaction, rolling on the ground. I just got 10 seconds to see that the pants fell right. I'm still on the prowl for the right time to get her to try the dress on, but since Anastasia's showing interest in the caterpillars, it could happen soon.

Kyan requested a shirt in the same style, I prepped a caterpillar print in the orange hues and another one in the blues. And a more subdued one to please Michael.

Spring spirit

We just had a three-day weekend. It's so seldom that it's worth mentioning. And yesterday, it was quite warm, about 18 degrees (Celsius). We even had to take out the umbrellas. And the water table. While Kyan and Anastasia were flooding the deck, we tackled on the gardening. Plenty to do...

Little gymnasts

Finally a sunny day. We went out for a walk by the canal, with three very important objectives: find some puddles, see baby ducks, and smell the mimosa (the tree, not the drink...). We got one out of three: we did find a few interesting puddles, but the baby ducks aren't quite hatched yet, and the mimosa is just starting to bloom. A couple more weeks and we should be on time. Meanwhile, we enjoyed the Vita Course.

Bugs fabric contest

The results of last week's contest are in, the ten bests have been posted, and my green dragons are not in it. No biggie, we'll try again this week with a new design. The theme: Bugs. I chose caterpillars. If you feel like voting, it's HERE. There are three pages of designs to choose from, and you can vote for as many as you like. Tough competition, there are some really creative people out there, it's wonderful.

P.S.: the colors come out as quite saturated, but once printed on fabric, it will be a lot quieter.

Attack of the stamps

It's always more interesting to do stamping where you're not supposed to, or maybe it's a glimpse of her future career (tatoo artist? make-up artist for horror movies? postal office clerk?). Luckily, she had an smock on, although in her case, a full coverage burka-like attire may be more appropriate.

Subtle strategies

Friday night, on the way home for daycare, we stopped by the toy store (promised visit to Kyan). Kyan chose a truck with trailer from the movie "Cars", and Anastasia got some big, colorfol beads. I thought she may be a little too young to pass them on a string, but she figured it out pretty quickly.

Kyan surprised me by choosing the blue truck, for the King, instead of the red one, for Lignthing MacQueen. I soon understood why. Friday night, he was very excited about his truck, he even slept with it. Saturday morning, he told me that he had given it to Anastasia. He then needed a new one. Later that morning, while discussing where to go for a walk, he suggested:" The toy store would be nice!". You bet. The next day, he reported that the Kind didn't want to share his trailer anymore, leaving Lighting MacQueen without trailer. Of course, it was in need of a new one. I'm really looking forward to the next excuse.