Sunday we rested. We were going to go to DC after church and walk the national mall between the monuments after church, but Sam ended up getting an ibuprofen stuck in his throat. He wasn't able to get it up or down, so it dissolved and burned his throat. He was miserable for hours and Jer and I finally convinced him after 8 or so hours that he needed to drink water to help his throat heal. He wouldn't believe us until the next morning and kept saying that he was going to starve to death. Jer stayed with him during church while he tried to get the pill unstuck. I stayed with him while he napped after church and everyone went to a nearby park. The next day, he was able to eat and drink. We headed to DC for the day to try to get in whatever we could. We drove past several of the prominent buildings and told the kids what they were used for. After an exciting parking adventure, we started in the Smithsonian American History museum. I enjoyed that one a lot. There were things from the Nauvoo temple Sunstone to a cello signed by famous musicians from the 1915s era. There was the flag flown over for McHenry. That was cool. Did you know that it was too big for the lady to sew in her house so she had to rent the empty warehouse across the street to make it in.
Then we had a lunch of hot dogs from a street vendor and headed off to the Natural History Museum. That was Seth's favorite. He kept telling everyone about the dinosaur museum, but it also has an amazing collection of gems and minerals. Ada stole my camera during that part and came back with a ton of pictures. It was fun to see what she choose to photograph. She liked things with lots of color variety and texture. Sam said that the rainbow colored gems looked like the stones from Avengers.
The Batmobile. Seth loved that one too.
They got a chance to see how a cotton gin works.
This one was for my brother Seth. I saw it and yelled, "Sam! We have to get a picture!" He scowled at me and didn't want to because it's 'stupid'. It's not so stupid when your Uncle is doing voices... Then he thinks it's funny.
Evelyn was learning about Rosie the Riveter. I actually loved a comment made in Sunday School a couple weeks ago about being riveted. Not just being fixed, but being immovable.
I loved these posters.
Sam got really excited when we went through the WWII army area. He loves playing Battlefield 1942 with Jer and knew most of the weapons.
A piece of the Berlin Wall.... (Just those little bits in the red cases)
A piece of the World Trade Center. I was surprised at how much my kids knew about 9-11 and not about WWII, but it's understandable that they would learn about the more current events in school. I know that the older two have learned about the Holocaust.
Movie props from Wizard of Oz
Our kids read the Wizard of Oz with their cousin Kate while Jer and I were in Germany with my parents a couple years ago. The girls walked in and immediately got all excited about all the movie props. I honestly don't think they've actually seen the movie though. Thanks Kate!
A doll house.
Art installations are my favorite! I love being able to walk through and touch art.
Avengers
This was one of Ada's pictures that I photobombed. I showed her the picture later and she just laughed. She had no idea that I was making faces in her picture.
This reminded me of Giants Causeway.
After the museum, marvelous Emily took Evelyn and Seth home with her littles and Jer and I took the older kids to see the Washington Monument and the Abraham Lincoln Monument. The Lincoln Memorial definitely has a special spirit about it. Sam said that it was his favorite thing that we did in DC. Sam couldn't walk on his crutches that far, so these amazing boys gave him piggy back rides until we found a bike rental place. We paid $2 to rent a bike for him to sit on while Denys and Henry pushed him the rest of the way up the path. Jer was worried about my foot and so rented me a bike too. It was nice to have a break from walking after all day on my foot.
Henry actually borrowed my camera for this bit. He took several beautiful landscapes.
The Jefferson Memorial was under construction so I'm glad we didn't try to plan that one in.
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