Smithsonian

October 4
We visited the Smithsonian Museum of American History today, and since the girls are studying American History this year , so the timing was great.  Tom and I enjoyed and appreciated the museum way more than the kids did, of course, but we all enjoyed the day.  The girls loved looking at the first ladies' dresses and the star spangled banner- the actual flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became the song.  Thomas loved the boats, trains and all the weapons from the different wars.


We topped off the night by going to a spanish restaurant belonging to a family we met  in Grand Cayman last year, and wow- we loved it. It is a tapas restaurant, and I kept filling Thomas' plate with different tapas. He was a little confused by eating a bunch of small plates rather than one large one, but he adjusted well and ate like a champ, as usual.