So for Winter Break my kids get 5 days off of school plus the two weekends tacked on each end. All of my kids' friends were headed out on vacation so I decided to do a theme week for my kids to keep us busy & not being bored at home all day.
The theme we came up with was
SCHOOL
which sounds SO boring, but we made it fun.
On Monday we decided to do Economics/Financial Management & Art.
For Economics & Financial Management I had the kids take care of the groceries for the week. We planned out a healthy meal plan for breakfast, lunch, & dinner for the entire week, made a list, & then went shopping. I taught the kids how to pick out produce & how to do price comparisons. They pushed the cart, selected all the food, & helped load everything up at the register. Once we got home, they put away all the groceries & felt accomplished.
For Art we had a lot more fun.
First we went down to this adorable store called Cranberry Mercantile in Sunnyvale & used their paint studio to paint a "You Are Special" plate. I wrote the words across the top, & each kid had the chance to paint something on the plate. Once it's fired in the kiln, we will use this plate for Birthday breakfasts/dinners, special concert days, Mother's Day & Father's Day, etc. And I love that they all had a hand in creating it.
After painting & lunch, we pick up Trek from work & went to the Cantor Art Museum at Stanford. It's a free art museum & it was amazing.
They have an amazing Rodin sculpture exhibit both inside & outside the museum. Rodin's Thinker is there & I think the kids liked that one the most.
"Fire Power!"
Even though it was pouring rain outside, I went out to see Rodin's Gates of Hell from Dante's Inferno. It was beautiful in it's own creepy way.
For 2 hours we just explored all the galleries.
They had a beautiful Rembrandt wing of the museum where they had several of his pen sketches.
Lorien was excited when we found some Picasso paintings.
They had a small Andy Warhol exhibit as well.
And an Egyptian wing which I loved.
It was a really great museum. It was only 15 minutes from our house, free, & the kids had a great time. What a great start to Winter Break.
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