A museum bedecked for the holidays.

The Concord Museum understands that the time between Thanksgiving and the New Year can feel long and dark. They've got plenty to brighten your days. There's a sweet exhibit of children's illustrator art along with a room full of furniture and bedding styles dating back to the colonial period.

Not only is there this wonderful art exhibit celebrating bedtime routines, there are many trees decorated in the theme of children's literature. It is called the Family Tree's exhibit, which includes this tree that I created and decorated with three good friends:

Mice, illustrated by Lois Ehlert.

Mice on Ice!

Lucky Me!

For the twelfth year, I worked with a group of women to decorate a tree for the Concord Museum Family Trees Exhibit. (If you click on this link, you will our tree from last year!)

Lucky Me!

I am in awe of the creativity and ingenuity of these women, my friends.  I love these women, but I love even more that we gather together to create something.  After planning out our display, we cut, glue, sew, paint, and talk.  Mice on Ice was a fun and sometimes challenging display, "How can we get these mice to skate on ice?"

Lucky Me!

This year, we were fortunate to create a tree for Mice on Ice by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley, both of whom were able to participate in the author/illustrator visiting day, which was today!  I had never met the Emberley's and let me tell you, they are fun...and impressive, between the two of them they have over 100 books! Here a TeachingBooks.net interview with Ed Emberley about Mice on Ice.

Lucky You!

If you live in the area, 

the exhibit is up through January 1st.