Parental Confession #2

I taught my son to make voodoo dolls. Well, not intentionally but here's what happened: In an attempt to make my son feel excited and secure about becoming a big brother (we are expecting twins soon), I have been engaging him in a number of projects. Specifically, big boy projects that babies are not allowed to do. One of his favorites is sewing. I thought it would make him feel really grown up and official to have his very own pin cushion and, because I am actually Martha Stewart, we decided to make one. To find inspiration we visited my favorite website in the whole wide world: Etsy.com . There we discovered the cutest little pattern for an owl shaped pin cushion. So, we set to work. Joe Frank cut out the pattern (this may have been the first mistake)and he helped me sew the thing up on the sewing machine (he likes to crank the needle wheel by hand. It's slow going but eventually gets the job done). Then we ironed on some felt eyes and Joe stuffed the thing and voila! The cutest little owl you've ever seen! Then. We stuck the pins in and it got a little weird...