Meet (yet to be named) Pteranodon!

I had leftover yarn from A's birthday sweater, and like last year I have crocheted her a little matching dinosaur (or in this case pterosaur).
Last year for her fifth birthday (5!) I knit her a dinosaur sweater that kind of looked like a stegosaurus (plates and all).  With the leftover yarn, I crocheted her a stegosaurus (pattern from June Gilbank). It matched her sweater and A loved it.

This year there was no plan to crochet a matching dinosaur with her birthday sweater, but I had enough leftover yarn, and another wonderful pattern from June Gilbank: "Pteranodon". So, of course I crocheted another matching dinosaur for her. Technically though, a pteranodon is not a dinosaur, but a pterosaur (flying reptile) that lived with the dinosaurs. Still, most of us think of them as dinosaurs. My daughter, of course, could give you all the specifics of dinosaur vs. pterosaur. Suffice it to say, they definitely belonged together. A has had a bit of a love affair with pterosaurs lately, so I'm hoping she will love the little guy (or girl). It turned out so cute, and is absolutely adorable. So, for the second year in a row, she will have a new birthday sweater, and new birthday dinosaur (pterosaur).

Maybe the beginning of a birthday tradition? She's seen the sweater as I had her try it on over and over again for me while I was knitting it to make sure it fit. But, this little dinosaur will be a surprise. How I hope it becomes one of her favourites! Can't wait for her birthday to arrive, even though it is difficult to wrap my head around the fact that she is turning six years old in days. Six! Time marches too quickly for me.