[Natan: 4y • 2m• 6d]
[Kai: 8m • 2d]
Natan's Quote of the Day
"Can you dress me like an artist?"
Natan's thought is that artist have costumes like spiderman and batman
Natan's thought is that artist have costumes like spiderman and batman
Well, we had a fabulous weekend and managed to get ourselves out of the house more than once if you can imagine. Kai was a bit sick, but he didn't notice a thing and slept most of the time we were out, but Natan was wide awake and full of questions and ideas.
We started on Saturday morning by going, just at opening time, to a new exhibition at the Royal Museum of Fine Art on the work of Panamarenko. He is a Belgian artist that makes very crazy machines. Mainly, flying machines that don’t actually fly! We spent over an hour there and Natan was both in awe and irritated at times because some machines where made wrong and couldn’t possibly fly. Although, I told him time and time again that these were works of art and none could fly he wasn’t really listening to me, but this is a truely amazing exhibition and if you are in or around Brussels before the end of January you should check it out.
After the exhibition we came home and first thing Natan went for was his cardboard Buzz Lightyear wings we made together over a year ago. He found a rope we had used for Kai’s swinging chair and asked Pieter to hang it back up in the studio. Curious as to his plan we just sat back and watched. He then began to tear apart the sofa placing each cushion precisely under or around the rope. Then he put on his wings and jumped onto the highest pile of cushions. Being the only worrywart in the family I mentioned the dangers of the brick floor behind him. Then Pieter being the OTHER responsible adult didn’t stop Natan’s adventures, but went and got his bicycle helmet “There no more worries!” he proclaimed. I didn't want to be the one to spoil all the fun, so I just sat back and watched. This game went on all weekend and we had to drag Natan out on Sunday afternoon for a picnic in the park, but once back he tore our sofa apart again.
This is Natan’s life with two quick thinking creative parents who still feel like children themselves. Sometimes I think we should settle down a bit, but then again, how boring would that be?
We started on Saturday morning by going, just at opening time, to a new exhibition at the Royal Museum of Fine Art on the work of Panamarenko. He is a Belgian artist that makes very crazy machines. Mainly, flying machines that don’t actually fly! We spent over an hour there and Natan was both in awe and irritated at times because some machines where made wrong and couldn’t possibly fly. Although, I told him time and time again that these were works of art and none could fly he wasn’t really listening to me, but this is a truely amazing exhibition and if you are in or around Brussels before the end of January you should check it out.
After the exhibition we came home and first thing Natan went for was his cardboard Buzz Lightyear wings we made together over a year ago. He found a rope we had used for Kai’s swinging chair and asked Pieter to hang it back up in the studio. Curious as to his plan we just sat back and watched. He then began to tear apart the sofa placing each cushion precisely under or around the rope. Then he put on his wings and jumped onto the highest pile of cushions. Being the only worrywart in the family I mentioned the dangers of the brick floor behind him. Then Pieter being the OTHER responsible adult didn’t stop Natan’s adventures, but went and got his bicycle helmet “There no more worries!” he proclaimed. I didn't want to be the one to spoil all the fun, so I just sat back and watched. This game went on all weekend and we had to drag Natan out on Sunday afternoon for a picnic in the park, but once back he tore our sofa apart again.
This is Natan’s life with two quick thinking creative parents who still feel like children themselves. Sometimes I think we should settle down a bit, but then again, how boring would that be?
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