As today was a school holiday I took a day off to be with the kids. We ended up going to the Dallas Museum of Art to see "Egypt and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs". We made a family trip out of getting both Grandma and Grandpa to come along. Sid ended up working but fully expected to see photos later (of course photography was not allowed). Tickets are sold in advance and allow you only a 30-minute window during which you get to enter. Then they place you in groups of @75 to pass through the first video clip room. It turned out that Cindy and Mack were in the same starting group. Their kids were in school today so this was a mid-day date. We more or less left them to themselves after the initial "hellos".
The exhibit was good but a little bit wearing for Sunil. I did tell the kids in advance that they were required to praise the event heavily within my hearing as it was a little on the pricey side. They complied beautifully. I believe Sheela actually enjoyed parts of it -- she's read up on Egypt and King Tut previously. Sunil may not have enjoyed it a great deal but he did make a good attempt and I appreciate him all the same.
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Actually Sunil couldn't say enough good stuff about the exhibit last night. He was particularily impressed with the glass-scarab pectoral (no, he didn't remember the name). But it was one of my favorite pieces too. The glass was not man-made but instead had been created when a meteorite hit the Sahara sands fusing the sand in to glass.
It's great that you all got to see the exhibit. The one we went to see in Ft. Lauderdale a couple of years ago was in the form of a museum exhibit, not videos.
Tell Sunil we think the pectoral/meteorite sounds awesome!
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