Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Today started much like yesterday with complimentary breakfast at the hotel and then they made their way to George Washington’s Mount Vernon. They toured the 21 room mansion built in 1734 by Augustine Washington. This is the room George Washington called his “New Room.” It served as a dining room or […]
Today was a busy day from the start. The first stop was at Arlington National Cemetery. Then, our group witnessed the Changing of the Guard. Four of our students—Christian, Colleen, Emily and Caden—lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. It was a beautiful day to participate in such a solemn ceremony. […]
Sunday, September 22, 2019 The students awoke bright and early and after breakfast at the hotel, they boarded the bus. The first destination of the day was the National Zoo. The tour director always anticipates the unspoken question about why they visit the zoo when there is so much (more) to do in Washington DC. […]
Since the boys are both gone at Camp Ondessonk, Bill and I went on another travel date. The weather was iffy so we shelved our Plan A hike at O’Bannon Woods and chose to explore art in Louisville. The first stop was the Big Four Bridge. It was built in 1895 as a railroad bridge […]
Bill’s nurse, Natasha, had her first child on November 22, 2017 and Mason has been asking to meet Charlotte ever since. Today we met us at Starbucks. Mason has always loved little babies and he took an especial liking to her. We brought Charlotte a few of our favorite books to add to her library […]
We did play! Sunday after we got home, we had a garage purge session. We tossed out two barrels full of junk and put aside two two bikes the boys had outgrown. Bill helped me list them on Letgo but we agreed that if they didn’t sell by Tuesday, we would donate them to a […]
Today was finally the day that Walker was due to return from California. Mason was invited to a sleep over party tonight so that meant Bill and I headed to St. Louis alone to pick up our California kid. We decided to make a full day of it and we headed out early. In […]
In my head I can still hear Frank singing New York, New York after our hearing it at the end of our Yankee game on the 4th of July. It’s a pleasant way to start our last day in the city. Leaving on a 5:30 PM flight meant we had some more time to explore […]
Our very own Red {source} The Hoosier Wax Museum is the culminating social studies project in the fourth grade. Each student is assigned a famous Hoosier to represent in costume. When Mason told us he was assigned to be Red Skelton, I was happy. The two have similar, spunky personalities. He also had to create […]
Walker is on a tear to get his merit badges done so we signed him up for Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Mason and I drove up with him and spent the day wandering around Terre Haute. My friend Jenni gave us some suggestions of places to go and things to do. Square donuts? […]