Amazing Awe-inspiring Art

Last night the boys preschool had an art show. It was fabulous!! Each teacher had collected art work throughout the whole year from each student and then displayed it for the show. It was so cool!!

The walls were filled with art. Tables were filled with art. The classes had made various types of sculptures that were in various places. They even had decorated the sidewalk out front with chalk drawings. AND if that wasn't enough-they even had a little snack bar. Unfortunately for me it wasn't wine and cheeses, but that wouldn't have been appropriate for a preschool art show now would it? :) The boys were so excited to show off their work.

Here is Josh with a painting....

and his play-do sculpture.

Alex wanted to show off his sculpture more than his painting- and here is why-

Its batman! I thought his painting was cool too but he didn't want a picture of that.

Zach, my little artist, had two paintings and his sculpture is of a snowman.

We were pulled in- well three different directions to see all the art! Then who showed up?!?! But Grandma and Granddad!!

The boys were so excited to see them AND be able to show their art off again!! Matt and I were happy that they came to.

It was really nice. Not only did they show off their own art, but they wanted us all to see what their friends were doing too.

You can tell it was a lot of work to put together and, in my opinion, it was well worth the effort! Best art show I have ever been to hands down!

After the show we went out to dinner and of course had to celebrate a little with shakes!

So Yummy!!

A Perfect Sunday

Today was a really great day. The weather in Omaha was perfect!! I think its going to be one of the last nice days we will have this year. So our family decided to take advantage of it. I started my day off with a nice walk. I really enjoy walking though my neighborhood. The leaves on the trees are changing colors and the mums are in FULL bloom! Its great.

After lunch, Matt and I decided to take the boys to the zoo. It was great. We started the day off with the skyfari. For those of you who don't know what that is, its a ski lift that goes from one end of the zoo to the other.

(Josh Matt Alex)

Matt and I had never been on the skyfari.. The boys had, as our good friends took them while Matt and I were in DC. Matt and the boys were looking forward to their ride. I, on the other hand, was a little nervous. I am not a big fan of heights. The last time I went on a Ferris wheel I wanted to hurl and tried not to go into a complete panic attack while I was at the top! I was pleasantly surprised that the skyfari was no big deal to me. Other than the occasional thought that my kid could slip through the bars- he is a skinny little thing after all- and be eaten by the cheetah or get stomped on by the elephant. But I pushed those thoughts away and had a nice time on the ride. :)

A big reason we went to the zoo was to ride the train. It seems to always be the highlight! They love trains. So we got a little snack of popcorn....

Alex

Then hopped aboard the train for a nice ride through the zoo.

As we were wandering around looking at animals, the boys asked if they could go on the carousel. Matt and I thought, why not? We had ridden almost everything else in the zoo. What's one more ride? :) So we hopped on the carousel. Zach rode a rhino, Alex rode a rooster, and Josh chose a horse. Josh was funny as he kept saying "Look at me! I am a cowboy! The horse is trying to buck me off!" Zach was yelling "The tiger is after me!!" -as a tiger was the animal behind him on the ride. And Alex was cock-a-doodle-dooing the whole time. Never a dull moment in the Venn home.

We walked around the zoo some more...
We ended up at the goats...

And the rain forrest...

The boys loved the waterfalls.

We had a really terrific day at the zoo!!

And if the zoo wasn't great enough, we finished the day by sipping down some milkshakes!! Yummy!!

Josh Zach Alex

It was a really perfect Sunday!