What the heck was that?

Driving home from school a few days ago, we were driving around a roundabout, when something caught our eye and Micaela, James and I all yelled out simultaneously, "Did you see that? What was heck was that?"

There was a new poster at a bus stop, but we were only able to catch a glimpse and there seemed to be a scary-looking woman, babies and an animal, but we weren't sure.

The next day, I went more slowly through the roundabout and we got a better look at the new advertisement.

I briefly explained to the kids the story of Romulus and Remus being cared for by a wolf, noted the name of the product at the bottom of the poster and did a little research at home.

This ad was for Lavazza Espresso Coffee and the unveiling of their new calendar every year is a big event in Italy. For 2009, the famous American photographer Annie Leibovitz shot the photos and this homage to ancient Rome is among them.

James didn't seem to care if this was "art." He dubbed it "the creepiest thing I have ever seen."