"Let the wise hear and increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance."
– Proverbs 1:5
Cruncher, Orland* and Daddy went to the history museum today. Kids 4 and younger get in free, as do teachers, so they just had to cover parking. Excellent.
Cruncher's review: "Well, it was kind of boring. Daddy wanted to do boring stuff, and I wanted to do awesome stuff." Well, Ryan isn't here to dispute that accusation, so I'll take Cruncher's word for it.
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| According to Cruncher, all things pictured here are awesome except for that vase (which I happen to think looks awesome, but what do I know). "It was kind of weird," he says. |
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| And Cruncher said this was really cool. (Aside: I love his fluffy hair. And maybe I should buy him that tea set he's picked out on Amazon.) |
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There just happened to be a small collection of Catholic items from the 16th and 17th
century, so the museum must have heard Ryan was coming for a visit. The plaque said
Japanese Christians were forced underground back then, and they had to hide symbols like these items. Cruncher says the "Jesus things" were "kind of impressive." Hah! |
So, this mama thinks if Cruncher says all things above were impressive, awesome and cool except for a lone vase, then it was a trip well worth $5 parking. Educational and inexpensive — good job, Daddy!
*Cruncher's happy little doll baby that he takes EVERYWHERE, pictured top left of first photo collage.
Interesting (potentially only to me) note about the icon of Christ crucified above- the Japanese monarchy at the time made these images to test suspected Christians: they would place the icons on the ground, and if the suspect refused to walk on the icons, he/she could be convicted.
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