The Art of the Brick

We decided to start our week off with a trip to Park City to the Kimball Art Center to see the Nathan Sawaya exhibit. It was awesome and we had a great time. A sample from the exhibit (I don't remember the titles):

After the tour through the exhibit, we went downstairs to the art room for a project.

A & N created a Mini-Art of the Brick exhibit when we got home, with copied and originals pieces, and was fabulous!Artist's self-portrait

What was neat about the self-portrait is that you could also see the back. It looked way different from what I had thought it would.

And who am I kidding? The girls and I spent our time entertaining ourselves on the stairs, hanging from the banister, and playing outside (and running down the long hallway, but shhhh don't tell anyone).

Hutchings Museum's Round Up Visit

It's Lehi's Round Up Week, and the Hutchings Museum has had some fun activities going on. we went especially for the Bird Show, but the kids weren't as interested in it as they were in some of the other activities. By far, the museum's regular displays, especially interactive ones, were what they wanted to do, which was okay with me- I didn't want to stand in the hot sun for a bird show no one was going to watch.

Trying on period hats/wigs-

Going to Jail
Having to stay in the stroller and not touch anything is like being in jail.
The bird show crowd- Austin and Nyah sat for a little while, but the teepee's drew them away.

Playing in the teepees

Banging the drum in the Native American room.

The museum has a new Ice Age display, with a full skeleton model of a Smilodon, or Saber-toothed cat.

We also went to the Sacajawea storytelling show. Austin and Nyah have had an interest in her since the first Night of the Museum movie came out, so they sat enthralled for the whole 30 minutes. Of course, they got to be "helpers" and wear costumes of an indian and a member of the Lewis & Clark expedition.