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12/29/2006: "Time with Nick"
I am not sure how it happened. He is certainly exposed to a lot of different music. Jeanette and I listen to everything from The Dixie Chicks to Stevie Ray Vaughn to Miles Davis. But somehow, Nick got hooked on The Beatles. He loves them. He has an iPod Shuffle and it only contains Beatle albums. Wanting to encourage his love of music, we have bought him most of their CDs. The new LOVE album came from Santa this year. Jeanette has stopped encouraging the obsession. She wants him to branch out a little. His teachers and other adults relate, but his peers do not quite get it (at least not yet).
Nick has a school assignment this week to write a one-page paper on an Egyptian artifact and create a 3D or 2D representation for an exhibit. He chose to do The Great Sphinx. While in Brussels, we took him to an Ancient Egyptian exhibit on the Sphinx. In various forms and throughout Egyptian history, the sphinx appears a great deal in icons and statuary. This exhibit had a nice collection.
So, while researching yesterday for his paper, we stumbled across the replica in Las Vegas at the Luxor Hotel. Historians have determined that the Great Sphinx was painted, and the one in Vegas is the only replica I have seen that is restored to what it might have looked like upon completion.
Did you know that the Beatles’ LOVE show is a Cirque Du Soleil, and is showing at the Mirage in Vegas? Since Nick is off next week, we were looking for something special to do… So yesterday, I booked a flight and a deluxe room in the Pyramid at the Luxor and then purchased two tickets to the LOVE show next Friday night. I can’t wait!
