Lee will be fifteen tomorrow. He's getting a laptop, which he already knows about. This is a present for me too, because now I don't have to share my laptop with him anymore. No longer will my unsuspecting ears bleed when surprised by some horrible screaming music he's added to my iTunes. No more kid hopping around behind me asking when I'll be off so he can have a turn. He can take his kabillion manga pics and put them on his own computer. I am so happy for him that he will have his very own laptop!
I made a little something for him too. Lee loves a lot of the cute things Wee Wonderfuls makes. He saw her little felt insects when he was 13 and asked me to make him one. I promised I would if she ever sold the pattern. She does sell them at her site now, and I've been working on some butterflies for some little girls I know. Here's one:
Isn't she sweet? A little too sweet for my punk loving drummer boy. So I for him I made this guy:
I tried to give him a angry little manga face, but I think he just ended-up looking like Cartman from South Park.
And because, even though he's not a kid anymore, I'm still his mama and will always see a little bit of that baby boy who captured my heart, I added a little something on the back:
We have four computers--Brian has a laptop for work, Miranda and Ivy have their own when Brian found an amazing online deal last year. I would have been baffled at a family who had four computers back when we first got ours 8 years ago, but with homeschooling it's great.
The bugs are so cute--isn't Wee Wonderfuls a great website? Makes me a little envious at times but I love reading it, it's one of the first craft blogs I found years ago.
Posted by: Donna | February 02, 2008 at 09:22 AM
Oh, fifteen! How is that possible? Happy birthday to both of you!
We have three computers here - Cody's desktop, my laptop, and a desktop downstairs that Jim and Lilly share. I feel pretty strongly about basically unfettered computer access for all of us, because we all use it so much. I've never regretted spending the money.
Posted by: Lisa B-K | February 02, 2008 at 02:17 PM
that's the cutest angry insect i ever saw!
Posted by: april | February 03, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Aw...I can't believe how fast time time goes by. Yay for having a free lap top..until ME decides that she needs one, anyway. Heh!
Posted by: Jessica | February 09, 2008 at 08:17 AM
Awww, happy birthday to him!! I can't believe you all made it this long sharing a computer ;)
Posted by: Tiff | February 12, 2008 at 12:47 PM