crazy, busy, loud

i'm in the process of making 3 costumes. and, no, those aren't the ones for my children. these 3 that i'm making are for pay!
the one i'm currently sewing has been a work in process. i'm literally brainstorming the pattern as i sew it together. here's to hoping it works out like the picture in our heads. i've already had a few times that my "brilliant" ideas didn't work out, and i've had to fix them. if the final product looks good, and she's happy with how it turned out, i'm good. it's a gothic/post-revolutionary "war alice in wonderland" outfit. (i can't get the picture to attach, sorry. when i get it done, and she's wearing it, i'll definitely get a pic and post it.)
i have another similar time period outfit to make. this one is the madhatter's coat from the new alice in wonderland. it should be EASY as there are no planned alterations to do to the pattern.
the last one i'm doing is the costume that max wears in "where the wild things are." i thought i'd had all the alterations done to the pattern that i needed, but remembered that i need to make the hood attached, and the gloves as well.

for the majority of the day, i've also had the neighborhood kids running around. usually not a problem, but as shaun and i have both been trying to get important things done, it's made it a little difficult. they were running thru shauns stuff that he was trying to reorganize in the office. they were yelling and running thru the house. shaun was already past his limit, so when the neighbor got home from running an errand, i send them all over to her house.

tonight is the kids last swimming lesson. we are all going up. i'm going to take shannon in and let her swim, and the kids' best friends are coming with us. i thought it would be nice for them to be able to play with the kids in the pool, since it's the last day of lessons, and the last night of spud harvest.