Unfortunately, like his trip to Antartica, it was only a 'pretend' Egypt. The National Museum of Singapore was carrying an exhibit on the Quest for Immortality. The main focus of this was Egypt's penchant for mummifying everyone and everything.
Through the museum doors, we found out that it was not free and had to queue for tickets. At which time, Jakjak and I were playing hide and seek and chase in the main lobby of the National Museum of Singapore. I was actually admiring the architecture of the thing while Jakjak merrily runs around playing peek-a-boo at just about every pillar and block. Finally, in the darkness of the museum halls, we brought Jakjak to see mummies! This was not all new to him as he had been watching the Little Einsteins going to Egypt, talking to magic sphinxes, listening to musical hieroglyphics and all that.
He liked the king and queen marble statues, particularly because he thought it was Mum and Dad (guess who told him that, hehehe). He also recognized the small Sphinx and the pyramids. Activities were also around the place, and he wanted to make a pyramid out of paper, which, unfortunately was not so easy to make (we were nearly able to make one, nearly - honest). We then proceeded to make an Egyptian necklace and a mummy. He made so much fuss about everything that he wanted to do with the mummy and the necklace that we ended up making the things ourselves. He did the finishing touches though and put in the goog-ly eyes (which he learned from Mister Maker).
I'm glad he enjoyed the trip. Making friends with just about every kid there and using his vivid imagination to make himself busy. It was a great experience for him, four years young, and absorbing knowledge like a sponge. And a parent could not be prouder walking hand in hand with their kid in a place where kid's do not normally want to go to. And how proud we are of him.
