My weekend: Spaceships and Rain
Jul. 7th, 2008 11:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
astra_nomerOn the Fourth, we carried out our annual family tradition of checking out the Smithsonian Folklife Festival before the storms hit. No, seriously: in 2006 and 2007, there were major thunderstorms that rolled in in the afternoon. In 2006, we were herded into the Museum of Natural History. In 2007, we had managed to escape the Mall, but were then caught out on the road in Vienna. This year, the storms weren't quite so bad, but it did, in fact, rain in the afternoon.
My kids are absolutely nuts about the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. It's partly my fault: I bought them the "Roving Mars" DVD, after all. So naturally, they spent most of their time at the Festival in the NASA area, checking out spacecraft and robotics tehcnology.
DS2 came down with a fever on the way home, so I stayed home with him while DH and DS1 went out to see the fireworks. Strangely, I didn't really feel like I was missing out on much. I am clearly getting old.
On Saturday, we took the kids to see WALL-E. DS2 thought it was a little scary in some parts, but the rest of us enjoyed it (except perhaps DH, who ended up with DS2 in his lap for most of the movie).
On Sunday, I went down to the Festival again, this time as a volunteer. It was a lot of fun, but very tiring. Just after we packed everything up and were headed to the Metro, the skies opened and we were caught in a downpour. Fortunately, it had stopped by the time I got off, so nothing got irreparably damaged by the rain.
My kids are absolutely nuts about the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. It's partly my fault: I bought them the "Roving Mars" DVD, after all. So naturally, they spent most of their time at the Festival in the NASA area, checking out spacecraft and robotics tehcnology.
DS2 came down with a fever on the way home, so I stayed home with him while DH and DS1 went out to see the fireworks. Strangely, I didn't really feel like I was missing out on much. I am clearly getting old.
On Saturday, we took the kids to see WALL-E. DS2 thought it was a little scary in some parts, but the rest of us enjoyed it (except perhaps DH, who ended up with DS2 in his lap for most of the movie).
On Sunday, I went down to the Festival again, this time as a volunteer. It was a lot of fun, but very tiring. Just after we packed everything up and were headed to the Metro, the skies opened and we were caught in a downpour. Fortunately, it had stopped by the time I got off, so nothing got irreparably damaged by the rain.
