Will and I had a great weekend celebrating the wedding of Will’s cousin Dennis and his partner Jaime. It was so much fun, and we even got to have a kid free night out because my parents watched the kids while we flew to Texas! As always though I missed the kids’ witty banter while we were out. Oh and do I have a great witty banter story for you.
Over Christmas Mary Elizabeth, Jesse and I were talking and Patricia saunters over. Patricia casually asks Mary Elizabeth, “who’s your dad?” Mary Elizabeth helpfully responds, “my dad is daddy O.” Patricia dismisses this as obvious and then clarifies, “no, but who is your dad to bring home.” At this point I understood and was trying desperately not to laugh. I explained to her that not every woman has a man, and even asked “does Auntie Mandy have a dad to bring home?” And she said “no, she’s married to Auntie Bailey.” So at least she got that. Mary Elizabeth clarified that she didn’t have a partner and Patricia looking downright mischievous glances out of the corner of her eye at Jesse and back to Mary Elizabeth then says “well I like him” while jabbing her finger at Jesse and walks off. I almost died laughing. Mary Elizabeth’s response was, “not the first time someone mistook Jesse for my date.” What a good sport.
Speaking of dad’s to bring home I just finished the Raw Shark Texts which I would describe as a trippy sci fi romance. It was cute and I enjoyed it, even if I’m not completely sure it made sense. I thought given all the sharks I should share some shark stuff over the next couple weeks. Since it’s late I’m going to show you the quicker shark thing, which is the silly shark hoodie I made for Julius for Christmas. For this I got a hoodie at the thrift store and added some modifications. 
Shark Hoodie Modifications
What You’ll need:
- Blue hoodie
- A sheet of paper to create a pattern of teeth
- a 6″ strip of white sweatshirt material for the teeth
- embroidery machine, hoop and black thread
- pattern of eye if desired: circle
- First step is to embroider the eyes onto the hood. I used a basic circle that was 3/4″ wide. Pattern is attached in case you don’t have access to something to help you create a circle.
- Next make the template for your shark teeth. I measured the length of the hood and then took a piece of scrap paper that wide and folded it until it was the width I wanted for each tooth. Then, paper snowflake style, I cut out one tooth, leaving a 1″ base.
- Unfold your snowflake-teeth.
Pattern ready to go!
- Fold your strip of white sweatshirt in half the long ways (right sides in), so you have a 3″ tall strip ..
- Place teeth pattern on top and mark.
- Stitch along teeth as marked.
- Clip around the teeth and clip into curves. Leave 1″ excess fabric below where the teeth markings end.
- Turn right side out.
- Tuck 1/2″ of excess fabric inside the bottom of the teeth to form a 1/2″ border.
- Stitch close to the edge of this border.
- Pin the teeth to the hood, completely overlapping the 1/2″ border. Stitch.
He looks a bit like a daisy here. But it’s still adorable.
Patricia is too funny.
Also, I want one of these hoodies for myself.
I can make that happen…. just say the words ;)
you are so talented…Love the shark sweatshirt. Patricia, what can I say! She is a pistol
Aww thanks mom! And yes 100%. We should have named her after a roman conquerer.