How to Make a Thai Dinner in a Box care package

Yesterday over a yummy breakfast of blueberry oatcakes, Mr. Hummingbird and I were discussing the care packages that his mom used to send him when he was in college. I LOVE care packages, both giving and receiving them. So I decided to make one for each of his 2 younger sisters. The idea is born!

Then you have to come up with a theme. Thai food. Who doesn't love it?

Hmmm, now how do you send Thai food to Arizona and Washington without it getting cold, or the greasy bits soaking through the paper? Recipes and ingredients to make it yourself. We came up with 3 recipe ideas, Pad Thai, Tom Yum Soup, and Thai Iced Tea. I bought some of the less-easily found-in-places-that-are-not-the-Bay-Area ingredients (lemon grass, Thai curry paste, galangal, rice noodles). I made a little drawstring pouch for each, and included recipe cards and a "puzzle card." (Thanks for teaching me how to make those fabulous little folding cards Abigail!!)

Viola! Two ready made Thai Dinner in a Box care packages.

Yay!

A baby gift machine

Hmmm, I'm starting to feel like a baby gift machine.
In the past 18 months, I've made (calculations going on in head with help from trusty Sierra Club calendar and various random items spread across room . . .)
7 baby hats
2 baby quilts (sewn)
2 baby blankets (knit or crochet)
1 baby sweater
3 baby toys

I just finished the 2nd quilt this morning (started it yesterday--it's very simple). I think Sock Monkeys should be on ALL baby items from now on!

The last hat I made was a little untraditional for baby. The soon-to-be parents love the Simpsons' character Jimbo the Bully, so I knit a hat with Jimbo's emblematic skull. I wonder what the other baby shower-goers will think of that?!