I've been wanting to take the kids to the
Santa Clara Triton Museum for awhile and thought today would be the perfect day. There was no school, I had the day off, and daddy was working. Although I called ahead the museum was actually closed but given that we were ready to see a museum we headed to the
San Jose Museum of Art instead.
The lobby of the museum had a great set of cardboard monkeys called the "The Great Monkey Project". The monkeys were hanging from the ceiling, from the banister, above the doors, and there was a family on the floor. Cameron was very excited about the monkeys. She wanted to pet them but we told her they might bite and from then on she didn't try to touch any of the pieces. Riley wasn't quite sure about the monkeys. He was really tired but he stayed awake so that he wouldn't miss anything.
The museum was really setup nicely for kids. Each gallery had an interactive piece for the kids and there were art bags that you could borrow in case you were feeling inspired. While in the San Francisco Abstract Expressionist gallery Cameron decided she would sketch. She did some pencil sketches with Uncle Turtle who came along with us, and then they did some colors pieces. Turtle talked to her about one of the pieces and then they picked out matching colors and did a drawing together.
After walking through most of the exhibits we visited the gift shop. Cameron actually picked out a gift for Aunt Juliet. I thought it was nice that she wanted to get something for Juliet but we actually took her second choice, a scarf with musical notes. The first choice was a very bright red beaded belt. She also picked out a gift for herself. She got a mini-Magna Doodle since she had to return the art bag she used. I actually loved the art bag idea and maybe I'll put one together for her to take to all the museums she visits.
Since it was Christmas Eve we had to head home and wrap all the presents. I only left the room for a few minutes but returned to find Cameron wrapping herself and Riley. He is actually under that pile somewhere. He loved it and tried to eat his way out. This will be an interesting Christmas, we will have to stay close to Riley who can't help but taste every piece of paper he gets close to...
I've been wanting to take the kids to the Santa Clara Triton Museum for awhile and thought today would be the perfect day. There was no school, I had the day off, and daddy was working. Although I called ahead the museum was actually closed but given that we were ready to see a museum we headed to the San Jose Museum of Art instead.
The lobby of the museum had a great set of cardboard monkeys called the "The Great Monkey Project". The monkeys were hanging from the ceiling, from the banister, above the doors, and there was a family on the floor. Cameron was very excited about the monkeys. She wanted to pet them but we told her they might bite and from then on she didn't try to touch any of the pieces. Riley wasn't quite sure about the monkeys. He was really tired but he stayed awake so that he wouldn't miss anything.
The museum was really setup nicely for kids. Each gallery had an interactive piece for the kids and there were art bags that you could borrow in case you were feeling inspired. While in the San Francisco Abstract Expressionist gallery Cameron decided she would sketch. She did some pencil sketches with Uncle Turtle who came along with us, and then they did some colors pieces. Turtle talked to her about one of the pieces and then they picked out matching colors and did a drawing together.
After walking through most of the exhibits we visited the gift shop. Cameron actually picked out a gift for Aunt Juliet. I thought it was nice that she wanted to get something for Juliet but we actually took her second choice, a scarf with musical notes. The first choice was a very bright red beaded belt. She also picked out a gift for herself. She got a mini-Magna Doodle since she had to return the art bag she used. I actually loved the art bag idea and maybe I'll put one together for her to take to all the museums she visits.
Since it was Christmas Eve we had to head home and wrap all the presents. I only left the room for a few minutes but returned to find Cameron wrapping herself and Riley. He is actually under that pile somewhere. He loved it and tried to eat his way out. This will be an interesting Christmas, we will have to stay close to Riley who can't help but taste every piece of paper he gets close to...
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