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Oskar, June and I checked out the last Arty Pants Tuesday Playdate. J. slept most of the time and O. was happy to have some attention. We had such a nice, low-key visit, and I realized later that its the practical stuff that can make or break a visit. Here are three things I especially appreciated.

Working on a cityscape

  1. The window wall along Hennepin Avenue is a treat. During Arty Pants, they had squares of carpeting and little scraps of fabric you could use to build your own cityscape while looking out at the real city.
  2. The chocolate-chip cookies in the café come in packages of four small cookies. No arguments about how to divide up a single gigantic treat: each person gets her or his very own reasonably-sized cookie.
  3. The family restroom on the lower level (in the old section of the building) is large enough – there’s room for a kid and a stroller – and there’s a trash can next to the changing station. And there are lockers nearby.

I don’t want this to sound like Mommy’s trip to the museum is all about snacktime and changing stations, but here’s the deal. When those practical things are easy – when it doesn’t take six hands to change a diaper and I’m not faced with offering a hungry kid a cookie the size of his head because I forgot to bring snacks – it makes enjoying the art easy.

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