02.01.2006

Lovely day! Got a late start as I was called to witness some legal docs at the last minute, but we made it to the museum only an hour after opening, so we had five whole hours left to spend there. Abby still felt that wasn't long enough . . .

Number one daughter decided to join us instead of job-hunting, so she and Bubba peeled off and toured the museum on their own while Kyle stayed with me. That meant no sibling fighting and a very nice boy keeping me company, reading along with me and actually showing interest. All in all, a very nice time. We were particularly impressed by the way Rodin showed not only the muscle and form of the human body, but by the way he could show emotion in his sculptures.

There was no time for sitting, or knitting, as we spent four hours walking through nearly every exhibit, the spawn showing me some of the favorites they found, or remembered favorites from previous visits - although we had not been in three or four years. Of particular highlight were three new things: a mummy, an 18th century dress and an art collection of Edward Gorey's .

Some links for Auguste Rodin:

http://www.musee-rodin.fr/welcome.htm (this one has a great education guide you can download - 22 pages!)

http://www.cantorfoundation.org/Education/edu.html