Time to catch up

Hi guys! Sorry that it's taken me so long to get these pictures posted. Life is crazy hectic around here and I have a feeling that it's just going to get worse. I mean, we do have a pre-teen in our house now:) So, to catch you up-

We took a NJ trip for Jewel because she didn't want to be without her Dad on her 9th birthday. This year in school we have been studying American History and we just finished our book on the War of 1812. Since we were going to be driving through Maryland we decided to check out the most important fort of the war- Fort McHenry & the Bombardment of Baltimore. We had a facinating day there. On normal weekends they reinact the War of 1812 but the weekend we were there it was Civil War- oh well! The kids ran all over the fort looking for answers on their quiz to become National Park Junior Rangers. They learned first hand all about how Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner in the harbor.

After spending the week swimming at the pool we were ready to head home. But not so fast- we stopped off in Washington, DC to check out the American History Museum! The original Star Spangled Banner is housed there. Photographs are not allowed in the exhibit but it was well worth the stopover. Since the Natural History Museum is right next door....we checked it out too.

More pictures to come...enjoy!

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