Art and Pumpkins

I'm in charge of an outing group at church and for October we decided to go to the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) in Boston. Josh and I hadn't been since we were engaged. It was a thrill for me to get so inspired and to talk to my kids about the art. Last minute I started to panic that I had just invited a group of families to go see art that might have inappropriate images for children. Luckily there was nothing of the sort and the kids were just fascinated by all the creativity. Lots of work that provoked questions like, "how did they do that?" or "what is that for?" or "can we watch that clip again?" We took the train then a bus and that was the highlight of Charlie's week. He woke up the next morning saying, "bus,train,bus,train" over and over again.

I LOVE this pic of Noah (my little work of art)

I promise one of these days I'll get a picture of Noah making a normal face. Everyone's a comedian in this house!

Since Josh had gotten back in town, he was dying for a night in with the kids. We did the city slicker version of going to the pumpkin patch. We loaded up the neighborhood wagon with kids and blankets, then walked a few blocks to the grocery store. We brought the wagon in and all and loaded up the pumpkins!