Dragon Shirt

A few months ago I made a dragon shirt for Mike (long story). He loves it.

Then Jake had been watching a 'Max and Ruby' cartoon where Max wants, and eventually gets, a dragon shirt. Jake started declaring that he wanted a dragon shirt, especially after Daddy showed him the one he has.

Remembering that I still had a dragon leftover from making Mike's shirt, I got a shirt for Jake and put the dragon on it. He was THRILLED.

So here are my 2 boys in their dragon shirts.
I got the dragons from Bamboo Village Press (created by a friend of mine), and just ironed them onto the shirts.

Brushing the Dragons Away...

Jake isn't always thrilled to have his teeth brushed every night, but it has to be done. Recently, my MDC mamas gave me the idea to "look for dragons inside his mouth and brush them away." So we started doing this a few nights ago and Jake was totally intrigued. Now he takes the initiative, saying "dragons!" and "brush teeth!" and is totally willing to allow us to brush the dragons away.

I'll look inside his mouth, and when I see a dragon I'll growl, however, Jake really doesn't like that! He puts his hand over my mouth to make me stop growling. So I just declare I see a dragon and brush away.

Who knew that brushing teeth on an unwilling child could be made so much easier by looking for dragons?