more PMA/Philly

Jim and the Philadelphia skyline. It was a fairly windy day that day, so this picture was hard to take. Jim kept falling over and getting very frustrated. Still, he continued to smile.

Jim and Rodin's The Gates of Hell, at the entrance to the Rodin Museum.

Jim and Rocky. He's a big fan. He's seen all the movies. He especially likes the one with Dolph Lundgren, mostly because he likes how his name sounds. And he particularly wants me to write that he is a HUGE fan of Sylvester Stallone and finds it inspiring that he wrote, directed, and starred in all those movies.

Jim said he liked this painting because he felt like he could just walk through the frame into the scene and the world would be just the right size for him.

Jim proudly displaying his entrance pin for the Museum.

11/21 - Jim visits the City of Brotherly Love

Because Jim so liked the art at the church art show (even though he called it "primitive" and inferior to art on his planet), I decided to allow him to come along on a school trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He thoroughly enjoyed himself.

We spent most of our time inside the Museum, but we also walked to the Rodin Museum, and hung out on the huge steps, made famous in the Rocky movies.

Mostly, he behaved himself, except for with the older iconic European art. He kept begging me to let him snuggle with the various Madonna and Child statues in that area. I explained over and over that they are very old and fragile, and besides, that would be a bit inappropriate. He kept saying that they looked so inviting and that he'd be super-duper careful.