Grandpa Reuter was in town over the weekend so we hit the Children's Museum. They just opened a cool new exhibit on the Terracotta Warriors. Ok, a little piece of Chinese history for you... The terracotta warriors were constructed for the emperor Qin Shi Huang around 250 BC to protect him in the afterlife. Pretty cool, except for one minor detail: All workers (about 700,000) and childless concubines were interred (yikes!) with him to safeguard his secrets. The warriors were discovered in 1974 in Shaanxi Province. The statues are amazingly detailed and current estimates are that there are over 8,000 soldiers (plus hundreds of chariots and horses) the majority of which are still buried in the pits. On our last trip to China we really wanted to see them, but were told that the ruins suffered a great deal of damage during the tail end of the cultural revolution.
Ethan...quite unsure if he's having fun on the carousel or not. By the way, that is Great Grandma Reuter in the background...skirt hiked up and riding a jumper! I hope I am as cool as she is when I'm 86
NiNi busy excavating
Grandpa and baby Quinn
The girls messing with Ethan while he was asleep
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