children's museum

We went back to the Children's Museum during Thanksgiving week. The reason I'm late posting this is because I had left our point-and-shoot camera in Maine and I just got it back.





We stopped at Central Square in Waltham on the way home. It was really nice out!

Jane's baby bird

Now Jane can pretend the eggs I knit her previously are hatching into a baby bird.



(Free pattern found here)

gingerbread men (and women)

sewing project

Jane made a dress for... can you guess? Susie! And Malcolm made a sleeping bag for his dragon.

Susie with her birthday candle

During her previous birthday party we had neglected to have a real dessert with a candle on top, so we put one in a cookie I made for a cookie swap.

eye drops

Jane had a strange look when she got home from the eye doctor!

craft room

I had been wanting to do this for years. I converted the "office" into a craft room.



Previously, our art supplies were scattered throughout the house. Pipe cleaners, stamps and stickers in the living room:



Crayons and coloring books in the dining room:



Chalk and paint on a shelf with games and puzzles:



Here's how the bookshelf looked before:



Now all the art supplies are together, and easier for the kids to get to!



And now the easel is out full-time.



Jane has declared that the craft room is the best room in the house.