What I've made lately

Ah, it feels so good to be posting a little note to you all now that my EXAMS ARE FINISHED. Pretty much everything feels better, now that I've finished my courses. Slight apprehension about how I actually did & I've been obsessively checking online to see if any grades have been posted, but really, I'm much better...

My first order of business wasn't that beer I promised myself--I actually just remembered it now, 18 hours after I thought I'd already have sucked it back enjoyed it in a leisurely fashion--it was to add some ear flaps & ties to one of Sprout's hats. I made it for him when I was pregnant, in a fit of whimsy. Here's what it looked like originally:

It still fit him, but he absolutely refuses to wear hats, so unless he's got a hood on, his ears have been getting cold. Tying sun hats on sort of worked in the summer, as long as he was well distracted once it was on. So I decided on the same tactic for this hat:

I tried it on him & it fits perfectly, covers up his ears completely & he didn't seem to mind it at all. It's funny, if you give him the choice, hats come off instantly. But if securely tied on, he forgets it's there. Weird kid. 

You'll have to wait until after Tuesday for photos of the hat on Sprout. We're planning to go on the Christmas Train then & there will be copious amounts of photos, I promise.