Most weekends you can find us outside playing at a park. You would not normally find us inside a theater catching the latest play or inside the art museum scoping out the latest art exhibit. But when Mimi and Baba came to town in early April, that's exactly where Miss Collins was soaking up all the culture Raleigh had to offer!
Mimi was so sweet to take her to see the Raleigh Little Theater's production of "Charlotte's Web" as part of her birthday present. They did this last year- where they went out to lunch, saw a play, and had "Mimi and Collins" time. Because Collins and I just read "Charlotte's Web" together, she was excited to see the play.
(It was neat reading this classic to her and watching her reaction to the story. She loved the barn yard animals and laughed out loud throughout the book. But when Charlotte died, she had a strong reaction crying and saying she didn't want to die. We had a serious talk about death and heaven, and I did my best to help her digest this tough topic. Because of her sensitivity to Charlotte dying, I wasn't sure how she would react to the live play. But she did great, and Mom said they handled it in a nice way. They both loved the play!)
No surprise that after the play, these two ended up at Gigi's cupcakes!
While they were waiting for the play to start, Mimi showed Collins how to draw a spider and its web. She showed us when she got home. Pretty cute!
On Sunday, it was fun to take Mimi and Baba to church with us and then go out to brunch. Afterwards, we headed to the art museum for one of their new exhibitions, "Art in Bloom". Area florists were tasked with turning floral arrangements into a version of permanent works of art in the museum. A neat concept, and a very cool exhibition! Missy, Collins, Mom and Baba and I went and all enjoyed the flowers and comparing them to the artwork. Collins lasted about an hour and then was ready to go home and watch "Paw Patrol". :)
One of the stunning pieces as you walked in...
This piece won the "People's Choice Award" and I had to agree...
what a neat interpretation of this beautiful painting!
Collins was reenacting a famous sculpture for us...
and then got excited to actually sit inside one of the installations.
Love that Mom and Baba got to see some different things on this trip to Raleigh, and love that Collins might have become slightly more cultured after their visit!
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