General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse and What did I learn today? Friends pt.38, 1 by Gardengirl1204

Gardengirl1204 wrote:
Hiall. I have been a busy bee today. I took off from work to chaparone my son's field trip up to Washington DC. Luckily, I only had to watch him so it was some good bonding time for mom and son! Left at 8am and got to the Nat'l Archives at 10. It had a line wrapped around the bldg and I was like "oh no"! Anyway, it moved fairly quickly and we were in w/in 30 mins. For you Americans, if you've never been to see the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and Constitution, I recommend it - ONCE! This is my second field trip and I still didn't get to really see anything! The rotundra where the documents are kept is dark and I think too crowded. And of course there are these idiots who try to take a no flash photo in a dark room of a very faded document and think it will come out! UGH! Anyway, watch National Treasure - you'll get a better look at it!

Next we walked over to the Natural History museum. DS wanted to see the Hope Diamond so we walked up to the gems and tried to peek at it - again, very crowded! The best part of this whole museum was the new butterfly exhibit - right up my alley! Anyway, they have this dome like structure that is quite hot inside and basically a tropical garden and we went in and there were butterflies everywhere! I wanted the garden though!!!! The flowers were gorgeous and so green! I got some good pics I'll post in a bit.

Next we got on the bus and were about to head over to the Air & Space museum but because we had to get 4 bus loads on only 3 buses for the 3 block drive, I volunteered to walk. So DS and I walked across the Mall with another mom and her son and got there about 10 mins before the rest. Got a good pic with DS on Mall. Ate at this huge McDonalds in the A&SM then headed out for about a 45 min condensed walk thru the museum. Spent most of the time in the gift shop. Finally got on the bus and pulled away for home at 3:30 and got back home by 5:15. (Can you say YEA!!!!!). DS promptly hopped in the car with DH and went to baseball proactice and I made myself take Murphy on a 2 mile walk around the neighborhood.

So to say the least, I'm pooped! As for the weekend, if the rain can stay away, I will finish up my stones. I might have to go buy 1 or 2 more bags of mortar. Ir it rains, I try to get the kid's bath totally finished.

So, here are some pics: