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Month: August 2017

Sunflowers in Japan

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Sunflowers in Japan!

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What a morning! I lined up in the chilly gray drizzle to check off a double DC bucket list item - seeing the Supreme Court in session and also protesting at the Supreme Court! On today’s docket - NY State Rifle & Pistol v. City of New York. Obviously an issue very close to my heart, and the wonderful @momsdemand organized a gathering in front of the Supreme Court building to advocate for stronger gun control. . . What a profound experience watching our highest court in action - there were jokes! there was a question from the notorious RBG! there was thoughtful commentary on the history of the law and how the justices should rule! - and all that in just 3 minutes. 🤯 The rule of law has been on the minds of many Americans lately, and watching a potentially significant case play out in full view of the public, our right to know and watch how the highest court in the country operates, impacted me more than I can say. I urge you to go if you have the opportunity. Oh! And bring a quarter for the cloakroom. . #kindnessofstrangers #supremecourt #supremecourtjustice #dcbucketlist #visitdc #visitwashingtondc #tourist #bucketlist #law #travel #travels #explore #lovewhereyoulive #beatouristinyourowncity #lovewhereyoudwell #instadc #dcinstagram #architecture

Encouraging #artists of all ages and abilities today in DC 🎨🥰 The Art Information desk at the @ngadc gave us a pencil & sketchbook and let us loose this morning! Last time we brought a book of shapes and had our own museum-wide scavenger hunt for rectangles and circles and stars. DC is one of my favorite cities in the world and we’re soaking up every moment and cool opportunity that comes our way here. We usually hit up one exhibit at a time until we’ve worked our way through everything. Only about one billion more galleries to go! #kidfriendlydc #art #artmuseum #gallery #visitdc #dc #visitwashingtondc #myngadc #arteveryday #arteverywhere #familytravel #travelwithkids #museumwithkids #explore #explorewithkids

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

What I'm Inspired By...

Angie Away
Catalog Living
GOOP
Hyperbole and a Half
I Can Has Cheezburger?
I Has A Hotdog
Peyt's Island
Random Hangers
The Oatmeal

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