Out and About

Saturday, 12 July 2008

We spent the entire day out today. ArtSpree at The Contemporary Art Musuem. Cool activities for kids - painting block prints, making clay sculptures and sculptures out of straws. Chase just wanted to hold and eat the clay. The activities might be better for him next year. Starbucks was giving away free lemonade slushes, which were so refreshing on this hot day. We sat in the shade on the lawn and watched circus acts, aerialists, and saw the kids get their faces painted. We browsed the galleries and listened to some singing from "Phantom of the Opera". We saw some really cool art from this gal from Seattle who cuts bicycle tire tubes and cuts and twists and layers the tubes into flowers and shapes and a whole room of sculptures. Pretty crazy. She said it took her 8-9 months to do. Ran into a friend and talked about her twin boys she's expecting via surrogacy. Mom, you would appreciate all the recycling/green bins they had all over the grounds. Had a nice lunch and left around 3 pm.

Went straight from one event to the next. Headed to Kapiolani Park for the Korean Festival for a few hours. Ate some kal bi, taegu, and kim chee, and watched amazing dancers in their beautiful costumes. Chase had fun climbing up the stairs on the bandstand. One of the most memorable parts of the festival was riding the Waikiki Trolley to and from the parking area to the park. It was nice and breezy, made us feel like tourists, and Chase loved waving and pointing at everything we passed. Speaking of which, he passed out by the time 6:30 pm rolled around.

It was a fun family day out and about. Chase has a little runny nose, but he still enjoyed the day.