Winterfest-ier

Today we were back at Winterfest, and boy was it terrific.  We went the Museum Mitten Madness events at the Lowell High School cafeteria.  It was set up with all kinds of activities for kids.  Lucy got to meet The Cat in the Hat:

 

He was telling riddles.  They were pretty bad riddles, involving food puns she didn't understand, but it was all very funny to her nonetheless.  

The Cat in the Hat was at the Visiting Nurses' Association (VNA) table, where she got to make a paper chain featuring her favorite foods.

We also got to meet LuLu, the sheep mascot of the Textile History Museum.

Lucy went from station to station, making each craft, including a beaded bracelet, a decorated fleece scarf (the pink one she's wearing in the pictures), a feathered and bejeweled mask (shown here):

and a rag doll.  She played bean bag tosses and a hockey game (that she played last summer at the Folk Festival):

She also got some crayons, a coloring book, a fire-fighter hat:

I didn't know they came in hot pink!  She got to visit some real sled dogs:

and there were CUPCAKES (to celebrate Charles Dickens' Birthday!)

There is just SO MUCH to LOVE about LOWELL!!!!