Brynn already wrote a note to Santa. Background: Marie was her original American Girl-type doll that she had received from Santa last year. She then found a new doll at a garage sale and gave Marie to Clara. To Brynn's credit, Marie's hair was a heckuva mess.
The girls thought for about five minutes on Friday night that they were actually going to get to have a slumber party in Clara's crib.
Saturday we did a little baking and had a gingerbread house decorating contest. I had more pics of all of that, but somehow I seem to have lost those photos from my camera to computer or something. :-( Anyway, Brynn's turned out spectacular, of course. Daddy and Clara teamed up and, well then, there's mine. I did not win, in case you would not have guessed. I think I lacked some much-needed icing. Or it was poor architecture or both.
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| Photo by Brynn |
Later in the afternoon on Saturday Brynn came downtown with me where I was going to take some pics for my co-worker and her family. We had intended to do them outside, but it was too cold and windy, so we went up in the skywalk. Brynn wanted to take some pics up there herself and then we perused a few of the shops down in the Black Building. You need to go through one of the levels in that building to get out from the skywalk.
There were a few art galleries in the building which, of course, Brynn gravitated toward. We were admiring one of the artist's (Marcy Dronen) work when we went up to the desk to pay for Brynn's postcard she was purchasing. Marcy happened to be the artist on staff that day, so Brynn started chatting it up with her and was excited to meet 'a real artist.' Marcy was very sweet and visited with Brynn quite a while about a piece she had been working on which is what they're looking at in the pic below here. She teaches at some of the area schools as well and knows Brynn's art teacher at Centennial. Marcy plays the french horn and with Brynn playing piano, they seemed to have art and music in common. Marcy encouraged Brynn to keep up with her interest in art and with playing the piano.
I had also planned to post photos from Brynn's school holiday concert tonight, but with the weather as it was today, they cancelled. I was disappointed, as they are not planning to reschedule. Moorhead schools let out early today, but Fargo did not. Brynn told me they even still went out for recess. :-( It was pretty nasty, though not as bad as other areas. I liked this photo The Forum posted on Instagram; it pretty well summed up Fargo today. Stay safe and warm, everyone!
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