Hello everyone. Lately, I’ve been feeling as if we really don’t take advantage of all the culture in New York City. Our weekends fill up with ballet, basketball and soccer practice, leaving no room for trips to all of the wonderful museums in New York. So, in the spirit of trying to do things in “little bits”, I’m aiming for quick little museum visits. One hour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and your spirits soar. You might not think of the Met Museum as one of the foremost museums for kids in NYC, but in fact there is so much that my boys got into there. That’s the subject of this week’s Weekly Wrap Up post.

First order of business: a classic New York City soft pretzel. We were hungry after basketball practice.

Next up, Vigée le Brun, a French woman painter from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The foremost female portraitist of her time, Le Brun was a rare talent. She painted over 30 portraits of Marie Antoinette, helping to improve her image, as well as of many of the other nobility of the day. When the French Revolution arrived, she fled France for Italy, Austria and Russia.

As we viewed her works, one thing shocked me to the core: Hedley and Lachlan never made reference to the fact that this great painter was indeed a woman, taking it as a given that like men, women do amazing things.

After the Vigée Le Brun exhibit, we headed over to the Arms and Armour section. Mom was figuring that swords and armor would prove to be more enticing for my 10 and 11 year old boy than more oil paintings. I was right.

The boys marveled at the costumes of these nifty Japanese warriors. Can you believe how modern and sophisticated the colors of their embroidered costumes are?

And here’s my own little warrior, Lachlan. Lachlan is a fighter. In the soccer goal, he’s dogged, never giving up. Who knows where he’ll end up in the life, but his determination will get him somewhere good.



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Sending love from my family to yours! Oh, and in whatever way, big or small, try to fit it a dose of culture this week. If you don’t have time for a museum visit, trying googling a famous architect, painter, or historical figure and reading to your child about him. Being a parent isn’t about moving a mountain in one day. It’s about the tiny moments of meaning that add up to something huge.

Love,

Melissa

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