Talent Show, Washington D.C. and ROM
This past week Hadley had put in all the work to do the opening act with many other students for the schools talent show. On Thursday night she and the others performed Vogue. She looked so happy! After the show we packed up and left to head to Buffalo as Friday was a PA day for the kids.
We saw Niagara Falls at night and then slept before our big drive to Washington D.C. the next day. Brian worked in the passenger seat while I drove, and this worked well. The kids were great passengers for this long drive.
We felt it was time to show the kids where we met, got engaged, and all the monuments we could fit in, as well as our tree where we got engaged under the cherry blossoms at the annual festival.
From our hotel we walked many times through the walkways of the George Washington University, we saw the Washington monument, the Franklin Rosevelt monument, the Martin Luther King National Memorial, the Lincoln memorial, the White House, where there was a rally going on, but it was very peaceful. We went to the Smithsonian to learn some American history. We saw the bat mobile, and the ruby red slippers from the Wizard of Oz, the kids did a bunch of hands on things such as icon art, among many other things.
While waiting for our table at the Hard Rock Cafe, we went to explore Ford's Theatre where Lincoln was shot and the Peterson house where he later died. Brian and I have eaten at the Hard Rock Cafe every time we have been in D.C. so it was nice to do this with the kids also.
We did a rather long walk to get back to our tree for sunset before the fireworks that evening. Easton's fitbit read over 31 000 steps at the end of the day. We were all done!
On the way home we explored Gettysburg National Military Park. Easton was quite interested in the guns that were used. It was warm enough this day that Brian took out his shorts to wear for the first time this year. +20 Celcius.
We also stopped in Hershey Pennsylvania. MMMMMMMmmmm Chocolate! We went on the chocolate tour, bought and tasted chocolate, and stretched our legs as the drive home was a long one.
We got in at 2am, and just for fun... I volunteered for Hadley's class trip to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) today. I had 7 lovely grade six girls, and more steps to add to my already sore body.
It was a lovely weekend!