first night of Hanukkah

Jane made us craft kits for Hanukkah gifts! Daddy's is "make your own snake."

Here's mine.

The kids got sleeping bags. They're excited for their sleepover later this week when their cousin is here!

school days

Last week I helped in Malcolm's class. The kids rolled dice and made play-doh "cherries" to fill up a pie. Malcolm and Colin enjoyed it!

Later in the week Jane's class hosted the all-school meeting, along with a fifth grade class.

She volunteered to talk about Thanksgiving on stage in front of the whole school!

hair makeover

Once again Jane cut some of her hair very short. She said some tape was stuck to it so she cut the hair off. I tried giving her "face-framing layers" to blend the short part in, but it didn't come out very good!

So we went to Supercuts and she got fixed up!

I'll stick to buzz cuts and trims at home for now on, but leave layering to a professional!

Daddy's birthday

We began the day by opening presents.

Jane made Daddy a cat.

We went to the science museum and the Hall of Human life was just opening!

Malcolm liked picking this giant nose.

Jane measured her ear.

She also did this puzzle.

We also stopped by Penzeys Spices and had lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Arlington. I made chocolate pudding for dessert. It was a great day!

memory lane

The sculpture park is close to where we got married and the kids wanted to check it out. They pretended they were at a wedding. They were dancing and singing outside.

Then they got their photos taken like Mommy and Daddy did eleven years ago!

another museum

On Veteran's Day we headed to DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. The kids got to see a lot of art this weekend!

This rock isn't a sculpture but it was very popular with lots of kids! At one point we met another little boy named Malcolm here. I didn't know anyone else with that name under age 40!

I think they like the woods more than the art...

It looked like they needed to nap on this bed!

This is Malcolm's favorite piece there.

museum day

On Saturday we headed to the MFA. There were several art projects to do. We made pendants out of model magic.

I made a turtle and Malcolm made a wolf!

Later the kids got mustaches like John Singer Sargent and drew some pictures. We were supposed to see the exhibit but the museum so crowded we didn't. Luckily I had seen it a month ago when it first opened!

skating has begun

Malcolm was so excited to start skating lessons, he put on his snowsuit and helmet an hour before we needed to leave!

cold visit to the orchard

Last Sunday we thought it would be the last chance for apple picking this year, so we wanted to go to an orchard. For some reason the kids did NOT want to go at all and it was hard to convince them. Once we were there, though, they had a great time!

Where is his tail?

It was very, very cold. It even snowed for a few minutes. Since hardly anyone was there, we had our own personal hayride to take us to the different apples we wanted to pick!

The kids were the only ones in the bouncy house which was nice!