Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Jim Henson performs with his alter-ego, Kermit the Frog

(image from Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Svc)

Caelan, Maggie and Adelyn

They were yellin at us to just take the silly picture,

it's too hot to be sitting here!

Smithsonian Castle gardens

The whole gang
Snack time!!!

Today, Caelan and I adventured out, in the heat, with our friends to go see Jim Henson's Fantastic World. This is a traveling exhibition of his work and puppets at the International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. I was so excited to take Caelan to see one of my fav's...The Muppets!!! But I was really disappointed we couldn't take any photographs once inside the exibit, because right there, greeting us as we entered was....Kermit the Frog! I was pointing and jabbering, look Caelan, look, look, look, its Kermit. He just stared at me and said, "Yeah, and." I was crushed. Thats okay, plenty of time to share my love of the Muppet Show with him. It was incredible to see the real Kermit puppet. It was like seeing a movie star. In the exibit there were also many of Jim's preperatory drawings, costumes, movie props and short films running, to name just a few things. Really a neat look inside a great mind. (Just an FYI, this exhibit will be at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago in October.)