My mom and I love taking my nephew, Xander, to new places in the area. Considering that he's only 18 months old, he really does remarkably well. We are fortunate enough to live just about 10 minutes away from the wonderful Norton Simon Art Museum in Pasadena. If you watch the Rose Parade, it is along the parade route and always has a big rose pasted onto the side on New Year's Day.
But what it is really famous for is the quality of the art collection. It's a small museum by most standards, but it houses works by the world's masters: Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, Rodin, Gaugin, Renoir, Picasso, to name just a few. Today Xander got to go for the very first time. He did great and enjoyed seeing the paintings. We looked at colors and he would point to the painting and then point when he was ready to move on to the next one. Then we went out into the garden for a snack and a walk around the lily pond. He also went home with a cardboard book with textured pictures of some of the most famous paintings from the museum gift store.
Obviously, things go slower with a little one, but we did manage to take a few pictures of Xander's first art museum visit...
4 comments:
Wow, you are very brave to do that. I don't have the energy to even think about an activity like that, although I would love my children to appreciate art. One day! Good job! You sound like a great aunt!
Thanks! We love to take him to special places that mean a lot to my brother and me from our childhood. But since my brother and his wife work such long crazy hours, my mom and I do it. It's fun!
You are a good aunt! Wish I lived out there so I could tag along on all of these fun outings! Xander will soon be more cultured than me! =)
What a cool place!
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