The requisite birthday shirt

Every year, I make the girls a birthday shirt.  It's always appliqued and I now know that it needs to be short sleeved and a size too big so it will fit all year round.  This year I wasn't feeling extremely creative.  Or more to the point, I wasn't sure how I could top the tally mark shirt from last year.  I asked Kate what she wanted and she didn't have a preference.  Fatty came up with a couple of good ideas and I was ready to use one of those when it hit me.

 

Of course.  It's perfect for my girl.