A Week of Culture and Learning

Last week was a fun week of learning and culture for Sloan. He has two new History pages on his computer to study; one about Picasso and another about Shakespeare. Sloan has enjoyed these as he does all of his history, but he was actually able to go out and learn more about these famous artists in person. (almost)
The Nasher Museum at Duke had a free Community Day last Tuesday, and Sloan and Wendy went to see their Picasso: The Allure of Language special exhibit. The audio guide they had available was wonderful, and it explained a lot about Picasso's paintings and why he was important, reinforcing what Sloan was already learning on his computer.
Sloan and Noah took a trip to the Museum of Life and Science on Wednesday. After learning, there is nothing better than a ride on the train and a good scream in the tunnel!
Sloan and Jen went out for barbecue at the Q-Shack, and listened to some live Bluegrass music Wednesday evening. They wrapped up their night with some yummy frozen yogurt!
Saturday night was for Janie. They cuddled up to The Wizard of Oz. (Janie knows every single line in the movie!!) And they had time to belt out a few High School Musical songs on the Wii.
We thought we would have a perfect week discovering that a local Shakespeare theatre company was performing Taming of the Shrew. But alas, we were too late in getting tickets and missed it. That didn't stop us from reading a few scenes and a few sonnets. And the consolation for missing the play was Ben and Jerry's. Sloan's new buddies at the shop gave him an awesome tie-dyed Ben and Jerry's bracelet that says 'Peace, Love and Ice Cream.' Indeed!

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