Dallas Arboretum's "Celebrate the Children" Exhibit

I took my daughter in law to the Arboretum for a Birthday adventure in mid May, and we were delighted to see the Gary Lee Price, "Celebrate the Children", Bronze Sculpture Exhibit. Mr Price has had exhibits at the Arboretum in the past, but this was our first experience seeing one. The hand crafted bronze sculptures are scattered throughout the gardens.

Mr. Price's exhibit includes 25 sculptures that depict joyous children of all ages (many are of his own children) celebrating life. They are so life like and you just cannot help but smile when looking at them. My pictures were taken just before the noon hour at peak sun, so they are not as clear as I would like, but you can still get a feel for the artists depiction and it is a great representation of children just being children.

Here are a few of the "Celebrate the Children" Exhibit.

This is the pamphlet for the exhibit that has the Pogo-stick Kids on it.

The detail on this baseball player is phenomenal. 

This is my personal favorite. I love the little girls feet and hands. 

Their faces are just so life like.

Ring Around the Rosie

What a cute flower pot.

This young farmer is picking vegetables from the garden. The Arboretum has a table set up for samples of recipes they make from the food they grow. Today's ingredient was white beans. We had white bean and strawberry ice cream.  Surprisingly good!

That is one strong girl to get that much height.

Cartwheels in the Park.

That is how many kids end up after attempting a cartwheel.

We had such a great day in the gardens, and the adorable Gary Lee Price Bronze Exhibit made it all that much better.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

It has always amazed me that our dog Edy can sleep in so many different positions. She sleeps away most of her life. She mixes it up by changing one weird position after another. Enjoy the following gallery of Edy sleeping pictures. Hopefully they will put a smile on your face.

Edy is sleeping in our son's dog Dahlia's bed, also sleeping on her pillow, with her toy.

This is a common position, and is usually accompanied by snoring.

Gross eyes!

Just too tired to make it to the bed.

All bundled up.

All tucked in.

"Are you sure I am not a human?"

"How cute am I?"

I am not sure if she didn't make it to the bed, or rolled out of it.

The back bend position 

No idea how this happened. 

She looks like she has a smile on her face.

Looks pretty comfy.

I am not sure when she started hanging her head off the end of her bed.

She is about a fourth the size of Dahlia, but she had definitely laid claim to Dahlia's bed.

Edy walked into our bedroom, plopped down on the carpet, and went to sleep.

I wonder if she is trying to make us think she is too big for her bed and needs Dahlia's.

"Oh, How I love this big bed!"

We have endless pictures of Edy sleeping, since she sleeps most of the day. She is going to be so very sad when Dahlia moves into her new home in a few weeks and takes her bed with her. But, until that day she will continue to be an interloper, and make Dahlia's bed her own.