Later, we visited the White House Visitor's Center, and us kids filled out a Junior Ranger workbooks, and were finally sworn in to get our badges. We left the White House about lunchtime, and walked across the street to Union Station, planning to eat at the food court. Mim, Nathan and I stayed to eat at a salad restaurant called Chopped, while the rest of the group ate at Taco Bell. We ate our salad, and then met each other in the Dollar General. Mom had gotten them some goodies, (namely toy metros and a pink snow globe) which they were eager to show us as we found our parking spot. We went back to the hotel for a while to regroup and decide what to do next, and finally decided that Dad would take Nathan, Malachi, Mim and I to National Cathedral while the others stayed to rest. National Cathedral is really beautiful and intricate, with detail on every inch, and we explored as much as we could before going back to hotel again. Our plan for the rest of the day was to play at the new state-of-the-art Long Bridge Park that Uncle Bob had helped to design. It is really cool, with misters, tunnels and bridges, and we loved the playtime. Then we drove to Uncle Bob and Aunt Sue’s house for a delicious dinner, featuring fresh crab. (We took it apart ourselves!) Another great day!
This reminds me, at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, we saw the first “Washington Monument”, a statue of our first president half-dressed, holding a piece of paper in one hand. We had studied about it before we left. I did not think that that it was a good representation of George Washington. It really looked more like a Roman. We also saw many exhibits of how the capitol was built and acts of Congress in the past. After watching an informational video about the Senate and House of Representatives, we were ready to go. We then followed the call of our loudly growling stomachs to the Department of Agriculture, where we ate a delicious meal. Afterward, we headed to the Postal Museum, which is little trafficked, but well worth seeing. There are fun activities and tons of information about how the mail gets around. It is really cool. By the time we finished there, it was time to go back to the hotel for another Trader Joe’s sushi and some rest. We really needed it, as the time change and so much to do has not done too well for our rest. I wonder what we’ll do tomorrow?
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