Wrapping up Boy Month

I meant to have a nice roundup post yesterday to end our Boy Month here (it was March 15 yesterday), but I got crazy sick and haven't been able to hold myself upright for the last couple of days. I'm feeling a little better today, but MAN. I know this is just going to sound redundant but it seems like when your kid is in preschool the whole family is sick all. the. time. Like every day we send him is like pushing him into a germ factory and saying "Best of luck with that immune system, little dude! Try not to bring anything home with you!" I think of all those little puzzle pieces and bingo markers and play foods covered with microorganisms. How often do you think they clean that stuff? Probably never. Typical week: he gets sick on Tuesday because he caught something at preschool on Monday and then can't go on Wednesday because he's still recovering from whatever it was he caught on Monday. Then I get sick a few days later. I stick with it because I think wow by kindergarten he's going to have Superhuman Antibodies and never ever get sick again. Does that sound as idiotic as I think it does? OK, enough whimpering about being sick, Rae! MOVE ON!

I have a few extra boy projects of my own that didn't quite make the cut this month when it came to posting but I thought this orange tie-dye shirt was worth showing. I made it for one of Elliot's little friends whose favorite color happens to be orange. I made a similar one for E last summer, there's a brief how-to on that post if you'd like to make one too.

And I just wanted to show you guys a couple more tutorials that showed up in the pool. First, here's how to make a stuffed Bullseye from Toy Story by Jessica of Running with Scissors:

And Jessica's got a bunch of other fantastic stuff for boys over at her blog.  I love these little dino tails (click on the pictures for the tutorial link)!