Before Griffin was born, I made him an alien eyeball hat. It was great, but it turned out to be too small for his giant noggin.

Today I finally found my big bag of felt after an empty-out-the-closet search, and I used some of it to turn the alien eyeball hat into an alien eyeball stuffie!

Jag suggested the felt mouth. He’s a happy jolly alien.

Look out, Griffin!

Griffin tries to ward off the alien attack.

I’m still managing to cook now and then. HT had a sale on lamb shoulder chops last week, so I marinated them in an orange juice and rosemary mixture, pan-fried them, and made a sauce from the drippings. (The recipe I adapted is here; I left out the pineapple juice and onion and added thyme, and added some butter when reducing the sauce.) I also made some roasted potatoes and mixed veggies. Was very tasty, and would’ve been even better if someone had been a little less screamy at dinner time. :-/