Astrid outgrew her Graco infant car seat and we finally replaced it with an Eddie Bauer toddler car seat. 
Flipping through the instructions manual.
This fountain/water feature is in the inner courtyard once you enter The Getty museum.Astrid's stroller is in the reclined position because it was her nap time and we were hoping she'd take a nap in her stroller. No such luck though. After an hour of pushing the stroller and even covering the front with a blanket to keep the light out, Astrid was still wide awake.
Astrid pulled off her shoes and even a sock, so we ended up letting her go barefoot so we wouldn't lose a shoe or sock along the way. It was funny to see two little baby feet sticking out of the stroller. She was lying back but she sure wasn't sleeping.
They had a French exhibit from the 1700's with paintings, furniture, clocks, porcelain, and other various decorative items. I took a few photos. 
Here's a Parisian bed from 1775-1780. It's made of painted and gilded wood, silk upholstery, lots of fringes, cords and tassels. Those are ostrich feathers on top of the bed posts. The bed frame is carved with overflowing cornucopias at the head and foot, and oak leaves and acorns along the vertical posts. The crown of the canopy is carved with wreaths of flowers, and bows and arrows. They had another bed on exhibit from the same time period, but this was the only one that still had it's original, ornate canopy attached.
This is a Planisphere clock from Paris from about 1745-1749. It's made of oak veneered with kingwood, bronze mounts, brass dials and glass. The large main dial is composed of overlapping circular plates that indicate the time, the months of the year, the respective zodiac signs, the days of the lunar month, and local times in various cities and parts of the world. The four smaller dials show the phases of the moon, a tidal calendar for ports of northern France, the days of the week, and the times of the eclipses of one of the moons of Jupiter. All that in one clock is pretty impressive. 
This French wall clock (Chantilly and Paris) is from about 1740. ItÂ’s made of porcelain, gilt bronze, enameled metal, and glass. The clock was intended for a bed alcove. It was once fitted with a cord that when pulled, struck the hour and the nearest quarter-hour. The Chantilly porcelain manufacturing company initially used Japanese porcelain as models for itÂ’s earliest productions. By the time this click was made, the factory had developed itÂ’s own native European style, although the dragon (on top) and monkey (on the side, bottom) are derived from Japanese and Chinese decoration.
This is the front panel of a Roman sarcophagus (stone coffin) dated A.D. 140-170.The face that appears in the middle is the Mythical monster Medusa. On either side of Medusa's face are theater masks.
A side view of one of the theater masks.
A frontal view of one of the theater masks. 
We stopped an had brunch at the Museum's restaurant. Here Astrid is with her foot up on the table, drinking some water, and playing with a baby food jar. Meanwhile Uwe and I are trying to quickly finish our entrees.
Astrid standing on my lap, looking cute, while she's saying something...probably "book" which is her favorite word.
Astrid eating sorbet for the first time.
Holding a fork.
She had fun pretending to feed herself.
It was good practice since we've started giving her small pieces of food and letting her feed herself.
That's pomegranateite margarita, a house specialty. I wouldn't recommend it, as it's a bit salty, and the salt around the rim is overkill.
After brunch we walked down to the outdoor gardens. There's a big grassy area where people were sitting, lying and just hanging out.
Uwe and Astrid standing beside a landscaped river.
This is my view from walking behind them.
A huge topiary design pops up from the lowest level of the garden.
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades.
Astrid looking very cool wearing Uwe's Prada sunglasses.I really have to order some of these prints so I can display them and put them in a photo album.
Over 6 foot tall sitting on Uwe's shoulders.
She's got the best seat in the house, as she's above the crowd and can see everything. It looks like she's saying "Whoa."
Here we are in front of the garden's topiary, with the end of the landscaped river that turns into a waterfall behind us. 
Another family pic, this time Astrid's looking at the camera.Uwe was not impressed with the "art" at the museum but we both agreed that the outdoor gardens are beautiful and very zenlike (except for the crowds of people).
One side of The Getty museum from my viewpoint down at the ground level of the garden.
The other side of The Getty museum from my viewpoint down at the ground level of the garden.
Another view of the topiary from a different vantage point. 
Uwe walking up the grassy knoll with Astrid.
It was Uwe's idea to let Astrid crawl around on the grass.
Here you can see Uwe rolled up Astrid's pants so she wouldn't get grass stains on them.
At first she didn't know what to do an looked uncomfortable on the grass. We realized that she's never crawled or walked on grass before (or even felt grass before). So I rolled her pants back down and let her get used to the grass. (We're also going to communicate to our nanny that Astrid should be allowed to crawl around on the grass when they go to the park because it's good for her development.)
Starting to get used to sitting on the grass.
Starting to crawl on the grass.
And off she goes!
She had lots of fun going downhill really fast.
Stopping to pick some grass.Uwe bought Astrid some new shoes with elephants on them, and the first thing she did was pull the ear off one of the elephants. So to make sure she didn't eat the other ear, we removed it as well.
Russian dolls. The little baby one inside the larger one. 
Stopping to play in the shade.
Don't eat the grass, or rocks, or twigs, or leaves! We had to constantly watch Astrid to make sure she didn't slip a objects into her mouth that she found on the ground (i.e, a pebble).
My golden boy and girl.
Crawling further away.
And further...
Even further...
You can see Uwe sitting far in the distance. It was fun to watch Astrid crawling in a big open space. 
Do you want to try walking?
Nope. Back to crawling again.
Followed closely by Uwe.
Stopping to check out something on the ground.
Keeping tabs on the baby.
Astrid kept wanting to go over to these girls, and to a barefoot man who was sleeping (not pictured) and we had to steer her away from them (especially the feet).
Go figure, playing with Astrid on the grass was the highlight of our trip to the museum.
Getting ready to throw Astrid into the air. 
Throw #1.
Throw #2.
Throw #3.
Uwe carrying Astrid like a sack of potatoes over his back.
Getting ready to head back to the tram that will take us to the parking lot.
Riding in the tram. They did a great job with the tram. The wait wasn't long at all and there was enough room to fit everyone.
A view of the tracks from the rear window of the tram.
A view of the 405 freeway from the tram's side windows.
Enjoying the ride.
Leaving The Getty Center.
Astrid sitting in her new car seat.
Boom...fast asleep. 
She slept the rest of the drive home. She must have been tired from missing her afternoon nap, and all of the physical activity of the day.
.JPG)
No comments:
Post a Comment