At any rate, when they were done, she was prancing around the house, showing them off, when Eli came skulking by, bemoaning, "Mommy, you never sew things for me like you do for Norah." Which, technically isn't true (I have made him neck ties, matchbox car roll ups, personalized pillowcases, and the like...but I will be the first to admit that the Norah to Eli sewing ratio is completely unbalanced)
So, when his meager request was a "super hero cape", I couldn't wait to make it happen. We went to JoAnn's, the next day (see how spontaneous being a part-time parent of one has made me?) and Eli selected his "super colors" and I bought the materials needed. (I was a little nervous when his first choice for the cape was "booger green", but thankfully, he decided on blue, with green accents, after a little deliberation)
A few hours later, we had lift-off...well, almost. He patiently waited (ok, maybe not so patiently) while I sewed up his cape. When he finally slipped it on, he dashed around the living room, with an expectant grin on his face, which almost immediately melted into sheer disappointment. "Daddy! What's wrong? It's not flying. I wanted to fly in the sky like a bird." To which Jason replied, "Well, your cape flies behind you if you run really fast,and it'll feel like you're flying...give it a try." So, he did, and he was pretty much a blue, blurred streak for the next 20 minutes, as he did laps around the kitchen/living room, while I fixed dinner. I should probably also note that Norah is VERY jealous of his newly acquired favorite accessory...but seeing as how she has at least 6 princess costumes in her closet, I think I'm just gonna let her stay that way for a little while. Sometimes, it's nice for the younger brother to have the upper hand at something, at least for a little while! 
2 comments:
You are so creative!
Love the post about Norah too! I can't believe our girls are in kindergarten!!! What happened!?!
how adorable! i also love how you write...so funny! you mentioning norah being jealous and you deciding that was ok makes me think of cailyn and corban. we're working on setting his room up to be a bit more "play" friendly so we recently got a new rug. she was so sure her rugs were not soft enough the way his new rug was, and i was secretly happy for him to be the one who could be proud in that moment of the "cool" new thing he had...you're so right about little brother needing moments like that (esp. when big sister has more "cool" things than she can count)! glad to hear Eli is enjoying his new cape!
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