Goodbye Children's Museum

Before leaving Milwaukee we wanted to make sure we got to visit all our favorite spots to say "Goodbye!"

The Children's museum will be one of our MOST missed places to visit and I really wish we had taken the opportunity to go there more often when we had the opportunity. We sure did have fun on our last trip though!

Sorting Leaves (with cheezy grins)
Sliding!
Playing with sand. (I think he got that tongue thing from me... and I got it from my dad)
The giant Brio train has always been his favorite and he spent a good amount of time "driving" it.
And Kyle slept through the WHOLE thing. Of course.

Art Museum

WARNING: This is a VERY picture heavy post.

Of course, how else can one document a visit to the art museum without tons of pictures right?
Here we are in the world famous lobby overlooking Lake Michigan. Not only is the view fantastic but the architecture is amazing.
You could see the "wings" open above if you peeked through the windows just right.

We got there early so the first hallway was completely empty which made for a pretty cool picture.

I've always loved this crazy blown glass sculpture. It sure made for some pretty neat "bokeh"- see me speaking photographer-ish?

Zach enjoyed coloring pictures in the new children's room. It was nice to find an area where we were ACTUALLY allowed to touch things.

I traced Zach on the chalkboard wall. Quite an accomplishment if you know of my phobia of chalk.

This is Zach's art. I thought he did a pretty darn good job. Great use of colors and parallel lines. : )

I made friends with the "janitor"- he didn't talk much.

This was one of my favorite rooms. I took one picture with the flash to show what the room looked like. It was basically a bunch of suspended glow sticks.

Here's my picture with the flash off. The shutter stayed open for a whole 25 seconds to get the light. I held as still as I could but I kinda like the way my slight wiggles make it all look. A bit "Matrix-y" don't you think?

I call this "Pensive Boy at the waterfront"

I call this one, "Pensive Boy at the waterfront with his Mom"

I loved how this sculpture looked with the hazy lake behind it.

And this was a whole table of blown glass sculptures that looked like a very messy dinner party.

So, there ya go. Our trip to the museum in a nutshell. Hope you enjoyed it- Farewell all ye art connoisseurs. I bid thee adieu and good night.

Fun Day!

Yesterday was community FREE day at the public museum so we picked up some friends of ours and headed off to see the sights.
(After a little bit of transportation hullabaloo we did arrive at our ultimate destination)
The butterfly room was very VERY cool. It's a very muggy, hot room chock full of butterflies. At the front of the room is a case full of cocoons and recently hatched butterflies. Some of them were giNORMOUS. Zach was fascinated.

As soon as he spotted the butterflies he was totally enthralled and kept reaching out as though he wanted to touch them.

Then I finally caught one and he was suddenly shy and after looking at the strange creature for a moment he buried his face in my shoulder.

This is one of the friends we brought with us. FANTASTIC photography skills on Andrea's part right? (I put this on here so you could download this one Andrea- very cool!)

Fun Day 2

You can't go to the museum without seeing giant prehistoric bones right?
Here's Zach sitting very still.

See those folded arms? I'm so proud. We've been working on teaching him to fold his arms during nightime prayers and the last couple of nights he has actually been doing really well.

Just as I was going to snap this picture he started to try to climb down from the "cucoon" so I said... "sit still for a second K?" and he folded his arms nicely and waited for me to take his picture. I thought it was too cute.

Zach tried really hard to help the school kids figure out how to put the butterfly puzzle. He was even picking up pieces and trying to stick them together. He had the right idea.

Eeeeeek! I do NOT like big bugs.