Like 5 and 7.
Yer ded.Like 5 and 7.
Feed them a bunch of ding dongs and mountain dew. Take them to the park and run them hard. They will crash when you all get back.
MrsWx and I want to get back to DC. We went a few years ago with my parents and it was cool but not a lot of down time and our time on the mall was get off Metro near the Washington Monument in Alexandria, start at Washington walk all the way to the capitol go through one museum, tour capitol, meet Grassley (before he went off his rocker), see the declaration of Independence and walk to a metro station. That's a lot of walking on a hot June day on the mall. Somehow we didn't even stop at either Air and Space Museum. Really enjoyed Mt Vernon though. I am one to try different things and it bit me at Mt Vernon when I tried peanut soup. That was essientially warmed up chunky peanut butter. Disgusting.
They have a packed itinerary. Doesn't help that they will get to their hotel about midnight tomorrow night and then breakfast Wednesday at 7am then off to the National Cathedral to start their day. I think Wednesday is when they get to hit some of the museums. Thursday they do a river cruise to Mt. Vernon. Friday is a lot of the memorials, end their day at Arlington and 4 kids get to do wreath ceremony. They go straight to the airport from there late afternoon. Teachers who have worn fitbits say days average between 4-8miles of walking.
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Mine was "Bruce Lind". Not so imaginative as his.![]()
There's an Albert Einstein statue just to the northeast of the Lincoln Memorial that is a great place for pictures. It's just outside of the National Academy of Sciences building. It's a little obscure but is a really cool thing to see if your daughter is near it.They have a packed itinerary. Doesn't help that they will get to their hotel about midnight tomorrow night and then breakfast Wednesday at 7am then off to the National Cathedral to start their day. I think Wednesday is when they get to hit some of the museums. Thursday they do a river cruise to Mt. Vernon. Friday is a lot of the memorials, end their day at Arlington and 4 kids get to do wreath ceremony. They go straight to the airport from there late afternoon. Teachers who have worn fitbits say days average between 4-8miles of walking.
Really enjoyed Mt Vernon though. I am one to try different things and it bit me at Mt Vernon when I tried peanut soup. That was essientially warmed up chunky peanut butter. Disgusting.
Our school switched up their routine some from when I went. Most of our phones were going us that monument day we were somewhere in that 13-15 miles. The leader also forgot to tell us that when we loaded up for the capital that morning. Meaning most of us had dress clothes (worst was the socks and shoes) while doing it.They have a packed itinerary. Doesn't help that they will get to their hotel about midnight tomorrow night and then breakfast Wednesday at 7am then off to the National Cathedral to start their day. I think Wednesday is when they get to hit some of the museums. Thursday they do a river cruise to Mt. Vernon. Friday is a lot of the memorials, end their day at Arlington and 4 kids get to do wreath ceremony. They go straight to the airport from there late afternoon. Teachers who have worn fitbits say days average between 4-8miles of walking.
That seems a lot for sleep shorted kids. There's no way they fall asleep before 1ish that first night. I hope it's a lot of fun!
Last week the coaches sent out a different pitcher in for my daughter for the last two innings of a JV game. Seen this girl a year or so ago and she was so erratic that one batter may see one in the dirt, one over the backstop and one in each dugout during their at bat. This time she keeps catching the inside corner and kneecapping the hitters at blazing speed. Most of the crowd silently looks at each other with the, here's our varsity pitcher look. This last week the coaches decide to see her at the varsity level. She gets declared academically ineligible that morning.Our varsity girls softball team finally picked up a win this weekend. Our conference is tough and loaded with senior-heavy teams. We start 3 8th graders. We can usually hang with teams for 3 innings, then the wheels fall off. Game we won this weekend was non-conference, we used an 8th grade battery.
There are a couple local photographers who take pictures at games. She was warming up her pitcher and saw the guy taking pictures, so she tried to look "extra" cool.
She goes out to DC for the 8th grade trip tomorrow. Had looked at the weather yesterday and was just cool with no rain. Now it is 40% chance of rain on 2 of their 3 days there.
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