We had a good “divide and conquer” sort of weekend, though, conquer probably isn’t the right word. Somehow, dividing the kid time resulted in doing more than I feel we usually do, which was fabulous. Between the four of us we went to a birthday party, visited two museums, got some sewing work and taxes done! Not bad, Soles-Whitmores.

The Baltimore Museum of Art had a fantastic (and free!) drop in program where visitors were given a little kit for making their own drawing machine. We haven’t even worked much with simple machines yet, so adding a motor to a pile of rubbish and then watching as it scuttled about to make a drawing may as well have been magic. I’m sure we will do many more such projects in the future, as it was just delightful.

Next we checked out some very friendly Franz West sculpture. These and the Felix Gonzalez Torres beads drew the most attention, but it was Matisse’s Large Cliff, Fish that lead Alden to muse that he might want to be an artist some day. Me, too, friend of mine. Me, too.

Sunday, Ian took the kids to the Walters for a Chinese New Year celebration. They came back really amped up about the “cuties with soft fur” and Alden illustrated one for morning journal today.

We had a very laid back Monday: journal, wet felting a few valentines, visit from a friend, some books, a walk, quiet play time (I actually got to sneak away and sew for half an hour without them noticing!) and then dinner and all that evening stuff.

I am still filled with doubts, questions, worries, but, then I step back and wonder why.