Robin had been working hard on sewing a shirt for her Dad out of Harry Potter themed fabric. It was to be a surprise. Completing a project like this is quite an accomplishment, squeezing in the time to sew with a full time job and a four year old and a two year old. Even more challenging was keeping the four year old from spilling the beans to Grandpa.
Robin was able to make the presentation in person. She was so excited to do so, she whipped it out of her carryon suitcase as soon she walked in our door, not even taking time to remove her jacket. Not only did Frank love the shirt, but he was very pleased with her efforts to devote so much time to make something for him.
It fit! Frank poses to show off the garment – and to show off the daughter who made it. In her spare time I am guessing Robin is planning to post about the creation of this shirt to her sewing blog. She was here a couple weeks ago, but I think the post is yet to come on RobinLovesQuilting.
Robin was there only for dinner and one evening of visiting. We whisked her off back to the airport for her return flight the next morning. We thoroughly enjoyed the undivided attention of one-on-one time in adult conversation. The visit was short but sweet. Ya gotta love those grandkids but, as our son Dan puts it, when they are in the vicinity, you can only have "one-third of a conversation". His statistics are pretty right on. We have clocked that to be pretty accurate during our Skype calls to both his and Robin's families.
I have to say, it's kind of strange to comment on posts where you were there for the original events... somehow "I remember that!" doesn't seem to cut it. You're right that an RLQ post on the shirt is still forthcoming (hopefully this week). But, I'm really glad I got to visit you guys, and that I got to see the look on Dad's face when I handed it to him in person! He looks quite proud of me (and the shirt!) in that picture.
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