This creature turns eight tomorrow.
{Santa left him reindeer food. I suspect he's planning to steal a reindeer next Christmas.}
EIGHT.
He requested a Minecraft Zombie pillow.
{16x16"}
As you can see, it's vastly different from the Minecraft Creeper. I did oblige him with pixelation this time. I don't think a single piece of this green is actually Emerald...
The backing was a no-brainer. The Dude loooooooooooves minkee. {Mom loves using selvage ends so there's no hemming.}
{Ooooh, minkee...}
This year, he...
...survived his dad's longest deployment {and the first one he'll remember}
...learned how to read - and how to love reading
...asked if his little brother would come knowing the Gangnam Style dance
...got retainers to widen his mouth {wait, we want him to have a BIGGER mouth?}
...gained a ton of self-confidence as he learned to ride horseback
...let his hair grow out because people told him he looked like a California surfer dude
...watched every.single.episode of the new Doctor Who with me
...ran his first 5K {and second...and first Disney race}
...traveled to Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Disneyland, Washington DC, Atlanta, and New York City
...obsessed over Angry Birds, Minecraft, and Just Dance 4
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Great when out kids want us to make stuff for them!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! My first baby turns 10 this year so I feel your "pain" at how fast they grow up. I love the pillow you made, and it looks like he will, too :-).
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to The Dude. Hope he loves his pillow.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab pillow! You did a great job! Whoop whoop!!
ReplyDeletegreat pillow! isn't it so nice when the kids ask you to sew for them? thanks for linking up to TGIFF!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your EIGHT year old!!!
ReplyDeletemine is celebrating her 14th tonight, without a quilt made bad mommy, glad he still likes moms gifts!
ReplyDeleteHappy eighth birthday!
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss this post? :) What fun things your son accomplished this year. Kudos to him for the races and the reading!
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking up in March to Richard and Tanya Quilts on our Link a Finish Friday. We will have a new linkup available every Friday. So stop by and share what you have been working on and check out what others are doing.
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