Today our special thing was to decorate the dollhouse. I let the kids pick out some stuff from my Christmas trunk and gave them some lights and they got started. It was still daylight when they started but they worked on it till dark and really enjoyed it. Bethany and Tess really got into it, but all of them enjoyed it. Sarah watched but seemed to have a good time. They put trees in the house and garland up the handrails, packages under trees and lights and even something on top of the house. They were very proud of it when it was done and Bethany said it was a lot more fun than she thought it would be. She said when I suggested it that it sounded ok, but doing it was a lot more fun than she ever thought it could be. She wondered why she had not thought of it, herself. This was a real success.
When they were all done I took a little video of the house and they have watched it over and over and love their work. Small things can make kids happy.
When they were all done and happy with the way it looked I recorded this short video of it — they are all thrilled with the way it looks now and I think Bella is jealous that she does not sleep in this room with the dollhouse. Unfortunately, Claire was sick and could not help — nothing bad, just a cold and cough but was resting.
