Massimo at MOMA

After our enjoyable visit to the lions, tigers, and bears at The Museum of Natural History we decided to visit The Museum of Modern Art (also called MOMA) to see if they had anything Massimo would like.

He didnt seem to have much interest in the traditional framed artwork but some of the sculptures and video art caught his attention. Another thing that caught Massimos attention was a helicopter hanging from the ceiling..."airplane, airplane" he would say as he kept running back to see it.

But the thing that kept his attention for the longest was the multi-colored floor on the main level near the courtyard. He enjoyed sitting on it, running on it, and touching it. Actually we couldnt pull him away from this area for over 30 minutes...




Gomi, gomi! Look mama there's dust here.









My stylish Gap sweater and Miki House shoes from Japan look particularly good on this floor, dont you think?

Can we come back to MOMO soon...PLEEEAAASE!

Massimo at the Museum of Natural History

At nearly 2 years old Massimo is becomming a big fan of music (everytime we put on a cable tv music channel he is quick to name the instrument on the screen...guitar, trumpet, piano, etc) as well as animals - his favorite are Mr Lion (accompanied by his "roooaaarrr") and Kirin-san (Japanese for giraffe).

So to encourage his interests, Massimo takes music classes for toddlers at The Early Ear in Manhattan and we started taking him to the many Manhattan museums just this past weekend.

Here is Massimo on his first visit to the Museum of Natural History...

Wow a lion...

Did I mention that the lion is my favorite - roooaaaarrrr!