-SEWING SKILLS-

It Takes A Real Man To Sew

Tough Guy

Truman has two shirts that needed three buttons sewn back on them. This morning, he asked me where my sewing kit was. I told him it was up in the cupboard, and asked him if he needed me to fix something for him? He said, "no" as I watched perplexed while he got my sewing kit down from the cupboard from my Mom. He asks me, "Does it have needles and everything?". I laughed, and said "yes," and showed him where the needles were. I asked him again, "Do you need help with something?" He again told me, "No, I got this." I was cleaning around the house, but I couldn't help myself from peeking in at him, trying to sew some buttons on his shirt. I heard three "Oww's!" in the first 10 minutes, and said again, "Are you sure you don't need any help sweetie? I can really do it for you." He proceeded to tell me laughing but serious, "For your information, I took Home Ec in high school, & I can do this."

It was so cute to watch Truman sew buttons on his shirt! His buttons were broken or lost, so I grabbed him some old buttons out of a botton box I've been collecting over the years. He was determined to do it himself, and was very proud of his work afterwards. Afterwards he said, "That was good, 3 buttons in only 30 mintues!"