On the day after Christmas, we took Nickolas to the Milwaukee Public Museum -- one of Aimee's childhood favorite past times over the holidays. Milwaukee has a great museum and we could have spent the entire day there if we had it. It's no Kelvingrove (museum in Glasgow), but it certainly is captivating. It was also Dan's first trip to the museum. We began in the section called "The Streets of Old Milwaukee". That exhibit may have single-handedly inspired Aimee's love of historic preservation when she was four years old.
Next, was the European Village, which had just about every country in Europe represented from the turn of the century. Again, it is set in a village-like setting you can walk through and view various ethnic ways of life (or, how holidays are celebrated during the holiday season) through the windows. In addition, all of the 'homes' exteriors also strive to depict the country. We were quite impressed with the Scottish house. From the outside, it really looked like the solid and practical brick homes we saw all over and it even had a slate roof! It almost reminded me of Dan's mother's childhood home overlooking the Loch.From there, we proceeded to the rain forest, the dinosaur display that used to scare Aimee when she was a wee one, and various continents through time. Nickolas was wide-eyed the entire time and had a great view from his daddy's arms for most of the tour. At the very end as we were about to catch the elevator, Dan asked me to turn around to see if everything was OK 'up there'. I looked at Nickolas who was seated on Dan's shoulders and he literally fell asleep slumped over on Dan's head. He normally makes a few unhappy noises when he gets sleepy, but there was so much to see, he actually fell asleep mid-exhibit with all of the excitement of the new sites and sounds.
