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     Henry got invited to a princess party that encouraged dressing up; luckily, he just fit the prince costume I had made for Charles ages ago. The epaulets are a little worse for wear, but I thought he looked great. He was the only boy to dress up, but the guests loved it. 

    We were lucky to have Charly's family stay with us a few days. They loved playing games and Pokémon. It got a little problematic with the enthusiastic trading, but it was fun.

    Lizzy got cast in another One Act; she is Mama Bear in Goldilocks on Trial. This was her first try on of the outfit. Isn't she cute?

    Lizzy also had her award "banquet." She was recognized for her wrestling achievements. It started late as Aubry was late. 

    Teddy kept asking to go to the duck park; I had no idea which park that was. I guessed it was Keystone, as we had just seen it in a picture. I drove there, and Teddy threw a fit. Wrong Park! Eventually he was able to communicate that it was the space park. Look how happy he is!

    For April Fools' Day, I made a fake German chocolate cake. It was a box chocolate cake with the real frosting. It made me appreciate the real cake so much; this was not up to par at all! The kids loved it, so I guess I was the only fool.

    Also, Teddy demanded a holder for his water bottle, so we looked at fabric from my stash. He wanted it to be Spider-Man; I had some comic book fabric that had Spider-Man on it, and he approved it. I had made the strap in red and blue, but he told me it had to be Blippi's favorite colors, so I swapped the red for orange. 

    For our FoE Craft swap, the challenge was books. I had wanted to make these bookmarks for a bit, so I knew this was the time. My partner loves Beauty and the Beast, and I had some fabric in my stash that worked perfectly. I made another one as well, but felt it wasn't enough.

    I had wanted to try my hand at making a book, and this felt like the right time to try it. I went through my stash and couldn't think of what I wanted to do, but then I spied the denim pants I had set aside to cut up. I loved the idea of a denim-covered notebook. I went right to work making my signatures, the paper sets you fold together in groups. I decided to do 5 sheets of paper per signature. I sewed them together and made the covers with a slight cardboard and covered them with the denim. I wanted to keep the pocket and logo.

    I really liked how they turned out. I hoped my partner would appreciate them. I packaged it up and mailed it off. She reciprocated with a cross-stitched Dr. Who-themed bag. I love it!