Del and I were lucky enough to be off on the same day a few weeks ago (it hasn't happened very much lately) and so we decided to take a day trip to the Cities. We don't go up there a ton and are trying to make an effort to take day trips regularly so that we can see the sights. We had been wanted to go to the Walker Art Center sculpture garden for quite some time and it was a lovely day so we went for it.
We had lunch at The Lowry, which was a upscale diner (ie raw oysters for appetizers, breakfast served all day). It was really good and Jackson was really well-behaved. He sat in a high chair for the first time and did great. We brought food for him so he was pretty happy :) In the last 2 minutes we were there he leaned forward and hit his mouth on the table and got upset of course but recovered very nicely.
We then headed to the Walker Art Center. The garden is in the middle of the city (ie next to the interstate) but once in the park, it did not feel like it. The most famous sculpture there is the spoon and cherry, as seen here:
There was also a really cool bronze of a horse, "woodrow." It is made entirely of wood that has been bronzed and put together.
A garden was at the very end of the garden and had a beautiful arbor with quite the array of flowers.
We stopped on our way back to Rochester at our favorite apple orchard and picked some Honeycrisp (ie the second best apple around, surpassed this year by the SweeTango- both developed at the University of Minnesota). J LOVES some apples and so we let him taste test as we pick.
One other shot to share from the last couple of weeks:
This boy loves some books!
I like that he has decided to grow hair one patch at a time;)...why go all out? You all are so great! He is a very lucky little boy. Can't wait to see you!!!!
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Aunt Rachael