The Met

This morning was a very hot and humid one so we decided to spend it in the a/c at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.    It's definitely not the first or best place to take kids under 4 in NYC but we received complimentary membership passes for the day just by showing Scott's KPMG employee badge so if the kids acted up we could leave and not feel like we just wasted a bunch of money.

Surprisingly it was a lot of fun......there is sooooo much to see there and lots to do.  The kids were very well behaved.  Katie didn't make a peep the entire time and was happy to view everything from the stroller.  Mikey was really great too and didn't run around too much.

We saw lots of different displays and the sheer amount of artifacts is astounding.  Scott and I really loved looking at all the paintings; that was probably our favorite and we have way to many pictures to prove it!  Mikey liked the knights and swords and Katie liked everything.  After 2 1/2 hours it was time to leave for some lunch on the way home and naps for the kids.

Walking around it was pretty clear that we had the youngest kids there.  We didn't see any kids under 5 the entire time.  We only set off one alarm and got yelled at twice; once for carrying Mikey on our shoulders and once because Mikey crawled on some Egyptian Pyramid thing before we could get to him.  I'd call that a successful trip.  We'll definitely be back!

This picture is blurry because we set off the alarm!

Picasso.

A married Egyptian couple.

The knights display was really cool.  The boys loved it.

Mikey wanted to take a picture of this painting.

Katie by an Egyptian tomb.

Even the horses were covered in armor.

This painting was one of my two favorites.  The details were unbelievable.

Mikey crawling on the Egyptian structure.

I had to get my pic. with this hunk.

Maybe for my master bath someday.

This was my other favorite picture.  Mikey and Katie liked the angel babies.

Scott checking out the recreated Italian church.

By the totem poles.

Mikey checking out more tombs.

He loved looking at the swords and artillery.

van Gogh painting.