New York - Day #2

New York - Day #2

 Cheeky Sam!  

We spent the day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  We'd just finished reading "From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler" that morning (thanks Robyn, for the suggestion!) and headed off to see where Claudia and Jamie camped out in the museum.  We also had our book, "You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum" with us.   It gave us some good 'treasure hunts' to look for pieces of art in the museum.  It was a long day - that place is HUGE!, but we saw some fun stuff, including (Grace is certain) the bed Claudia and Jamie slept in (in the book) and the sarcophagus where they hid their instrument cases.   
 Knights and Armor 
 A real live mummy!  

The kids liked hiding in the Egyptian temple where Claudia & Jamie hid from his class. 
 Treasure Hunt

One of the many pieces from our treasure hunt with the book - You really can't bring a balloon in this place! 
 NY Pretzles with Grandma

 Central Park

Grace climbed a tree in Central Park.  We wanted to find a specific playground in the park, but struck out.  Instead we wandered around and found a place to play.  It was a beautiful day.  That night we geared up for our first show:  The Lion King! 
Sam and Scar

Sam poses with Scar's costume in the lobby after the performance.  It was an amazing show!  We all loved it!  
 Sam, Grace, & Grandma

Outside the theater.  We were literally across one street from the theater.  Our hotel room looked out onto the top of the Lion King theater.  
Olivia was here

The kids liked seeing this work by Pollock that Olivia (the little pig) copies on her wall in the book by the same title.  

Grace has been studying lots of modern art in her class, Warhall, Haring, and other artists.  We really enjoy the Katie books (Katie's Sunday Afternoon, etc.) where she goes into the paintings while her grandma naps in the gallery.  We also like the series where you meet each of the artists (Degas and the Little Dancer, Picasso and the Sunflowers, etc.)  so the kids were familiar with many of the paintings we saw.  The museum is huge and was hard for us to navigate, but I'm so glad we went!