{"id":2000,"date":"2021-03-16T17:03:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T17:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2021-03-29T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:37:15","slug":"semi-formal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/?p=2000","title":{"rendered":"Nana, can you make&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I love it when my kids ask me to do something for them. A few weeks ago, I got an email from Jack, saying that the boys &#8220;wondered&#8221; if I could make some Pokemon costumes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Coby-costume.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Coby-costume.jpg 450w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Coby-costume-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"206\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cobys-request.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2016\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Well&#8230;yes, I can.<br><br>Jack sent some photos of their chosen characters and I got a load of felt from Joann&#8217;s and started having fun. Coby told Mack (while I was out on a Pokemon donut run on Sunday morning) that &#8220;Nana&#8217;s costumes were definitely the highlight of this trip.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"845\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexs-costume-845x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexs-costume-845x1024.jpg 845w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexs-costume-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexs-costume-768x931.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexs-costume-1267x1536.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexs-costume-1170x1418.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexs-costume.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"284\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexs-request.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2015\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <br><br>Be still my heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lukes-costume-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lukes-costume-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lukes-costume-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lukes-costume-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lukes-costume-1170x1560.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lukes-costume.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"233\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lukes-request.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2013\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>I failed to get a photo of Henry in his costume, but he did love it. He wore the &#8220;muscle shirt&#8221; the whole weekend (I stitched quilt batting to the underside of a t-shirt in the contour of a six pack). He also had a second set of arms made from a swimming noodle. I crack myself up.<br>They had a really good time, making up stories and acting them out in their costumes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"242\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Henrys-request.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2011\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>But, really&#8230;I had the most fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love it when my kids ask me to do something for them. A few weeks ago, I got an email from Jack, saying that the boys &#8220;wondered&#8221; if I could make some Pokemon costumes. Well&#8230;yes, I can. Jack sent some photos of their chosen characters and I got a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,25,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2000"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniewallace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}