Mu-see-um

We visited the Denver Art Museum today to see the "On the Road" exhibit which is timely because Jarl is taking a writing class focusing on Beat Writers.  Since it's the first Saturday of the month, admission was free (bonus) and there was a good crowd.  Daniel and I spent much of the time seeking out the many kid-friendly activities.  He stomped on "bubbles" projected on the floor until he and a bigger boy went for the same bubble, collided and both hit the floor. 

In the North Building, we found kids coloring Chinese dragon masks.  Daniel was happy to color leftover scraps of paper and move markers in and out of cups.  In the same area, we found blocks to stack and, better still, knock down.  Daniel pointed out "number one!" on the stairwell door. 

We decided to try lunch at Palettes in the museum.  Daniel wasn't too interested in the food even though they accommodated our request for scrambled egg and french fries.  He ate some fries and snubbed the egg.  The staff was fabulous - the waitress happily took our rather strange order, the host found Daniel an orange marker when he saw Daniel was less than impressed with the ballpoint pen he had, the tabletop was covered with paper so lots of space to draw.

After lunch, we visited the bathroom.  First, Daniel explained to the host that it was time to "use the bathroom".  He suggested we try the singing sink.  Having the sink sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" was a little disconcerting for Daniel, but he enjoyed watching the group of German students fix their hair and gossip.

Before heading home, we visited the gift shop and found a surprising number of board books featuring artwork from various artists.  Jarl found a Rousseau book and I picked up a coloring book by Taro Gomi (author of "Everybody Poops").  Daniel liked: the rings made of beads with flowers, the big people books, Erector set type building components with plastic sticks and balls ("bake pop!"), a ball made of magnetic parallelograms that broke apart in a very satisfying way when dropped on the rug.

It was a fun visit.  Unfortunately, nap was not achieved when we returned home but Daniel was in good spirits for the rest of the evening and fell asleep quickly after his bath.