AC Gilbert House

Sara, our cousin, Meredith, and I took our children to the AC Gilbert House courtesy of our library's Cultural Pass. Thanks R for the recommendation. We had a wonderful time exploring and the children ran and checked out EVERYTHING. Ms A's favorite room was the Bubble Room in the Gilbert House. She would not leave! She giggled and was so proud of herself when she was able to hold the bubbles in her hands. She also had a wonderful time playing with her cousins and running ALL OVER THE PLACE!

Children's Museum

Last Friday we had our play date with Mr. A at the Children's Museum. Ms. A, Mr. A and Ms. E had a wonderful time at the new Bob the Builder exhibit. Ms. A kept on asking if Bob would talk. She loved driving each of the machines and checking out the other Bob the Builder things. It was great seeing one of her favorite cartoons in person.

After visiting Bob, the kids had to brush the alligators teeth and then we were off to see the rest of the museum. Ms. A and Mr. A had a great time painting their faces. They molded clay, which was fun to see their creations. Ms. A insisted on painting it with a wet paintbrush to 'make it softer' while Mr. A rolled the wooden tool across to make indentations. We move to the theatre where Ms. A dressed up like a butterfly. She sang "The ABC Song" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". We also visited the digging place, another favorite thing to do. :) After a yummy lunch, we visited the water part of the museum. This was by far their favorite place, even Ms. E got into the fun of that area. After Ms. A had drenched herself and the little duck she was using, we dried off and went home.

Thanks Jen, Mr. A and Ms. E for a wonderful morning!

Sand in the City

We visited the Art Museum on Friday with Sara, Mr. P , Ms. E, Meredith, my cousin, and her daughter, Ms. L. It was wonderful to see Meredith and her sweet little girl! While the adults enjoyed the art, the children had a difficult time, especially Ms. A. We have taken her to several museums while we were in Greece and Egypt and I think she filled her quota for a few years. We were introduced to the Discovery Area, which was designed as an introduction to art for children. Ms. A , Mr. P and Ms. E enjoyed that area!

Ms. A has been wanting some pink sunglasses, thankfully Ms. E let her borrow hers for a couple of pictures. :)



We rode MAX into Portland and on our ride I noticed an advertisement for Sand in the City in downtown PDX. We decided to visit that as well. The kids had a blast playing in the sand while the adults enjoyed watching the sand sculpturing. It was a great afternoon.

(Thanks for the pics Aunt Sara, my battery died after the first picture.) For more pictures check out Sara's blog.

Greek National Museum

The National Museum was FANTASTIC, the artwork beautiful.

Aphrodite and Eros

Artemis

Dionysos

Goddess Themis

Poseidon missing his Trident

 Statue of Aphrodite

Statuette of Athena Parthenos