A Few Highlights: FREE Museum Pass, Family Visits and Date Night

Long time, no blog!  This past week my computer was having some technical difficulties (it wouldn't connect to the internet) so I had a little vacation from technology.  Which actually worked out well because it coincided with my brother and sister-in-law's visit to LA!  It was their first trip out here and it was a great one.

Proud Aunt and Uncle

Owen is the first nephew for both of them and they reveled in the role.  In addition to hanging out and watching Owen do his baby thing, we went to the Santa Monica Pier, several museums, out to eat, shopping and did a lot of walking.  Whoever said no one walks in LA never met us.  

One of the highlights was going to LACMA (The Los Angeles County Museum of Art).  We had plans to go and check out the art work anyway and we found out an additional perk:

Cultured Baby

The  NexGen Program!  LACMA is the only museum in the country to offer a FREE youth membership to it's young members.  Which means for the next 18 years, Owen gets to go to the museum for FREE and the adult accompanying him also gets in FREE.  Which means both of us get a FREE trip to the museum, any time we go together. I keep capitalizing the word FREE because it was so exciting for me to find out.  This is a museum with works from Picasso, Dali, Matisse, Warhol and Van Gogh, to name a few.  They have an Egyptian exhibit and a pavilion for Japanese art.  It is world class and huge.  I've always said it would take much longer than a day visit to take it all in.  And now we have eighteen years to soak it up.  If you're in LA and you have children, you HAVE to take advantage of this program.   I'm so excited to expose Owen to some of the greatest art in the world.  I know it seems early to get this excited but he actually does love to look at art.  Bright colors and patterns capture his attention.  I'm not joking when I say I'm going to try to make a weekly trip there.  It's never too early to start art appreciation!  Any LA mamas want to join me??

Another exciting part of last week?  

Our first date night!  Uncle Greg and Aunt Steph offered to babysit so we could go out to dinner, just the two of us, for the first time since Owen was born.  We were nervous about going somewhere without him (typical first-time parents) but we got over it and went to one of our favorite spots nearby.  We pretty much talked about Owen and parenthood the whole time we were out (typical first-time parents) but we enjoyed reconnecting over some pasta and wine.

The enforced technology break was full of family and connection and I loved it.  But now that the visitors are gone and the rain falls outside and baby sleeps...I'm glad to be back posting!  Happy Seis de Mayo, everyone!