lip sync!

Jane and her friends signed up to perform "Under the Sea" from the Little Mermaid at the lip sync this year. We had so much fun getting together to practice dancing and paint t-shirts. Last week at the rehearsal we realized we needed one more practice before the big day, and they changed a few of their moves to make it a little simpler.

One of the girls was away the day of the performance but we were still glad she was part of the group!

Nana and Grammy even came down from Maine to see it. They did a great job and we had fun watching all the other acts, too!

new exhibit

We had a nice visit to the science museum a couple weeks ago. We spent the whole time watching a planetarium show and in two exhibits: the hall of human life and the global kitchen. We learned all about where food comes from and how it's made, and it made us very hungry. We had to go home early and have a big snack!

dolphins!

Jane and some friends will be performing at a lip sync soon. Yesterday they painted their shirts!

vacation week art

The Museum of Fine Arts had some fun art projects for the kids to do yesterday. The first one was supposed to look like a glass sculpture.

Next they made Calder-like mobiles. Jane's has a polar bear on it and Malcolm's has a penguin.

Last was to sculpt some clay into a nature shape. Jane made a tree with a nest, birds and cats climbing up the tree. Malcolm made a tangled thicket, a cave, and a rock with a snake on it.

This wall had shadows painted on it, we thought it was very funny!

sledding

We had fun sledding with our friends Duncan and Cassidy the other day. The weather was nice but the snow was almost too deep to do a lot in.

Malcolm didn't feel like sledding much!

Jane got too hot to wear her coat!

Seacoast Science Center

We went back to the Seacoast Science Center yesterday. We met Nana and Grammy and had a good time. The first thing the kids did was pretend fishing.

Then they piloted a ship.

They had the best time with the touch tank. I had them wear bathing suits because Jane's clothes got drenched last year!

The aquarium room was a lot of fun, too.

Reading time!

model trains

Malcolm and I went to see an amazing set-up of model trains last weekend.

Percy was there!

Malcolm had smuggled Fluffy in his vest without me knowing!

We also went to a map exhibit.