A morning at the M. Carlos Museum

Visited the Michael C. Carlos Museum this morning to see the Southeast's largest collection of Egyptian mummies. Elliot and his sister Rachel really loved it... and although the mummies and intricately decorated cases were the highlight, they were equally enthralled by all the miniature carvings. The kids love playing with small animals and miniatures so they talked about how great it would be if they could open the cases and play with all the 'cool stuff'. Broken pieces of ancient pottery and hieroglyphics were lost among all the tiny treasures... To each his own! This college museum was larger than we expected and parking was at the edge of campus... All that walking was good for Elliot's muscles but it took its toll. We took lots of bench-breaks and his ankles were so tired by the time we got back to the car that he just wanted to go straight home.