Two-year-old at an art museum...

The subject of this post makes it sound like this is going to have a bad ending.  In fact, it doesn't.  We were all pretty impressed by how well Benjamin did around the ancient sculptures and Old Master Paintings.  Of course with an entourage of six adults, you would hope...

But first, a few pictures from Benjamin's birthday last weekend.  I read on the internet somewhere that for an outgoing toddler, it is best to invite no more than 7-8 other children to a birthday party.  That was interesting to read when we had 50 people coming in just a few hours.  

In fact, Benjamin did really well.  He knew everyone, mostly family, church friends, and a few other friends, and was able to greet most of them by name when they arrived.  I know in the picture below he looks really thrilled about the prospect of blowing out his candles, but we just didn't get very many pictures.  B was especially pleased that his grandmommy and grandad and his Aunt Mary and Larry got to come for his party.   Thanks so much for making the journey! 

In Fort Worth this weekend, Benjamin decided that he only wanted to hold grandmommy and granddad's hands for pretty much the whole trip. Grandmommy would have one hand and I would try to grab the other and he would say, "No!" and call for grandad.  Ok then.  

I love those Fort Worth art museums.  Benjamin had a lot of fun inside the echoing steel sculpture by Richard Serra.  The picture above is looking at it from afar and in the picture below B is enjoying the sounds of the sculpture.  

And below is B's entourage for the weekend:  Benjamin calls then Aunt Tommy and Uncle Nancy, and they are flanked by the grandparents.  Having six adults for one toddler is a GREAT ratio.  Why don't we do this more often??  

So I realize I may be leaving you with the impression that Benjamin put up with a day full of art museums.  This would be misleading. He did great in the Kimbell for about an hour, identifying the dogs and other familiar items in the pictures.  Then we played in and on the outdoor sculptures and headed to the botanical gardens, where he was free to run and roam free.  We had a fun dinner at the Woodshed smokehouse, where B enjoyed his rabbit and rattlesnake sausage, and we all enjoyed sitting out by the river on a beautiful night.   Thanks, ya'll, for inviting us to join you for the weekend!