Allen had a meeting in DC and so we made a family trip of it. We had not been there since we were kids. Carter and Jared had been asking to go for awhile. We had a great time. There is a lot of walking involved in seeing everything in DC in a long weekend, but the kids did great. Claire especially surprised me with how good she was when most things were not geared to her. It is nice to know we are at the phase of life that we can take our kids anywhere and have a great time. As we were walking around the last day, Allen and I commented how we were glad we didn't come by ourselves, it was more fun with the kids. Allen used his iphone to give us little bits of information as we went to each sight. It was fun to learn with our kids. Like the soldiers at the tomb of the unknown solider--they work 24 hours and then are off 24. They get a hair cut every other day and shave 2 times during the 24 hours they work. Since they started guarding the tomb, it has always had someone on guard, 24/7. This was a great way to talk about respect to our kids.
Our favorites:
Allen: holocaust museum
Julie: holocaust museum, Arlington cemetery
Carter: holocaust museum
Jared: museum of natural history
Claire: swimming at the hotel pool
Some memories of the trip:
-Carter wanted to find his name on the wall at the Vietnam memorial.
-Jared saying that he thought the animals at the museum of natural history were going to be alive. Jared also informing me that he likes animals, but not to hunt and kill them, but to see and watch them.
-After hearing the record of six minutes to run up the stairs at the Washington monument, Carter in all seriousness, while staring at the monument, said,"I can beat that, someone time me" (Carter is the ultimate competitor)
-At the museum of air and space, a Chinese woman who didn't speak great english asked me to take a picture of HER with OUR kids with her camera. She grabbed Claire and put her on her lap and hugged the boys close. I must say that is the strangest thing that has happened to us associated with Claire being adopted from China.
7 comments:
Glad you guys had a good time. I especially enjoyed the kids comments. So funny. I was a little alarmed by the strange lady. I can't believe the boys went along with that. Stranger things have happened I guess.
Such an awesome trip! I hadn't heard the Chinese woman story before...that is so funny!
What iphone program did allen use?
Hey Troy, just wikipedia.
It was awesome having so much info to keep the kids attention while in lines.
We also were able to look up their first names on the vietnam memorial website so they could try to find them on the wall.
So, did Carter beat the record?
I loved the description of the trip! Such a great adventure. I hadn't heard the Chinese lady story, but I can imagine it after being in China. I still laugh every time I think about Carter wanting to race to the top of the monument. lol
Carter, you're awesome! I bet if you put your mind to it you could beat that record.
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