another busy day...

... another photo of Clara passed out in a chair...
Here are the events that led up to this photo...

Today we decided to venture out to Millennium Park with another family from our homeschool group.

On our way to meet them, the kids discovered the Mark di Suvero sculptures on the Chase Promenade. This one (Shang) in particular was a favorite since it was a swing you could actually swing on....


Then it was on to the real reason we ventured out today....
Paintings Below Zero by Gordon Halloran

It was really cool... but unfortunately it did not hold the kids' attentions for very long.


They enjoyed watching big sheets of snow slide off of the bean (ummm... cloud gate sculpture)...
And playing in a HUGE pile of snow next to the Paintings Below Zero exhibit....

The kids all dug and tunneled, smoothed slides and carved forts for nearly two hours before we decided it was time to warm up at a coffee shop.

After the coffee shop, they weren't ready to go home yet and us moms weren't thrilled about heading back out into the cold so we went to the Art Institute until it closed at 5pm. We spent the entire time downstairs in the miniatures room, the touch gallery and the children's library. The kids had a GREAT time. The bad thing is that by the time we decided to head home we were traveling during rush hour. We all crammed on to a very crowded L train in order to get home. It wasn't too bad getting home, but avoiding rush hour would have been nice.

While I was making dinner, Clara fell asleep in her chair. We really wore her out today! And I'm pretty worn out myself!

'nite!