Early August was so much fun. My son David, his wife Tracy and son Calvin, came to visit for 5 days. So that everyone could enjoy the visit, my mom Dorothy, came down from Los Angeles, as did Tracy's mom Barbara. Additionally, Brian (son) and Beth (wife) were celebrating an anniversary down here, so we were lucky enough to all get together.
Still, I wanted a little time alone with Calvin, so Dorothy and I took Calvin to the Museum of Making Music one morning, in Carlsbad. The morning was delightful, and we all enjoyed our time together, and the museum. There were a few things that I found especially interesting.
The displays were interactive. Every instrument was numbered, and an interactive screen would pull up a picture and description of the instrument. At first Calvin was very interested in the instruments, but as made our way through the museum, it became clear that Calvin's major interest was in NUMBERS! He would see that a guitar was made in 1956, and he would immediately say "That was 66 years ago!" He would love looking at the dates each instrument was made, then quickly figuring out how long ago that was. At the end of the displays they showed several kitchen appliances and household objects from 60 years ago. Why, I don't know. Anyway, they had an old toaster, an old phonograph, and a cash register from maybe the 1940's. At the end of our time at the museum, my mom asked Calvin, if he could take anything he saw home with him, what would it be? His answer, immediately, was, "The cash register." I thought he'd say a drum set or a guitar or one of the many beautiful instruments. No, he wanted the cash register. Just goes to show that we all see things differently, and we each take away something different from the same experience. Calvin is definitely a numbers guy!!!
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