Happy Birthday to Mommy!

Today was my birthday! I had planned to take Lon to King Tut today ever since I learned King Tut was coming to Seattle. I bought tickets as soon as they went on sale. I had them pinned to the wall near my dresser ever since.

There might be time to see it again. For anyone on the fence about seeing this. GO! It is worth it!

On the way to the Pacific Science Center, we passed the Museum of Glass.  Lon wants to see that.   We saved it for another time.

Lon inside the Pacific Science Center. We have to come back and see more of the Science Center. I have fond memories of these ponds, but I can not remember if they had the dinos in them then.

We were there just a few minutes too early to get in line, so Lon got to play with the water things. It was really fun!

Then it was time to get in line! Yipppeeeee!  The line was not long and we only had to wait about 6 minutes. Much different than 1978!

We got the audio sticks. Lon really liked his, he wanted to hear everything they said, sometimes twice

The tomb of a royal cat.  Lon thought this was very interesting.  The cat was turned into a mummy, ready to be a royal cat again in the afterlife

The statue was originally over 17 feet high, still very tall, even without the legs intact. Harrison Ford was telling us to feel the power of the statue as he stared down at us.

Kai and his children..  Loved this statue.

The mask.  It is amazing to see it

It is dark inside the gold room. The objects seem to float, as they are the only things lit.  It is impressive

Lon learning more about the jewels. They went into a lot of detail on the audio stick.

Entering the second half of the exhibit. Lord Canarvan and Howard Carter, how they discovered the tomb, etc.

One of my favorites, the leopard mask

King Tut's bed. It was not very big.  Lon was fascinated by it.

We both loved the little chair, for King Tut when he was a little boy.

The face of Tut in alabaster. This is the top of one of the coptic jars.

On the way out we could see a replica of Kin Tut's unwrapped mummy.  Lon was not sure about it.  He thought a King should be a little bigger.

Time flew by when we were inside the exhibit. We spent two hours inside! It was time to get some lunch. We went to what used to be the Center House, it is now called the Armory. Not sure why.  Most of the food places are gone.   There was a new pizza place called Mod. It was good pizza. Thin wood fired crust. It was made to order and made fast.

City Scape on the way to pick up Mark!

We had a lovely surprise visit from Reyanch and his parents!  Auntie Bubbles did her part and turned on the bubble machine! I have to get new batteries for next time.  Sadly, we have a wasp nest under our deck somewhere, both Lon and Prachi got stung.  I felt bad about that. I have to get rid of that before we have kids in the backyard again.

Prachi brought me a wonderful Tiramisu cake! Yummy!

Reyanch helped me cut the cake! He was happy when he got to eat some too!
It was wonderful to see them.
It was a good birthday.