If you're a bird, I'm a bird

So I have ten days off for spring break. Two days have already passed. Those days were beautiful so Lincoln and I went to the park for a walk and some blanket time. We soaked in some natural vitamin D. Joe had to get some hours so he was in Atlanta working. This is what I have planned for the rest of the break: Sew wool soakers so I can sell them at reBlossom Mama & Baby Shop Clean out the cars by shaking off mats and cleaning the interior Blog about some topics I am passionate about Write my birth story for my midwife who wants to publish it in an informational booklet for the women of Toccoa Buy some picture frames and photos for Lincoln's baby book Attend an ICAN meeting Lincoln will be 6-months on Tuesday so I will keep him home from school so we can spend the day together. I'll probably take him to school a few days next week so I can get the above accomplished.

I put wool soakers on my cloth diapering registry, but we didn't receive it. They cost $28-$45 at the two cloth diapering stores here in Athens. The purpose of a wool soaker is to worn at night over the cloth diaper and it absorbs the urine to avoid changing a diaper in the middle of the night or prevent leakage.  Since I didn't want to pay even $28 for a wool soaker, I decided to look up patterns online. I searched "sweater wool soaker pattern". The first one I tried was located here . The first one I made was too small so I had to go up a size. The pattern I used was a triangle cut out of paper with 16" sides. It fit him perfectly and I like the way it turned out. I found this one on a blog. I cut out the appropriate pieces for Lincoln's size based on his measurements. I made him the medium. Joe went to a few thrift stores while I was working to look for sweaters. He bought three and I ended up keeping one sweater for myself to wear. This is how the s...