Yesterday
was Father’s Day in this part of the world and as I’ve mentioned before Matthew
and I go off on this day in a father/son adventure. Matthew wanted to go to the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, but before you get any ideas he is some precocious art maven, the only
thing he is interested in the museum is in the medieval suits of armor, and
even there he’s really only interested in the little models they sell in the
children’s shop. I took him to the “Knights
Section” as he likes to call it a few years ago, and he’s gotten his
grandmother to take him a few other times.
He’s seen the very same suits of armor before but what he’s really after
is adding to his toy knights collection.
Here are a few pictures at the exhibit.
While
we did stop at the ancient Egyptian section and explained to him what a sarcophagus
was and though we made our way through American paintings where he was
impressed with the famous “George Washington Crossing the Delaware” we weren’t
at the museum too much more than an hour, and most of that was spent trying to
find the darned Knights Section. So
right after we went to his next favorite spot in Manhattan, Central Park.
I
have to say I find Central Park the most beautiful city park that I have ever
been to, and I’m always amazed at its beauty every time I go through. However, Matthew isn’t really interested in
its beauty or the fascinating variety of plants and trees that one stumbles
upon. What Matthew finds interesting
about Central Park are the little playgrounds.
He’s obsessed with the swings.
Finally
let me add one picture of the park with both of us in it. This is one of the ponds that one stumbles
upon.
We
went on to the new Liberty Tower at the reconstructed World Trade Center and
down to the South Street Seaport, which was disappointing, which made for a
long day, but I don’t think those pictures are anything special. What was special was the father/son day.
