Milwaukee weekend

Noah's Ark was a favorite Abigail's favorites... Admiring the prairie wilderness... Learning about the symbolism in Albrecht Durer's The Virgin and Child with the Monkey. The monkey represents sin and is thus chained. The child Jesus is holding a thistle, which is what the crown of thorns was made of, and a goldfinch, known for eating thistles. Mother of the World, Franz Ittenbach Jack was up on his cubism. Daddy with a Crown, Opal Ryan, 2016. Well, it could have been ;^P Cutie Jack thought it was great that the tour started with the most detailed and realistic and ended with these paintings of everything broken down into the simplest line and color. Artists of the future. Hearing a story on Georgia O'Keefe while surrounded by her artwork Sweet boys.

After a loooong day of packing, Children's Rosary, Mass, potluck lunch, Enrichment activities, Jack's Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe play practice and then karate and some cheese pizza from Little Caesar's (phew!), we headed an hour and a half east to to our friends' near Milwaukee. We kicked our visit off with some ice cream before the (eleven!) kids headed to bed and the adults could catch up after hours.

Bright and early (and snowy) on Saturday morning, Kaethe and I got in a nice 6.2 mile run. After relaxing/playing the rest of the morning/early afternoon, we drove into the city to the architechturally impressive Milwaukee Art Museum (modeled after a ship and a bird). I didn't take any pictures of the outside, but here's what it looks like...


(photo credit inhabit.com)

The tour we took was great, and the kids impressed our guide with their knowledge. After the tour, they got to make some artwork of their own.

We topped off our visit with a little more play and Fuddruckers for dinner. As always, it was so nice to visit with these wonderful friends. We're thrilled they're as close as they are. We are blessed!