Cloaks and things

So i spent most of last night in bed thinking about The Cloak. The one I have to make for my husband for Halloween. You would think it isn't anything to worry about since cloaks are easy, heck I have already made one for my son. Only my DOH wants his to be lined...ok easy no problem, but it has to have a hood....ok that's fine, but it also needs the cord ties for closing sewn into the neck. At this point I'm trying to figure out how to keep the lining, insert the hood into the neck, yet still sew and insert the cord into its casing in the neck. Ugh. All my saved bookmarks that talk about making the cloak address one or the other of these details, but never doing all three in the same cloak. Hopefully it turns out. The thing I should be more concerned about making is the poet shirt, otherwise known and the piratey ruffle shirt. Did I mention i was a novice at sewing. Tomorrow will be an interesting day trying to get all this done. I would start today but....Its my son's 2nd Birthday!!! Yay. Cant believe its already been 2 years. We aren't really having a party, but he is eating all his favorite foods today and doing all his favorite activities. I'm actually waiting for the second cake to get out of the oven right now. A few of my DOH's co workers are coming over for cake this evening. Isn't my son so special, he has grown up friends. lol. Well time to go get more stuff done.