{"id":18125,"date":"2011-09-12T05:45:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T09:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=18125"},"modified":"2020-09-09T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T03:05:39","slug":"school-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/12\/school-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"School Rocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With a goofy grin, Robert, 6, stands next to his birthday tree.<\/p><\/div>\n

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By now, the new school year has started for just about every child in the country.\u00c2\u00a0 With Labor Day as the traditional opening day,\u00c2\u00a0 our nation’s children have loaded up new book bags, sharpened\u00c2\u00a0 new pencils and cracked open spanking new boxes of Crayolas.<\/p>\n

It’s a big day, that first day of school.\u00c2\u00a0 To commemorate the occasion, my three grandchildren each wore an embroidered shirt as they began the next year in their education journey.<\/p>\n

We snapped this picture of Robert\u00c2\u00a0 next to his birthday tree<\/a>, as his birthday almost coincides with the start of school.\u00c2\u00a0 He was so pleased to have a “cool” shirt, a real upgrade from his Backyardigans and Max and Ruby shirts of days gone by.<\/p>\n

\"RocksLallFI\"<\/a>

Laurel, 7<\/p><\/div>\n

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Laurel loved the zebra print in her “rocks” shirt.\u00c2\u00a0 She especially loved the silver metallic stars.\u00c2\u00a0 but Laurel loves everything.\u00c2\u00a0 This little girl is the most enthusiastic kid I’ve ever known.\u00c2\u00a0 So maybe the shirt is not so special!<\/p>\n

Alastair, 2-1\/2 just began pre-school and loves it.\u00c2\u00a0 His shirt reflects his opinion of this new adventure.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m looking forward to his mother sending me a picture of him marching off to “school” in his shirt.<\/p>\n

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\"Montessori-all\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The designs (except for Montessori) are from Embroidery Boutique<\/a>, a site I discovered after seeing the shirt\u00c2\u00a0 made for her 1st grader by Lisa of Mommy’s Apron Strings<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I love the instant download availability of designs from this site and others.<\/p>\n

These shirts are a far cry from the first-day-of-school dresses I made for my daughter so many years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 I especially remember her kindergarten dress.\u00c2\u00a0 A white pinafore smocked with Little Red Riding Hood was worn over a red gingham check yoke dress.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But September is still\u00c2\u00a0 soooo hot in Florida. Rebecca looked adorable, but sweltered under 5 yards of skirt while romping on the playground.<\/p>\n

The next year, she wore Children’s Corner\u00c2\u00a0 Mary Ann<\/em>,\u00c2\u00a0 a white shirt with a blue poplin button-on pleated skirt. The shirt’s insert was smocked with an apple equation, 1 (apple) + 1 (apple) = 2 (apples).\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 With a bow in her hair and two front teeth missing, she was the quintessential 6-year old school girl.<\/p>\n

For pre-school Alastair and\u00c2\u00a0 homeschooled Robert and Laurel, these tee shirts are much more suitable for our climate and casual life style.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, I would love to make another smocked first-day-of-school dress.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe next year.<\/p>\n

Jo made an incredibly adorable penguin back pack for her son. I hope she will give permission to show these photos.<\/p>\n

Did you make any special back to school items?\u00c2\u00a0 Tell us about it.<\/p>\n

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