A Glorious Day

"In general the best teacher or care-giver cannot match a parent of even ordinary education and experience. "

~ Dr Raymond Moore, Home Grown Kids (1981)

What a GREAT day we had today. It is a glorious 74 degree day in the Metro DC area. After our fabulous weather yesterday, I declared today a day for the Smithsonians. We woke up early and went down to our FAVORITE one - The American History Musuem. We learned just two weeks ago that the American History Smithsonian will be closed for 2 years for renovations. This sadden us greatly ! So we want to get our "fill" in. We decided today would be dedicated to the exhibit "The American Presidency".

Late last night after packing lunches for our field trip, I went online and found a great scavenger hunt for answers dealing with this exhibit. I also listed all presidents in chronological order for Shayna to find as many unique facts she could (that she didn't know) This morning at 9 am, clipboard in hand, we left to DC. After more traffic than normal, we found parking right outside the museum. We entered and found out that the exhibit we were going to had a docent lead tour at 10:15 am. Shayna was apprehensive about this as she just wanted time to explore. I convinced her to give it a try. (sometimes the docents are older volunteers and so soft spoken it is hard for the kids to get interested or even hear them well) No one else showed up for the tour, so we had a private tour ! We had a fabulous docent who shared some real unique facts about all the presidents. Shayna couldn't believe our luck. After the 60 minute tour, Shayna and I went back through the exhibit again and she found the rest of the items for the scavenger hunt.

Lunch outside on the mall was SPENDID and we topped it off treating ourselves to Gelato Ice Cream ! YUM !

Experiences are the BEST teacher ! I am sure that today will bring plenty of new knowledge and a love of history for Shayna.