The Art Festival That Wasn't

Last weekend a few of us mamas decided to expose our sons to a bit of culture. In the past during this time of year, my family has enjoyed a local corn maze or pumpkin patch, but that's one thing that Austin is definitely lacking. So instead I thought how about the Dia De Los Muertos Festival. I've always been such an admirer of the dia de los muertos custom and folk art. The event was advertised as a festival and kids under 12 got in free. So the three of us mamas got all dolled up and wrangled our young sons into their car seats and off we went. Only to discover, after navigating three very active rascals through busy downtown streets, that the "festival" was actually an art exhibit. Not an interactive one either. In took about 10 seconds for each of us to to become frazzled and stressed. We promptly left and made our way first to a local cafe, Cherrywood, for mimosas and food - to decompress and let the boys run off some steam in the fenced in patio area. Like clockwork, just as we were devouring the last of our meals, the boys were showing signs of meltdown. So again we packed them up and ended up at Jessi's for an impromptu backyard play date. Janelle is a photographer and took some amazing black-and-white photos of our tiny men in action.