SOLUTION: creating jeans that fit.

I finally got around to adjusting those pesky jeans from the post Help!...I need you!-creating jeans that fit.

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions.

I combined a few of them, added some of my own "jimmy-riggin'" and WA LA!  They are done (and none too soon...it's getting COLD!  Brrrrr......)

Here's what I ended up doing (please keep in mind that #1 I have "beginner" sewing skills and #2 I'm far more concerned with function than fashion---one of the benefits of being a mom of boys)

After turning the pants inside out, I un-stitched the sides of the waistband logo thing-y.

 

Next...and I forgot to get a picture of this one,...I cut slits in the waistband backing fabric on each side of the pants, in line with side seam.

I pinned the elastic for easy threading.

Then, I threaded the elastic through, from one slit to the next.

 Next, I tucked the end of the elastic in (on the side with the pin, after taking off the pin, of course), pulled closed the slit, and zig zag stitched, making sure to firmly catch the elastic and both sides of the fabric (If you'll notice, mine is VERY secure.  I get a little carried away sometimes. he he he )

Next, is where a little jimmy-riggin' comes in.  I could actually measure things...but it's not my style.  So...I had my  kiddo put the pants on inside out.  Then I pulled the elastic tight....until the pants were nice and fitted around his waist and then pinned the elastic in place.  Then, I cut the elastic and closed the opening like in the steps above.

 

 Last, but not least, I stitched two lines (small zigzag) down the back/middle of the waist band (one would probably work) to keep the elastic from twisting around and bunching up. 

And there you have it.

G-McBabe now has two very functional pairs of jeans where there were none before.  Ta Da!

Now I just have to work on patching up the knee holes he's already managed to put in them.  :)  (tutorial for Monsters Knees)
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Serious choking hazard....

We ran a ton of errands today.  The kids were exhausted.

We finished up at Costco....I bribed them with hot dogs (our monthly routine).

We got out to the car when I realized I had forgotten a knife to cut Mr. Golden Locks section (he get's about a 1/3 of one of his bros) of "dog" up.

I was not about to go back inside.  So...against my better judgement...I gave it to him....whole.

"He'll chew it," I reasoned with myself.  (Uh huh....)

He was remarkably quiet on the way home (of course, they are usually pretty quiet when they are stuffing their faces) but after hearing soft snoring I realized he had fallen asleep.  Poor thing.

I looked back in my rear view mirror and saw this....

Can't see it?

How about NOW?

When I called his name...he stirred a bit...chomped down a few times...then promptly fell asleep again.

We got home...I got him out of his car seat and took him inside.  I tried to take out the piece of hot dog...except it wasn't really a piece at all.

Yeah, that's right.  He shoved the ENTIRE thing into his mouth and this (above) is what wouldn't fit.  

It made me laugh and scared me at the same time.

I coaxed him into spitting it out in the sink. 

He was none too happy to see it go. 

I am very lucky nothing serious happened to him.

Let's just say that I will NEVER be doing that again.  EVER!   


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Those boots....

Notice something similar about this picture....

and this one?

Is it costumes?  Super heroes?  My kids?

No...it's the BOOTS!  The cowboy boots.  Little Red wears them EVERYWHERE.  Everywhere except church, bed and school on "P.E." day.  (let's not forget Mini Rob in his snow boots either)

Cowboy up Darth!  Cowboy up Spidey!

It drives me crazy yet is so cute at the same time.

(Kinda like the kiddo who wears them.)  :)

Roberto has never really liked "the boots" but was flabergasted when I let Little Red go Trick-or-Treating in them last night.

"Does it really matter?"  I said. 

I mean, he DID put them on ALL BY HIMSELF.  That scores HUGE points in my book.  :)
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G-McBabe's joke of the day

"Hey Mom...wanna hear my newest joke?"

"Sure"

"Why did the exercise instructor wear a diaper?"  

(pause)

They were doing pull-ups.  Get it?"

I laughed...of course.  It was very clever and funny.

"That's a good one Gabe...very funny"

"Yeah, I can tell you liked it.  You actually 'real laughed'....instead of that fake laugh like 'ha ha ha'." 


My, he's clever!  Guess I need to work on my "fake outs"....funny boy.
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"Here is some bad things I do not like about my mom"

Excerpt from G-McBabe's journal (written today--I know...I shouldn't be peeking):

Sunday
Here is some bad things I do not like about my mom.
1.  she makes me get off the computer right when the timer goes off
2.  you never know when she is going to yell.

Funny?....sort of.

For the "full story" and how it links to depression, come on over to my other blog...Methodical Musings of an Unbalanced Woman.

I'm just too lazy to type it up twice (or copy and paste it for that matter).
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