The Bayou

When Max heard we were heading to BYU today he was ecstatic about going to “The Bayou” (which is exactly how he says it. It’s so cute.)

I wanted to take my kids to the Carl Bloch exhibit before it left the Museum. We waited for 5 minutes in stand-by and headed into the very quiet exhibit. Quiet exhibit + 4 tots = aahhhhh. Tru was on one today and didn’t want to ride in the stroller or be held for long. He wanted to be free. Luckily we kept him semi quiet with sneaky “Tandy” while we whisked everyone to see the main 4 paintings. It really is neat to see the lovely displays with the huge paintings. What a talent this painter had! I can’t imagine creating such masterpieces with just a canvas, paint, a brush, and my imagination. My favorite is Christ and the Young Child. I love the light.

We quickly went through another exhibit about WORDS. We didn’t realize until we were up close, but that is a sculpture comprised of approximately 80,000 pounds of books — the equivalent weight of 30 to 40 cars. It was really cool. But a sign that says “no touching” + 4 energetic tots in the same room = ahhhhh. We quickly went on our way to walk around campus. We ate tasty donuts and icecream from the creamery. Abe saw his name “Abraham” on the ASB sign. We were on campus amidst a kazillion highschoolers there for a language fair. Imagine Truman wandering aimlessly on the sidewalks amidst oodles of kids = ahhhhh. But – we survived and glimpsed a bit more of campus. Plus it was great weather and we saw the sun.

The kids favorite was definitely the Tree of Wisdom sculpture. It was the coolest thing to them.

Here’s the video of all the fun they had running in-out-around-and-through:

Bye, Bye Spring Break. It was nice having you. See ya next year!