Here are all the photos from the first half of January.  We played with all our new Christmas presents, including this Sculpey clay from Gram and Grand-dad and two puzzles from Uncle Fran.

On Friday we planned a trip into the city to visit the newly reopened Museum of Modern Art.  We took the train in and followed Andrew’s detailed directions to go through all the secret underground passages out of Grand Central.

We had a plan for the museum and stuck with it!  First stop, Starry Night.  Second stop, Monet’s Water Lilies.

Third stop, lunch.  The museum cafe was great, a nice break from the art.  They even had kids meals of pizza or pasta, plus your choice of a cookie or fruit.

After lunch we checked out the kids art lab and got to play with light tables, make wire sculptures, as well as draw and make paper collages.

Then it was back to the art for our final two stops — Jackson Pollock (Sarah’s fave), and then the sculpture by Yayoi Kusama (who the kids had just learned about in school).

We also enjoyed this interactive sculpture/soundscape by David Tudor called Rainforest V.

And the kids watched the entirety of this video artwork by Nancy Holt, called Underscan.

Back at home with puzzle #2.  Thanks, Uncle Fran!

We finally said goodbye to our Christmas tree and packed away all the decorations and lights for another year.

We also planted these narcissus bulbs from Gram (below) and the amaryllis bulb we received from Aunt Jill and Uncle Jack!  Hopefully we’ll end up with some beautiful blooms to brighten these dark winter days.