Philadelphia - Andi

April 7, 2017

Yesterday we had a lazy day until like 9:00. Then we drove to Philadelphia. We missed a car crash by 30 seconds. The car crash was so bad that mom had to help. Then we kept driving. Once we got there mom and I worked on my alligator project. Then we watched a little bit of Iron Man.

the Liberty Bell

April 8, 2017

Yesterday we saw the United States Mint. That’s where people make coins. They had sheets that they would feed into a machine that would cut them into blanks. Blanks are the coins with no front engraving or back engraving. Then we saw the place where they did the engraving. Then we went to the Chemistry Heritage Foundation. Then we had a Philly cheese steak. Then we went to the Visitor Center. After that we went to see the Liberty Bell. Then we went home, had dinner and watched Iron Man with popcorn.

April 9, 2017

Yesterday we went to Valley Forge. That's where George Washington stayed with his troops. We saw a couple of the places where the troops stayed. Then we saw the headquarters that George Washington stayed at. Martha Washington also stayed there when she visited George Washington. Then we saw the outhouse and a couple more cabins where the troops stayed. After that, we went shopping. Then we went home and had dinner and ice cream a couple hours later.

April 10, 2017

Yesterday we went to Independence Hall Visitor Center. We saw the place where Ben Franklin's house stood and had a summary of what it looked like. Then a little while later we got our tour of Independence Hall. It was a great tour and this is what I learned. We went in and learned that the painters scraped through 50 layers of paint to get to the original color it was. We also learned that the person who was being convicted of a crime would stand in an iron box and tell the people there what he did. Then we went to the place where the Declaration of Independence was signed. We also learned that somebody found a copy of the Declaration of Independence in a picture frame. Then we went home and had dinner with s’mores and then we read Harry Potter.

Independence Hall

April 11, 2017

Yesterday we had a down day. We went to a park and did some geo cashing. Nick found the first one. It was two bottle caps put together with a spider glued on the top. I found the next one. It was just a container with stuff in it. But I was overjoyed because I found it. Then we did another one and mommy found it. It was a container with stuff in it. The next one daddy found. It was brown and camouflage. We tried to find another one but that was too swampy. We did another one but never found it because I had to go potty. Then we went home and played with the kids next door. Then we had dinner and watched Captain America. We only got half way through it.