Saturday, July 23, 2016

National Building Museum

The National Building Museum has a wide array of displays. First is Icebergs with climbing areas, a slide and pillows to launch yourself into. Or as Leslie said the wear the kids out zone. Next was a doll house exhibit. They had doll houses from 1740 to 2004. Unfortunately no photos were allowed. Then a collection of 80 paper cutouts. From a Prague Castle kit to a Queen Elizabeth Coronation kit. The most unusual was a Lenin Memorial replica. Lastly was a Play Work Build area. Lily had a blast here. She made different objects using Lincoln logs,  small blue blocks and giant blue blocks. She organized a whole work crew to build a giant structure. Only two kids were trapped in the rubble when it all came down.  Finally there was an interactive projection. It took your shadow and built blocks in that shape. 

Simulated Icebergs 
Lil
Up she goes 
Down she comes 
Lily and Leslie 
High speed return 
The tip of the icebergs 
Floating above it all
My small block construction 
Construction #1
Non union labor 
Construction #2
Very cool construction not be me
Construction #2 nearly complete 
Queen of the Castle 
Where are your legs
Actively building 
Bag Lady projection

Friday, July 22, 2016

Dinner at "We the Pizza"

We gad a great dinner at We the Pizza.  Then we walked home though a quaint neighborhood

Most hungary 
The Capitol building 
Two more blocks 

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

After regrouping in the air conditioned townhouse we set out for rhe Air and Space Museum.  Lily went on a simulator ride with Reese, a girl from Tennessee. The ride to a black hole was fun but tgey really wantrd to spin upside down so they climbed into another simulator and screamed their lungs out. We looked around some more and found the planitarium. We paid for Lily's ticket but got in for free for being educators!   Yeah!  We only had to close our eyes a few times as the swooping in and out of the galaxy was a bit too much. Then it was time for dinner. 

Entry way sculpture 
Lunar Module
Spiritof St Louis 
Journey to the black hole simulator 
Lily emerges 
Who is woozy 
Team rocket 
Learning to control the simulator 
Rock and roll
Post ride data dump
If your pants are too low , we can see
Cant fit in the cockpit 

Super sonic 
Space
Docking
Journey to nausea 
Actual capsule 

Beach Trash Sculptures

Several sculptures made of plastic beach trash.

Parrot Fish
Sail Fish
Rock Hopper Penguin 
Shark
Octopus 
Girls

Zoo Time

Like seasoned travelers we walked to Union Station and whoosh we are transported to the Zoo.  Geckos Pandas and Frogs!  Oh my.  It was a hot one and the first half was easy. Maybe because it was all downhill. Once we got to the end of the zoo and had to go back,  the heat of the day kicked in and it was all uphill. The pandas were cool and it was the small panda's birthday. They were given a "cake" and were sleeping it off.  Next we saw the small mammals the reptiles and Amazonia. We decided on a taxi ride home.  Now we are back at the townhouse, feet up and cooling down.

Townhouse 
Red line
Slightly disoriented 
Not an actual lion
Where are we?
Arghhhh panda attack
Yummy
Cake hangover 
"Cake"
Not a green screen 
Tree wallaby
Sand Cat 
Squirrel 
Meerkat 
Big Funky Lizard 
Day Gecko
Poison Frog
Fritz and Lily 
Monkey 
Frog Fish 
Sea lion
Cool down