An Artist Among Us

This afternoon we headed to the Museum of Art in the big city. On the way there Mallory and Miles held hands and it was so precious. The big city sure was pretty from where we were. The tall buildings surrounded us and boy was it ever beautiful.

In the museum Mallory has a piece of artwork that is being displayed there. It was an honor when I learned that her artwork was chosen from the whole school along with five others. When we got there it was even a much higher honor than I ever imagined. There was a room that was dedicated to education and that was where her artwork was. It was amazing to all of us (Mom went with us too) that everyone of the artists listened to the same piece of music. The artwork was amazing. We were very proud of her and it was easy to see that she was understanding the honor that her artwork had received.

After seeing her artwork we went through the museum. I kept trying to point out the different ways and materials the artists used for the different paintings. Mallory noticed the ink and watercolor and said, "I think I can do that!" I know she probably could start down that road. Ryan and I have bought her some pastels for Christmas to give her something new to experiment with. I am hoping it will open a door for her creativity...not that she needs to open any new doors in that area!

Afterwards we went to DeBrand's to celebrate! Mallory and Ryan shared one ice cream sundae and Miles and I shared the other. Yummy....yummy!!! Mom ordered a drink and we had to wait for an enormous amount of time. Come to find out the espresso machine was never turned on. Not only was Mom's order doubled in size when it came, but we received a chocolate bar that said, "Sorry" on it and four of their chocolates to say how sorry they were we had to wait. WOW!!! Needless to say, we will be back again (like we wouldn't have been without the free chocolate!!!). We had a nice little trip today and could not be any prouder of our budding artist!!!