Thank you ladies, it will go to him today. the only disappointment I had with this pattern is...It had a very cute set up for the blocks, which I was unable to do as the instruction didn't mention to turn the blocks before puting on the little strip of blocks.
The instruction just said, put the 8 1/2 strip on the left of the block and the 9 1/2 strip on the bottom. Now when you go to put it in the arrangement, some of the blocks are upside down, so I had no choice but to put it the way it is, which is still cute but not what I wanted. I trusted the directions, lesson learned.