Josephine Losavio: Clown?

Tomorrow is Circus Day at Joey's school.  All of the kids will be dressing up like clowns or circus animals.  Although clowns creep me out, I figured a clown costume would be easier to DIY than an animal costume.

I picked up some supplies at Hobby Lobby:  a green t-shirt (because green is Joey's fave), pom poms, felt, and a sheet of green foam. 

I began by making a ruffled collar from the felt.  I cut the sheets lengthwise and stitched three of the pieces together, creating a long strip.

I stitched some elastic to one end of the felt, then for the length of the felt, I stitched around the elastic using a zigzag stitch.  That's a fancy trick I picked up from sewing class.

To finish the collar, I stitched the ends together.  I just hope that it doesn't choke Joey.

Next I got to work on Joey's hat.  I decided to use the foam to make a cone-shaped hat with pom poms.  I cut the foam into a round-ish triangle (sorry -- that's mommy brain for you) and then attached the edges with hot glue.  I glued a large pom pom to the top of the hat and small ones around the bottom.

I  hot glued some large pom poms to the front of the t-shirt and Voila!  A clown costume!

Preschool

Today was Joey's first day of school. 

As a surprise, Paul enrolled Joey in preschool last week.  The timing is excellent as he is out of town all week.  Yep, I'm the single mom of two for five whole days.  Anyway, we have been considering sending Joey to this particular preschool for a couple of months.  Several people that we have encountered -- some acquaintances and some complete strangers -- have recommended this program to us.  Plus, it's conveniently located right down the road from our house.

Joey will be at school three mornings a week.  While she's getting her learn on, I'll have three mornings a week to clean, run errands, grocery shop, rest, bond with the baby, or do nothing.  Woo hoo!

Joey is very enthusiastic about going to school.  There were no tears today.  In fact, when I dropped her off this morning, she ran into the first classroom that she saw.  I couldn't restrain her.  She's adjusting well and made friends in her new class.  She's growing up so fast.

Joey's first masterpiece