The next day was Locke's "real" birthday. Sister Lia made him a pound cake from scratch, and after dining al fresco in the back yard (is that spelled right?), we came in for Locke to open all presents--those from the family and from his friends.
He loved the t-shirt quilt! (This quilt discussed in the post just before this one.) His happy reaction exceeded my wildest dreams. His first response was, "Oh! I have shirts like all of these!" Then I explained to him that these WERE his shirts, and I told him about his mommy's setting them aside for me to make a quilt from them. This was also explained in a letter, which he read aloud. There was a fun game included, which had him finding such shirts as "two from foreign countries," "one you wore as a one year old," "two brand-new shirts that you've never worn" etc. I had a "secret pocket" in one that he searched and searched for; this had a $10 bill in it! The secret pocket was in the Iceland shirt!
Here are some pictures:
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| Grandmommy and Locke showing the quilt |
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| Locke wrapped in the quilt and a hug! |
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| The green-bordered quilt in his newly-painted green room! |
