I tried to give Micky a bit of a break this past Saturday, and so Amelia Rose and I went to the local library for story time.<\/p>\n
We were the youngest ones there by about 6 – 7 months, but it was still lots of fun. We did a few songs, including the “Itsy-bitsy spider”, and then got to hear about Spot’s first day at school. At that point all the 7+ month olds decided to just play, and so they brought out the toys, and they had at it. Amelia Rose and I ran upstairs, and kept going with story time. We read seven more books, and somewhere between four and five, she actually fell asleep. So it goes \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
After the seventh book, Micky showed up, and we headed to the De Young museum<\/a>. There’s a Picasso exhibit<\/a>, and it’s quite an amazing collection of work. They won’t allow strollers in the exhibit hall, and so I had to carry Amelia around. It made me the center of attention as everyone came up to look at her. She loved the attention for about one and half rooms, and then fell asleep. The Picasso exhibit was amazing for the fact that each room seemed to show a different decade of Picasso’s life, which if you know Picasso loosely translates to the various periods of artistic style through which he moved. The exhibit really emphasized to me that Picasso spent a lot of time understanding a piece before creating it, and that Picasso spent a lot of time re-imaging the same theme over and over again.<\/p>\n It was a really amazing experience, and one I think folks should definitely get to if they can. I would not however suggest carrying around an 11 pound baby for an hour while there \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Amelia Rose was just amazing, and it was fun to have daddy\/daughter time together. The first of many to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I tried to give Micky a bit of a break this past Saturday, and so Amelia Rose and I went to the local library for story time. We were the youngest ones there by about 6 – 7 months, but it was still lots of fun. 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