Sunday, April 18, 2010

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Hannah and I went to the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) yesterday.  Alli and Carrie stayed home with a babysitter, and they thought that was pretty cool, too.  It was so nice to spend a day with just Hannah, and I knew she would appreciate the IMA.  As expected, she had a great time and we have a long list of things to see/do when we go back. 

Me and my sweet, sweet oldest girl in front of IMA.


The artist who created this is Robert Indiana.  He's from Indiana, and IMA holds several of his works, this one being his most recognized. 


He also created this untitled work.  It's the numbers 0-9 randomly placed in this area of the yard.


My 6 year old by the number 6.


:)




Hannah with a Georgia O'Keefe.


and a real Norman Rockwell


This was one of her favorites. 


We weren't supposed to take this picture because the artists of much of the contemporary art are still alive.  This was a room about the size of our dining room and on the floor were lots of these little plastic men holding up a plexi-glass floor.  You could walk on it.  I thought it was funny that Hannah pushed back down on them.


They have a table set up with supplies and an artist who directs the kids to make their own art.  Today was landscape day.


This was one of Hannah's other favorites--the wall.  Nevermind the fact that there are famous paintings and scupltures, and artifacts from before the time of Jesus, she was more impressed with a cool wall.

On our way to the museum, Hannah asked me to tell about when I went to an art museum.  I told her I was a teenager when I went to the Art Institute of Chicago with my hight school art class.  We got to see a Monet exhibit.  I explained that the waterlillies painting was taller than our ceiling and amost as long as our house, and that it's impressionism so the whole painting is tiny brush strokes of different colors that you have to stand back away from to see what the picture is.  blah, blah, blah.  She just let out a sigh and said, "Breathtaking!"  I chuckled to myself at her response and said, "yes it was!"  And she said, "No, just listening to you tell about it is breathtaking!"  Just then we happened to pass a silly restaurant that looked like a steamboat run ashore with rusty palm trees out front.  She pointed and exclaimed, "That's ART!  Is that what the museum will be like?!?" 

Easter weekend 2010

4-1-10  Having the first camp fire of the season!  The girls walked through the woods looking at the beautiful wildflowers and exploring.

4-1-10  Mike giving the girls a ride in the bucket of the tractor.

4-3-10  Coloring Easter eggs.  The girls loved making pictures on the eggs and dipping them in the dye.  Everyone's favorite egg was Mike's John Deere egg.

4-4-10.  The girls dressed up for Easter Sunday!!!

We had a pork roast for Easter dinner, with hot cross buns.

4-4-10.  After dinner:  the egg hunt!

4-4-10.  And after naps, a long hike.

4-4-10.  Carrie and Alli got tired on the way home.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

March 2010

MARCH 2010

Found Carrie and Alli sneaking some frosting from their cake!

We celebrated Alli and Carrie's birthdays with the Indiana cousins the week before Alli's birthday.

blowing out the candles.

Mike getting the birthday present ready for Alli...(you'll see)

Alli celebrating at her preschool.

The birthday girl gets to pick two friends to sit by her at the head table.  When I asked Alli what kind of cupcakes or cookies she wanted to take to class she said, "The black cookies with the fosting inside."  Later she told me that it was because she has a friend in her class who can only eat oreos due to a food allergy!  How generous of Alli to think of her! 

Alli's preschool class.

Alli helping make the cake for her "real" birthday!

Hannah shaking her "consolation gift" from Grandpa and Grandma Humphrey.

...and it was a SLINKY!  FUN!

Alli's beautiful smile and her birthday cake.

blowing out her candles.

ready to unwrap her gift.
Carrie said, "Oh Alli!  It's a board!  YAY!!!"  I just love that they're happy with what they get, and that they're happy for each other.

Alli helping Daddy put her gift together.

And voila!  It's a teeter totter! 

Gpa and Gma Humphrey like to think outside the box--they gave Alli an excavator-thingy!  She loved it, and her Barbie drove it all around dumping and scooping things!  :)


I wanted the girls to paint their teeter totter; they had a blast!  This could turn into an annual tradition.


again...


Candy Land with Hannah and Carrie.

Awww, they love each other!

Alli with her birthday presents.

I have a box of buttons that Mom gave me filled with buttons from her mom, grandma, herself, my dad's mom, etc.  Lots of old buttons.  We spent most of a Saturday morning sorting and playing with them.  (nevermind the goofy pajamas!)


And last, but not least, Carrie's birthday celebration!  After all those cakes and frostings I had run out of powdered sugar, so I tried to make some (the way the cook book suggested), but it turned out a tad grainy.  The kids didn't mind!

This is Carrie's smile for the camera!

celebrating Carrie's day with the Burketts.

Probably her most cherished gift, a cuddly dog that looks just like Charlie!  She LOVES her Charlie-dog.  If he (the real one) whines at the door, Carrie says, "Mom, Charlie ("Chawwwlie") needs a friend."  Then she'll open the door and hug him and pet him.  He loves her and she loves him.


We went to church one evening this month to fill bags of rice/vegetable mix to send to Haiti through Feed the Children Worldwide. Hannah had a great time putting the labels on the bags (Alli and Carrie were a bit too young still).

Mike made a little rope swing with a wooden disc at the bottom of it...the girls love it!

Sisterly love.

Best friends--Grayson Burkett, Alli, and Hannah.