First Full Day

Greetings from the slightly psychotic 6th grade teacher. I am proud to report that at the end of a very long day, we are all still alive and no one is lost. And no one has been to the ER yet!! We started our day with an exciting Metro ride. Cherie got half on and half off, but other than that, no close calls. It was a little frightening for some but in the end, they loved it. First stop was to Senator David Vitter's office. As you can see from the photos, our children were very attentive and respectful of his office. They asked a few questions and took an official Senate photograph with him. On our way to the Capitol, Jacob and Street gave us a quick lesson on the Supreme Court. Next we detoured through the Library of Congress. It was a beautiful building. We then made our way to the front steps of the Capitol building. Today is the National Day of Prayer and as you may have seen on the news, there has been 24 hour scripture reading on the Capitol steps. After listening to one of the members of Congress read, one of our own, Nolan Parker, was allowed to read from the Bible for about 10 minutes. How exciting it was to see him do this and what an impact on our students to see this take place. From there we grabbed lunch and took a nice break. At 1:30 we entered the Capitol for our tour. We were even allowed to sit in the Senate gallery. Ask Andy Brister what happens when you fall asleep during a session!! The Capitol tour was very interesting while learning some interesting facts. Did you know the white circle in the center of the rotunda is the center of Washington, DC and that every street goes forth from there? Also, one side of the room has one zip code while the other side is a different one. There is also a tomb for George Washington in the Capitol but he is not in it. Moving on from there, we toured the Botanical Gardens and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. We had supper there and headed home on the Metro. We stopped along the way for doughnuts, sushi and ice cream!! All in all it has been an incredibly amazing day. Rule for tomorrow, you must wear tennis shoes!! Kids are swimming, adults relaxing...did I say relaxing? more like counting the minutes for lights out!! Talk to you tomorrow!