Our Fantastic Day!

Today was fantastic! Let's start at the beginning.

First of all, Chuck and I slept in.  The joys of having children who know how to turn on their own cartoons cannot be put into words.  Today they let us sleep until 9ish.  After the week we both had, it was wonderful.

Then we got around and went to Grand Rapids for Art Prize.  We went last year and loved it.  So, this year it was a no brainer.  First we saw the world's largest bean bag.  Then we helped an artist color his painting.  The kids loved that! 

We saw a couple of guys who were awesome living statues. 

We saw a large trout head, a dinosaur statue, and a man made of money.  There were awesome hearts made of stones in the river and the blue bridge was covered in monkeys...it's AMAZING! 

We looked at a cool green tiger that the kids thought looked hungry.  We thought about inviting him to lunch with us, but then decided not to. 

After lunch, we checked out all the art at Grand Valley's downtown campus.  And we checked out this awesome dog that says it is a self portrait of the artist. 

There was an enormous door and chairs that the kids enjoyed sitting on them. 

There were some really cool exhibits at the Gerald R. Ford Museum including a field of flowers made of recycled bottles, some bear sculptures in the fountain (Calah's favorite), and a group of statues memorializing Michigan's fallen soldiers. 

We headed back across the river and saw this really cool art called "Dumpster Diving".  They were actual dumpsters with a scuba diver and whale made from recycled materials. 

The last thing we saw on the way back to the car was a giant Tonka truck...they called it a Tonku truck.  Gabe was absolutely thrilled!  He couldn't get enough of it.

We could have seen a lot more, we didn't even get through a small part of it.  But limit to the Art Prize experience can be measured by the stamina of your smallest child.  There is only so much the kids can do, see, and distance they can walk.  So, we had to call it quits.  But overall, it was an amazing experience.  By the way, this painting was my favorite.  It was in the Plaza Towers.

We came home and I made homemade lasagna for dinner.  Yummy!  Then Calah was off to a movie with her girlfriends (yes, she is old enough to do that!  I can't believe it either!), and Chuck and I took Gabe to a football game.  The team didn't do so well, but we had fun.  Now that the kids are in bed and asleep, Chuck and I are watching "RED".  It is kinda funny, and I am enjoying it.

I can't think of a more wonderful day.  I hope that a lot of people go to see Art Prize, it is well worth the trip.