He's learning English.

I'm sitting here at my desk when 2.5yo Moose walks up.

"Hi Mom. Howzit goin'?"

"Good."

"Whatchyuu doin?"

"A puzzle."

"Ooo a puzzle. Dat's coo."

Then he walks around my chair, points to the box of snacks on the printer.
"Pwease foodfood?"

All that small talk for the food on my desk.

More clothing recycling

(This is cross posted over at Raya's Thrift too)

I started with a $3 100% lambswool sweater from the thrift store. After giving it a good felting I cut it apart at the seams. I used the front and back panels to make soakers custom fit to baby (yes the carpet needs vacuumed, and it's a lousy pic, but you can see how it fits her). After giving them a bath with wool wash that has lanolin in it, they'll make awesome covers for her cloth diapers. Then I used the sleeves to make her a pair of pants. There is quite a bit of growth room left in them so they should still be fitting by fall.

So that's 3 diaper covers total, for $3. Well, $3.33 if you count the yard of elastic I would have had to buy for the pants, but I grabbed a small piece from stash. Even if I purchased recycled from sweaters covers straight from a wahm, I would spend around $35 for all three of those. Hand knit would more than triple that amount. I couldn't knit one myself for that amount.

Once again, I've posted the tutorial over at Homeschooling Life.