Today I went with my friend Chris to pick up our sons from a week of diving camp at Purdue University. It was a long, fun day that included terrifying, proud, gasping, exhilarating moments as we watched the boys dive from several stories into a deep pool.

By the time we arrived home after 8:00 pm, I didn’t have a lot of creative juice left. I hope that explains today’s obviously hurried, rather non-sensical creation.

The order: Make something that would no normally be considered cute and cuddly into something that is. Here it is …

The pink cape conceals his spines and wings. I think that makes him infinitely more huggable. Don’t  you?