Caleb has been wanting to take an inspirational trip to Mt. Vernon before school started. We tried last weekend but when we pulled into the parking lot at 10am it was PACKED and we decided to abort the mission. We also decided that we we try again this weekend but made sure that we were there by 9am. Much better. We watched a movie about the trials and tribulations that Washington faced (the film was introduced by Pat Sajack in colonial garb- hilarious!), went on a tour of the mansion and then walked the grounds.
The Mansion
View of the Potomac from the back of the house
They have preserved the grounds as a real farm so we got to see lots of livestock and plants.
Me and Old George's mule
Caleb and the mule
Chickens
Pigs
We walked through the gardens and the orchards and looked at all the plants. They have a map that identifies all of the trees for you. We saw apples, plums, pears, peaches, and then it claims that there are cherry trees. In the entire orchard, this was the only one we found.
We thought it was weird that the single small limb was all that Washington's home had of a cherry tree, but then we remembered a particular story from history, reminding us that Washington was known to chop down his cherry trees.....
We were going to go to Baltimore last night to watch the Rangers play the Orioles but the Rangers have played so lousy lately, we didn't want to waste the money. Plus, Caleb already has tons of homework to do, even though school doesn't start until Monday.
Scarlett doesn't seem to understand that her mom and dad are going to be very busy studying and can't play with her all the time. She insists on being played with, to the point of making herself a complete pest. Caleb was trying to read last night and I caught this showdown
I'll let you guess who won this power of wills! I thought it was pretty cute.
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