We were finally able to go to the British Museum today, it was our third try! Unfortunately we weren't there that long, fortunately we get to go back and now know how to get there.
There were a few things that just blew my mind:
The yummy pita's that didn't begin to fill my family's sweet tummies. Don't they look delicious though?
This was on a palace wall in NINEVEH...did you read that correctly? NINEVEH...are you thinking Jonah? This really blew my mind.
I took a picture of the description so I would get this correct, "This is the beginning of the inscription which was carved on the pair of human headed winged bulls which flanked the entrance to the throneroom of the king. It included the most detailed surviving account of the attribute sent by king HEZEKIAH." All that little scratching behind Jefferson's head...701 B.C.
Children in front of pieces of the Parthenon. Did you know that it was standing intact until the late 1600's when it became a tragedy of war?
Wyatt and Kate trying to be taller than me, Wyatt's about there. They are standing in front of the East Pediment (triangular gable ends to Greek temples...you know the top part of the upside down v that makes the roof) to the Parthenon. Never mind I'm just going to post the description and save us both time.
They were darling and funny, right there in front of the east pediment, although it did end with one of those "we are not in a park" discussions.
We barely skimmed the surface.
I had planned a picnic, but we got going so late, that we went ahead and ate before we left. We were all so tired this morning that Ed decided to let us sleep. We also have a fourteen year old who is growing and needing more sleep than he normally does. We peeled him out of bed at 10:30. His seven year old brother commented, "It's not that he's growing Mommy, it's all of that Math you've been making him do."
We ate the sandwiches and threw some yummy bars in the backpack. If we'd actually picnicked I would have added fruit, vegetable sticks, maybe crackers. I forgot all of that and not very far into our trek, not only did I have hungry children, but a hungry husband. So, like any good planner, out we marched to the hotdog stand just outside of the museum. 7 pounds and 3 hotdogs later, complete with sausage and grilled onions I might add, we were in for round 2.
A few issues with round two so we decided to stop while we were ahead and finish up an errand on the way home. On the way out one little one realized their hat was gone...well that little issue ended up including tracing our steps through the parts of the museum we'd viewed, asking questions continuously of all museum staff that we could find, consulting both cloakrooms, and a final 10 minute run back to the museum when they called us after we'd left to say that they had found it.
You know we've been studying and talking about irritations. There was a lot of victory today, to God be the glory. I hope that sweet child always remembers running back with their mother through London streets to retrieve their favorite hat. Daddy was making an important purchase for our family so the running came down to me...funny huh! I was SO GRATEFUL for the training God has had me doing as this time last year I would have died...physically and spiritually. Isn't our God good to prepare us for what He calls us to do!
In a few minutes a Navy Captain will be arriving with MEAT from the American Commissary. I never knew meat could be so exciting, on the other hand, Ed's always thought meat was exciting. We are so grateful for their offer...God's provision is so great, in the enormous and minuscule.
Love in Christ,
Dinah for The Troops
