Briefly thought about organizing our bodies into a message that the balloon riders could read from the sky, but hey, we park-goers are just too lazy.

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Today we did the old baking-soda-vinegar-volcano project. Always a big hit, but Sam’s favorite part by far was drawing the villagers screaming and running away from the lava flow.

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I spent nearly all day in this room and only toward the end did my brain reach saturation. Great conference. Favorite quotes, presented entirely out of context and so they will be meaningless to just about everyone who reads this blog, but oh well: “Nearly everything is art, but not everything is interesting.” –Daniel …

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Molly and No-name doll (notice– she has eyes now!) get all tucked into the hotel hours before any of us got to sleep. We came up to Dulles, VA outside Washington DC for the annual Mid-Atlantic region of the Society of Children’s Writers and Book Illustrators conference tomorrow. The plan is for me to learn and absorb …

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Sam is sewing a rag doll of her own invention, with a little help from me. She’s been reading about children’s lives in colonial America and she wants to do everything girls did back then. Sewing was top on her list. Apparently candle-making is next. “What do we need for candle-making?” I asked. “Tallow,” Sam said. …

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Had a hard time dragging Sam away from her friends (and the mulch pile) this afternoon.

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