The Petitts: Day #4 Washington DC

Day 4--breakfast then loaded up luggage to come home.--yeah!! But before that, another long day of touring. On Thursday the 5th graders toured the Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian, then to Mount Vernon, and finally the Capitol building! Paul loved the air and space museum but let's face it--by the end of the week, the kids were tired and nothing held their interest for long. At Mount Vernon they got to see the gardens, the places where they hung meat to dry, where the hay was stacked, and saw George Washington's tomb. There even was a wharf over the Potomac. Adam loved going to the capital b/c they got to wear headphones and listen to the tour. He especially liked the picture at the very top of the rotunda. At the end of the day, they had supper then settled in for a long night on the bus. They arrived back at school around 7:30 in the morning. I picked them up, brought them home, unpacked and started laundry. They were both asleep at 10am so I headed to school. All in all , a really busy trip with long days, but they both had a really good time. Paul just wished he had more time to actually read some of the stuff but they always seemed to be in a hurry and had to keep moving. Andrew will go in two more years--will Paul be ready?? I hope it's like childbirth--he will forget the pain and decide to do it all over again!!