Field Trip
Carey and I took the girls down to the Mall yesterday to visit Sarah-selected sights at the Museums of American and Natural History. We started with gowns of the first ladies, the ruby red slippers, and a special exhibit about a singer named Celia Cruz ("Look at that make-up table!") and followed up with Julia Child's kitchen and the giant doll's house after lunch at the Ice Cream Parlor. When we first entered the American History Museum, the girls felt compelled to sing (hands on hearts, of course) "America the Beautiful" to the American flag in the atrium while I was getting a map of the buildings, so we stopped to see the restoration of the original American flag on our way out (http://americanhistory.si.edu/).
We wandered over to the Museum of Natural History (http://www.mnh.si.edu/) to see the giant elephant, the Hope diamond, which didn't impress either Paris or Nicole, and the new Hall of Mammals, after which we enjoyed gelato and the gift store. Before heading back to the subway we took a spin on the carousel. All in all, it was an excellent outing.
When we got back, about 4, the girls settled down to illustrate a new book of goddesses, including the Goddess of Prettiness, the Goddess of Wolves, the Goddess "Sadie" and the Goddess "Waves." That kept them very intently busy for about three hours. We finally told them they would have to finish the book another day and I fed them, during which Sarah, Charlotte and I had a very serious discussion about "God," goddesses, what people believed and why. Then they snuggled together for a massage in Uncle Jimmy's big chair, munched Klondike bars and I read to them from "Whale Rider," before Sarah walked Charlotte home. Afterwards, Sarah and I cuddled in the big chair getting massaged and reading "Whale Rider" until Uncle Jimmy and Carey came home from getting water and putting gas in the car, and then we all hit the hay.
We were going to take the girls to Mount Vernon today, but it's a little overcast and may be rainy, so we might have to rearrange our schedule. Again, we'll see. It looks like our oppressive heat spell may finally have broken, though, so Hooray!
We wandered over to the Museum of Natural History (http://www.mnh.si.edu/) to see the giant elephant, the Hope diamond, which didn't impress either Paris or Nicole, and the new Hall of Mammals, after which we enjoyed gelato and the gift store. Before heading back to the subway we took a spin on the carousel. All in all, it was an excellent outing.
When we got back, about 4, the girls settled down to illustrate a new book of goddesses, including the Goddess of Prettiness, the Goddess of Wolves, the Goddess "Sadie" and the Goddess "Waves." That kept them very intently busy for about three hours. We finally told them they would have to finish the book another day and I fed them, during which Sarah, Charlotte and I had a very serious discussion about "God," goddesses, what people believed and why. Then they snuggled together for a massage in Uncle Jimmy's big chair, munched Klondike bars and I read to them from "Whale Rider," before Sarah walked Charlotte home. Afterwards, Sarah and I cuddled in the big chair getting massaged and reading "Whale Rider" until Uncle Jimmy and Carey came home from getting water and putting gas in the car, and then we all hit the hay.
We were going to take the girls to Mount Vernon today, but it's a little overcast and may be rainy, so we might have to rearrange our schedule. Again, we'll see. It looks like our oppressive heat spell may finally have broken, though, so Hooray!
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