Big Mural and All-You-Can-Eat Sushi Friday

At the kids' school, they are painting a huge mural in the hallway. It's almost completed and looks neat - like a kindergarten Brueghel. Here is a small part of it with the youngest for scale.


The youngest painted the boy and the blue snowman, the scene near his ear.


The oldest painted the boy in green and the snowman. You can easily identify which figures he painted because they all have three hairs sticking up from the top of the head, just like himself (although not in this picture). You can also tell it's Friday because he's in his Star Wars costume.


Can you guess which two figures he painted here? :-)


The oldest also painted these ducks.


That evening, we met KS and NM for dinner at China Buffet King.
The kids like this restaurant because there’s lots of variety, but I’m in it for the all-you-can-scarf salmon sashimi and sushi.


Here is KS with her sushi. She's laughing because now that I've started a blog, I feel compelled to describe every minor event in my life. On the bright side, when she asked how I was doing, I was able to shrug and reply, "Read my blog."


And here is NM with his sushi.


Because I was snapping pictures, the youngest insisted on having his done.


KS recently returned from a trip to Singapore, from where she brought me this fabulous bag! It's made by local craftswomen.


Yes, those are Alien stuffed toys on the shelf.

After KS and NM’s visit, I made some beads from Sculpey clay. I'm not thrilled with them, although I guess I could make a few more and see if I like having a pie bracelet.