We had a wonderful, family outing yesterday. The Columbus Museum of Art has a special program called Family Sundays.
Admission is totally free, and they have lots of fun, free activities
scheduled for families. We headed downtown after church yesterday and
spent a relaxing afternoon checking out the art museum and had some
great family time.
Yesterday was "Dance in Art Family Sunday". We arrived just in time to see the Columbus Dance Theater
perform and instruct the audience about dance. Ava had the opportunity
to volunteer (so did Lukas, which, of course, he was totally not
interested in). She was sure to tell the director that she takes dance
lessons, and she loved dancing around on the stage for a few minutes.
One of the performances that we watched was a modern dance to a Philip
Glass piece. Last night Ava was plodding around the living room trying
to do what she saw the dancer perform during that piece. It was so cute
to watch! As soon as I saw her doing it, I knew that she was trying to
mimic the girl from the dance studio. Ava loves to dance!
Most of the first
floor of the art museum has kid-friendly exhibits. There was lots of
hands-on stuff for the kids to do. I appreciated that because it made
it a great first art museum experience for the kids and for us. If we
were merely walking around looking at works of arts, I don't know if my
kids would have lasted more than an hour. That would have been okay
with us since Sunday museum admission is free, but it was even better
that we ended up being there for about three hours.
The kids also got
to create a dance mat while we were there. They traced one of their
feet to make a pattern, and then they cut out 8 feet on patterned paper,
planned their dance steps, and glued the feet on the mat. They had
such fun creating and decorating their mats with glitter glue.
I took lots of
photos at the museum, and I was surprised at how well they turned out
since you aren't allowed to use flash. My camera kind of blurs photos
sometimes when you don't have the flash on (maybe Mindy or Cathy or
Danielle or someone with a Canon Rebel can tell me if I'm doing
something wrong there). You can check out the photos by clicking ART MUSEUM.
You'll notice several Monet paintings. I took those, first of all,
because I love impressionism, and, second, for my sister who would
probably plaster Monet all over her house if she had all the money in
the world and his paintings were available for purchase. Anyway, enjoy
looking at our day at the museum!
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