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Month: August 2016

Summer Treats in Japan!

Enjoying all the delicious treats we can find in Japan!

Spring & Summer Festivals in Japan!

Experiencing spring & summer through Japanese festivals!

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We went to Noche de Ciencias midweek, hosted at the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. What a great night to show off science! We drew tracks for light-sensor racecars, drove robots, and launched rockets. Our kids came home so excited to talk about all the cool things scientists get to do! #learning #science #nochedeciencias #patent #invention #intentionallearning #scientists #stem #smallscientist #learningthroughplay #learningisfun #familyblogger

Yesterday the schools were closed, so first we voted and then we took advantage of an unexpectedly free weekday to check off the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from my DC #bucketlist. It was so different from what I expected - it wasn’t a Smithsonian caliber museum, it is an actual factory where you can watch our money being made! I gave the kids each a dollar bill so they could see up close what was being printed on their bills, and if you swipe left, you’ll see how they posed when I asked them to take a “money photo” 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤣 We also stopped for lunch at the Dept of Agriculture cafeteria (yes, my bucket list is getting more obscure 🤣) where they decided to be Spider-Chickens and clucked their way past security so it was a memorable day 🤪🐓 #travel #travels #travelwithkids #explore #familytravel #familytravelblogger #explorewithkids #visitdc #visitwashingtondc #bureauofengravingandprinting #moneyfactory #dolladollabillsyall

NBD, just reading in *the* coolest reading room in the country. Today is one of the few days each year the @librarycongress opens its reading room to everyone! We checked out our names in the card catalog and obviously requested the blueprints for the National Archives 😉 Ever since our first visit, I’d planned to make a kid-free trip to the reading room, so it was awesome to learn that a few times a year they let everybody in, whether you’re there to (plan to) steal the Declaration of Independence or not. 🤣 . . . #libraryofcongress #capitolhill #librarylife #nationaltreasure #visitdc #visitwashingtondc #travel #travels #familytravelblogger #familytravel #explore #reading #readingisfundamental #reading📖

Just a few weeks left to visit the @newseum before it closes forever. 😭 I’ve been reading a lot of John le Carré’s Cold War spy novels lately, so this closeup look at a section of the Berlin Wall, guard tower to the east, graffiti’d speech freely drawn on one side and conspicuously blank on the other, especially affected me. What a striking gift to see the impact a free press in a free society has made to governments and people throughout history. . . . #newseum #museum #berlinwall #ichbineineberlinerin #history #freepress #firstamendment #travel #explore #learn #travelwithkids #familytravel #explorewithkids #washingtondc #visitdc #offexploring #donttouch #wedidnttouchit

Me, trying to get my kids to school on time. ⏰⌛️🤼‍♂️ #madeit #barely . . . #earlymorning #earlymornings #mondaymotivation #monday #statue #arteveryday #arteverywhere #sculpture #storyofmylife #washingtondc #ftc #letsgo #thestruggleisreal #intentionalparenting

It’s game day! Who are you cheering for this weekend? . . . #football #areyoureadyforsomefootball #collegefootball #sports #travel #travels #explorewithkids #adventurekids #adventurewithkids #cheer #cheerleading #cheerleader #futurecheerleader #familytravel #familytravelblogger #tailgate #goteam #sportsweekend

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