A Day of Culture
Greetings to everyone.
Xavier's Great Aunt Mary Jo likes to visit places in the cities she travels to. She had heard there were Mrs. James Ward Thorne miniatures on display. So, we all went down to the Denver Art Museum. We found no such display, but still we had a good time. Xavier came away feeling more cultured, especially after surviving a foam building block battle which raged around him in a children's interactive room.
A bridge connects the two museums. At one end of the bridge is an interactive room for children. This one had a large area with a number of foam blocks. The challenge was to build a replica of the museum from these blocks. Few kids did that. Most built forts, or as is the case when we sat there, broke out into a giant pillow fight. Xavier let Dad build a few towers while he practiced knocking them over.
There was an exhibit lit with red lighting. It was set up like a restaurant or cafe. The tables had red table linen, and red chairs and all the table settings were red. Foxes leapt or sat or slunk about. What is shown above is a very small slice of the exhibit. The camera's flash reflects in Mom's and son's eyes, something of an appropriate image for the display behind them.
While Aunt Mary Jo and Chellie looked over the offerings at the museum's kitsch shop, Rebecca took Xavier over to play in the fountains. He really did not like when the fountain shot up high, but he enjoyed the fountain when it was more his size. We also learned the amazing fact of just how much water a diaper can hold!