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As you know, Remi and Zac have been sick with croup, which means that it took a little longer to get them to bed. They needed to take their medicine at 10:30, so, instead of putting them down at 8:30 and waking them up, we just kept them up.

What does one do for two hours with a 3- and 1-year old? Play-doh!

Here are some pictures of our endeavors:

This is Isaac's neo-classic apple in applesauce:


This is Kristi's practical, yet provocative donut:


This is Remi's experiment of Realism with Strawberry and Banana:


And this is a snake under a woven blanket by yours truly:


Here's the whole family's artistic endeavors for the evening:


Sadly, they were subsequently mashed into big balls of nothing and we had to put everything away. But the extended beauty of our dinner table lasted for a while...
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