June 12-14, 2010
***D copes with the heat.
Destination: Patrick Henry College to pick E up from a week at Strategic Intelligence Teen Camp and then onward to Falls Church with a side trip to Mount Vernon.
Audio Book: Little Britches (continued)
E warned me that she probably wouldn't be too talkative for a few days since she had spent the last six days doing a lot of thinking on little sleep. Even still she did a good job telling us the high points of camp during lunch before we headed to friends for the weekend.
***She and her friend (who had played two soccer games already that day!) were able to muster enough energy to make this incredibly yummy French Silk Chocolate Pie.
While in DC we had to take the opportunity to see at least one sight. This time it was President George Washington's home, Mount Vernon. Us spoiled homeschoolers did not take much liking to hanging out in the 90 degree heat in long lines of other sightseers. But even still, Bullet Proof George Washington, is too facsinating of a man to not find something to engage our minds.
***On a stroll with President Washington and family.
***Churning butter on the family farm.
***Being two legged creatures, chickens were not considered "gentlemanly" livestock, so slaves were able to keep them at their homes. Mr. Washington paid them for their eggs and sometimes meat.
Though the grounds were impressive, had we know the new education center was full of so much hands on exhibits, we probably would have skipped the lines and played in the museum where it was cool. But we endured the heat, walked the grounds then rushed through the museum in less than an hour. This does give us a reason to go back...
