Productive Day at Work

Yep. I have been super productive at work lately.....doing arts and crafts! I have been searching high and low looking for activities for our kids to do at History Camp. This is one of the crafts that we will be making on Victorian day, a spool puppet. I had to try it out to make sure that little kids could do it. If you notice, my puppet is decked out in his orange and blue finest, getting ready for football season. Ha ha! And no, I did not draw the scary robot face on him. My co-worker, Ephraim decided that he needed to be decorated and drew that horrendous face on my precious little doll I spent 30 minutes making. I found this craft in a very cute American Doll book that tells about each of the American girls. It gives different theme ideas for old-fashioned parties, crafts, and recipes. I love this book. It had some really neat ideas in it. Hopefully one day the good Lord will bless me with a little girl so I can take her to the American Doll store. I need an excuse to go and pick out cute doll stuff, since I am a little over the age range! So this is what has been occupying my days here lately, History Camp planning. Can't wait til the kiddos arrive! I have another craft for Victorian day and that is to draw each kids silhouettes and put them in a frame. I tried to get Ephraim to let me draw his outline, but for some reason he wouldn't let me do it. I can't imagine why, it's not weird or anything to stand in front of a light and then let someone draw your profile! The things that go on here at the museum are hilarious. I do believe I have one of the funnest jobs in the world! Oh yeah, I have been practicing on the old 1880 pump organ that we have here in the museum. The lady that usually plays the pump organ for the campers is unavailable this year. So since I play the piano, that leaves me. Somehow I got volunteered for this job!  I have to admit, playing the pump organ is super hard! I am not coordinated enough to play the keys and constantly pump the pedals back and forth with my feet to keep the thing playing. I feel sorry for my co-workers having to listen to me practice. I think I want to find some Phantom of the Opera music to play for the kids, since it is super creepy listening to that organ play. So yes, I am super productive at work these days.