Anyway, everyone had a good time. We colored. CareBear drew suns and lakes and cars (though I only know that because she told me that’s what they were). LiliBee made pretty squiggles and many joyful noises over being included in the marker fun. Everyone was coloring nicely and no one was eating the markers.

And then it all went wrong. I swear, I only went into the kitchen for a minute (and my kitchen even has line of sight to the dining room table) and this is what found when I came back. LiliBee is a very sneaky kid.

If you look closely, you can see that LiliBee’s tongue is a bit yellow. I can only hope that the “non-toxic” claim on the box really is valid!

We set up the CareBear’s new toddler bed and I made a canopy for it! I found these instructions and adapted them a bit as there’s no need to be quite so fussy for a toddler’s bed. My version is much simpler and there’s no sewing involved. Anyway, CareBear got to pick out the colors that went into it and I think it came out pretty nice!

CareBear thinks it’s fun and LiliBee pretended to sleep.

One of the new Christmas presents was some nifty battery-powered gears for on the refrigerator. CareBear opened the package all by herself and told me that she was going to make a special machine! I love that she knew that was what gears were used for.

My whole family was fascinated.

Even Lucy came over to check it out!