Riot and Frolic

Remember how I'm letting V name these posts?  Well, I am.  She just says the funniest crap.  Apparently, V thought Zoo was not warm enough the other day, hence her concernicus (Dane Cook? anyone?) question.

This week, I was inspired by this car seat blanket over at Running with Scissors.  Besides having an awesome name for her blog, she can Sew (with a capital S) and takes great pictures of herself (the kind I would take of myself if I could hooks it up).

I often have this problem, where I want to keep the babe all wrapped up for a car trip, but I just tuck a blanket all around her and then it gets kicked off and I want her wrapped up, dagnabit!  Enter Jessica from RWS and her car seat blanket.  

But here's the thing.  I didn't feel like pulling out the sewing machine aaaaand it's been unseasonably warm, so I made up a short cut.  Score.

Grab your well-loved (AKA "dingy"*) car seat.

Grab one of the million baby blankets you have in your possession.  Seriously, one of the million.

Now, I very precisely laid the blanket in the car seat and was painstakingly careful about cutting little slits where I wanted the holes for the straps.  Read: I slashed up a piece of flannel.

I mean, she's going to sit on it.  It doesn't need to be pretty.  

Put it in the car seat and pull the straps through the appropriate holes.  

Place cute widdle baby in and wrap her up!  Wallah!**

Note the shocked expression on Zoo's face.  "I'm so warm and comfortable.  How could it be?"

*Did anyone read the word "dingy" up there as "ding-y" (which is actually spelled "dinghy" and refers to a small boat)?  I totally did and I knew what I was trying to say.  Words are weird.  

**That word, for instance, does not exist in the sense of "look at the magic!"  But it's funny when you use it incorrectly.  

Hey Steve, we'll miss you.