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The girls have posts that they wrote on vacation, and they will be putting them up ASAP. Each post will be back-dated, and will include some pictures from our vacation to Washington, DC.

The Museum of Natural History

Today we went to the Smithsonian. It was fun there. We watched a movie about stars. It told about the Little Dipper and the Big Dipper. It was cool, but it was supposed to be easy to see, but it wasn’t easy to see for me. Anyway, the second movie we watched was done by computers. It was really cool, only I was scared of the part where the asteroid hit Earth. That was scary. But Mommy let me hold her hand and then we went out of it and went to the National Museum of Natural History, and we watched a Safari movie. The movie was about the Big Five. The Big Five were elephants, buffalo, rhinos, leopards, and the last one was lions. My toy Mongo, who is a lion, would have liked it.




We saw dinosaur bones before the movie. There were stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and also Long Necks (like The Land Before Time). But by the dinosaurs, above them, there was a SHARK MOUTH! It was WAY bigger than sharks today. And also, we saw Sponge-Gar (prehistoric Sponge Bob Squarepants).

We also saw mammals after that. There were panda bodies, and also at the entrance, you would see a big tiger JUMPING out at you!

Everything Comes Alive at Night in the Museum

We went to the Planetarium at the Air and Space Museum and watched a show about stars. We did the old one and the new one. One was done with the star projector, and the second one by computers. The second one was called “Cosmic Collisions.”

We had lunch at the ESPN Zone! TOUCHDOWN! I had the “Just Dip It” lunch. You should try going to an ESPN Zone. The Just Dip It is strawberries, pineapples, cucumbers, apples, carrots, celery, chicken salad, and crackers with a side bowl of yogurt and also dip for the carrots.

Then we went back to the Smithsonian. This time we went to the National Museum of Natural History. We saw the mammal section. We saw the bodies of pandas, tigers, bears…as many animals as you can think of and more! There was a red fox which is my favorite.

We also saw dinosaur bones, but not the actual dinosaurs. They were just made with burning clay. And when they cooled off, they had dinosaur bones.

Instead of like yesterday, where I said my legs were hanging on by strings, my legs actually fell off!! And when we were on the Metro, we finally got a seat, and the next stop was ours!

The Smithsonian

We went on the Metro today, and after that, we saw the Air and Space Museum. We saw many kinds of space and airplane stuff. My favorite one was when we saw the real C3PO and the real R2D2. We also could make our own airplanes on a little computer.

Also, before that, we saw a big Bible. The Bible was Greek. It was super, super old.

And the last thing we saw that I really, really thought was cool was a real live horse. The horse had a police woman on it, and it was having a bad day.

Space Ships!

We went to the Air and Space Museum. We also went to see Bibles that were about 1,000 years old. Mommy was very interested in the Bibles, but I thought they were boring. We walked around until my legs almost fell off because they were hanging on little strings.

At the Air and Space Museum, you got to see how an airplane landed at different points of view on a computer. Mommy said that it made her dizzy. Daddy and I were pilots. Actually, Daddy was the co-pilot, and I got to make a plane and fly it on a different computer. We saw rockets that were inside a building! There were big rockets and medium rockets, but no small rockets. We also saw a spaceship that went into space; two guys could be in it. It was from the Gemini program, and it wasn’t that big.

We also saw an IMAX movie called “Magnificent Desolation.” It was about two people going on the moon. It showed that their moon car could have hit a bump and almost exploded, and it showed the two men running out of air and their radios couldn’t work, so they couldn’t hear each other. They had this tube that connected to each other to share oxygen which was the emergency plan that NASA had just in case. The movie was in 3-D!! A girl had said in the movie that she would become an astronaut, and they showed in the future that the girl was establishing a town on the moon.

Moon rocks are cold, and I can tell because I touched one and it was freezing!

I have a joke about astronauts from My Friend magazine.

Q: What do you call a nut in space?

A: An astronut!

This is a flying machine that is called the Katydid. It's funny because my Mom nicknamed me Katy.

The Church Day

Today we went to a monastery. It was cool. We went to the secret tunnel. If you went in that secret tunnel, you would be able to see tombs, and also I think sculptures of dead people. We saw St. Innocent and his actual bones. Before that, we saw St. Cecelia, but it wasn’t her actual body. And when the Romans tried to get her head cut off three times, there were only scratches.

At the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, we had lunch. But we didn’t take a tour. It was cool there because we got to have lunch in front of the Last Supper.

After lunch, we went on a bus and then we went on the Metro. Make that two Metros.

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Bible Day

We went to a Franciscan Monastery and visited, maybe, 30 tombs! We saw the bones of St. Innocent. Innocent was a boy of 8 or 9. He was martyred and that’s all I know about him.

His bones are covered with lace. His face is porceline.

We had lunch at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and the lunch was chicken. Bawk, bawk! Cluck, cluck!

After lunch, we went to the John Paul II Cultural Center. We saw a handprint of the pope. There was a long line of hands of many people. I made a stained glass window on a computer. It was a lot of pretty designs.

Downtown Alexandria

Today we went to Old Town Alexandria, but last night we did it, too, to go out to dinner. We had lunch at Bilbo Baggins’ Restaurant. It wasn’t all that crowded there, but it was still alright. If you were me, and you went to Washington, DC, you would be able to go into the Washington Monument. That is all for now. Ta-ta! The End.

Alexandrian Vacation

Charge! The Redcoats are coming! Bang! Bang! Bang! BBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM! We are going to go to Washington D.C. tomorrow! Today we went to Alexandria and stopped at a bookstore. We found a good book called Clementine. You should stop by your local library and see if you can find it. Daddy bought a Redwall book for me.

This is the view from our room.

Book Report: Meet Benjamin Franklin

Meet Benjamin Franklin
written by Maggi Scarf, illustrated by Harry Beckhoff

Ben was born on January 17, 1706 in England. He married Deborah Read. Ben made a newspaper called ''The Pennsylvania Gazette.''

Chapter 9 tells about how Benjamin Franklin tamed lightning. He tamed it by flying a kite high in the sky during a storm. The kite had a cotton string which had a key attached to it. Tied before the key was a piece of silk. Ben waited. Tick, tock went his pocket-watch. When Ben reached out to touch the key, he got shocked!

Franklin also helped make the Declaration of Independence by helping make corrections.

Benjamin Franklin died April 17,1790, in Philadelphia. He was 84 years old when he died. He was buried in the cemetary of Christ Church. You can visit Christ Church and see his grave.

I think that I like Benjamin Franklin because he was smart and thought of some pretty brilliant things. We even went to see his grave and saw Christ Church.

Flames Burn Rams

My soccer team won the first game of the season! The other three seasons I’ve played, we’ve never won a single game.

When we played, the Rams did not score at all, thanks to Lily, our goalie.

On the Rams, from our homeschool co-op, there were Hannah, Cecilia and Peter. They are my friends.

On the Flames, aside from Lily, there was Betsy, Elizabeth, Hannah, Charlie (who is a girl), Rebecca, Stephanie, Madeline, and me. Isaac, the only boy, was missing. Our coach has been my coach for all three seasons. She is Madeline’s mother.

The winning goal was scored by Elizabeth. She is only seven years old.

Our game was on the 15th of September.

The way we got the goal was that the goalie’s fingers kind of slipped over the top of the ball and it rolled in!

It was the best day ever!

The Dance Class

My first ballet class was on Monday, September 11. This is how I got ready: first, I put on my stockings; then I put on my leotard. The last thing I put on is my ballet shoes.

In class we galloped sideways, and we bowed. We also did pliés.

We put on our tap shoes for tap class next. Then we did tap. We practiced shuffles and doing “tap, together, clap.”

My teacher’s name is Miss Chrissy. She is beautiful and nice. She is a good dancer, too.

I like dance class.

Bright Eyes

Hi. There's this great movie called Bright Eyes, and it's really great. Shirley Temple was in it.

In the movie, there's a little girl called Shirley, and she wishes she could live with a man named Loop. She is not going to live with him because a rich man wants her to live with him. The rich man loved her, too.

My favorite part was when Shirley Temple went in the airplane.

I hope you get to watch Bright Eyes, too.

The end.

Eve

 

My Colonial Doll

I have a colonial doll. It's VERY pretty. It has a blue-and-white checkered tie bonnet and a brown tie skirt. Also,she has a green velcro shirt and a white slip. That is all now. Ta-ta!

Introduction to Mom

Hi. I'm Kaitlyn and Amanda's mom. This is their blog, but with help from me. I am the moderator for their new venture, and I will be the one who looks at and approves any and all comments. To leave comments, you must have a blogger account. (This does not mean that you must start a blog, as far as I know, but it will eliminate anonymous comments.)

The girls named the blog themselves, though the URL was my idea. You can learn about Saint Ursula by clicking on the picture of her on the sidebar.

We all hope you enjoy the girls' blog. They will do their best to do their own typing. Pictures of our homeschooling adventures will be posted at times. My own posts will be few and limited. (I have my own blog, completely unconnected to this one, on which to do my own ranting.)

Introduction to Kaitlyn

Hello, my name is Kaitlyn. I'm in 3rd grade and I am 7. ( Amanda is my sister. ;) ) I LOVE Star Wars also.

Introduction to Amanda

My name is Amanda, and I am 5 . I am in Kindergarten.

I like To Watch Dora, and I Like Star Wars Too.

And I like school, and I like to play the piano. It's fun!

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