Daniel is such a little trooper. He’s been rolling along in his stroller to
all kinds of places with his crazy momma.
Yesterday we went to the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archeological Site. The museum had some interesting artifacts to
share about the society that used to live there, but the best part was the tour
around the ruins. They played some sort
of ball, lived in groupings like suburbs, followed the stars to know when to
harvest their crops, and hiked to various mountains to collect the rocks needed
for building their village. I still find
it amazing that buildings and artifacts have survived for so long. I know I lived in Egypt where their artifacts
have survived for even longer, but there’s something very cool about the fact
that our country has ancient artifacts too.
Everything displayed in the museum had a function at one point in
time. I enjoyed the exhibits and Daniel
snoozed and people watched while gnawing on his froggie. Before heading back to the downtown area of
Phoenix, Daniel enjoyed a bottle out in the fresh air. That kid just loves being outside! I should also mention that on Tuesday Daniel
rode on his first metro ride! He slept
one way and was people watching on the way back. The remainder of Tuesday was slow with us
walking around and playing with a bedtime of 6:30.
Daniel needs his sleep and loves to sprawl out. This past week has been rather tough on him
because he cannot seem to fall asleep easily in the afternoon which means my
afternoons are rough as well. I appreciate
the hotel providing a hotel version of a pack-n-play, but it could be a bit
bigger. In addition, Daniel now wears
size 12month sleepers and he’s not even 6 months yet! I have a point for mentioning this. Size 12 month sleepers are intended for kids
who are starting to walk, thus there is plastic gripping on the bottom of the
feet which Daniel has discovered makes noise when he kicks his feet against the
side of the crib. The plastic grips
slide on the mesh providing entertainment for him and waking us up at the same
time. Around 4am he wakes up and tries
to get comfy to fall back asleep, but really that means he kicking around in
his crib. Finally we take him out, change
his diaper, feed him a bottle to then lay him down next to me in the bed where
he proceeds to pass back out. Thank
goodness!!! My day with a baby whose
internal clock is so confused does not need to be any longer!!!Today, Daniel and I went to the Phoenix Museum of Art. I really enjoyed the museum, but it had a bit too much contemporary and modern art for my taste. I understand that there is meaning in most of it, but when something looks like a toddler’s scribbles, I have a hard time finding the meaning when it is an adult who created it. The more modern type portraits, landscapes, and still-life’s I get. The museum housed a few Georgia O’Keeffe’s, a Claude Monet, and 20 Thorne miniatures as well as many other things. I really enjoyed the American Art section that focused on the western landscapes, romanticized cowboys, and Native Americans. Their selection got me excited to go to the Heard Museum tomorrow.
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