More holiday knitting and a birthday

So I've been plugging away at some gifts. The yarn came in for the pillow, so I should be able to complete that this week while I'm on vacation. Unless I continue to be distracted by this little lovely, which has been taking up all my free knitting time for a week now:



And I also took a little break to celebrate my birthday, Renaissance style. My parents snuck in a "cake" for me!