June 18, 2014
Aidan, Bryce, Brendan and Chayton arrived at GG and Grandpa's house with their bags packed and ready to go. This is the summer of the big adventure to Washington, DC.
We arrived in plenty of time to catch our Virgin America flight at 2:45pm. It was a nonstop, which made the time seem much shorter. While we were waiting to board some of the boys bought huge jawbreakers and licked them throughout the flight. On board, we watched some TV on our seatback screens, but there were not nearly as many movies available as there were in the past. Most of the movies were pay. The safety presentation was fun to watch, though. It was a rap song and dance explaining how to buckle your seatbelt, where to find the emergency exits, how to blow up your life vest, etc.
We arrived at the Dulles airport, full of energy and raring to go, even though it was 11pm and hot and steamy. Robert, the brother of our home exchanger, met us and drove us to Alexandria to our new home. Grandpa rented a car because it would have been too crowded for all of us to fit in the home exchange car.
Our house is very large, two stories plus a basement. Brendan and Chayton shared a room and Bryce and Aidan shared the other one. By the time we all got to bed it was 1am.
The next morning we got up by 8am, which is 5am our body time. The first thing Bryce thought to do was to call his mom, who groaned and said, "Bryce! It is 5am!" Poor Yvonne. Grandma went grocery shopping and Grandpa fixed us scrambled eggs for breakfast while we waited for her to come home.
We packed our lunches and then we went to the airport to take Grandpa's rental car back. While we were there we visited the extension of the Air and Space Museum, which is at the Dulles Airport. What a collection! They have a Blackbird stealth plane, the space shuttle, Discovery, the world's smallest flying manned airplane, a Sikorsky helicopter, the Enola Gay, and a whole bunch more. The boys thought about going on a flight simulator, but after learning
that it was $7 each, they decided to pass. But, Aidan could not pass up the $45 Thunder Ball and Brendan bought a model airplane.
By the time we left the airport it was 4pm, and that was a big mistake. The rush hour traffic was already bad and Grandpa had to concentrate very hard to follow Maggie's (GPS) instructions and take the right roads. ABBC (shortcut for the 4 boys) had to try to be quiet so he could think and hear the instructions. Finally Grandpa got tired of the traffic and he turned into the neighborhood streets and got us home and out of all of the cars.
ABBC explored the back yard, where they found a cool creek to dam up and a rope swing, and they played out there until the mosquitoes started to bite.
We had hamburgers for dinner and then watched some tv before GG made us take showers, put all of our dirty clothes in the laundry basket and go to bed. Bryce again called mommy and the jig was almost up when she told him she was just home from work. It was 9pm here and I didn't want them to know that it was only 6pm in San Jose. They all fell asleep right away. They were tired.
Aidan, Bryce, Brendan and Chayton arrived at GG and Grandpa's house with their bags packed and ready to go. This is the summer of the big adventure to Washington, DC.
We arrived at the Dulles airport, full of energy and raring to go, even though it was 11pm and hot and steamy. Robert, the brother of our home exchanger, met us and drove us to Alexandria to our new home. Grandpa rented a car because it would have been too crowded for all of us to fit in the home exchange car.
Our house is very large, two stories plus a basement. Brendan and Chayton shared a room and Bryce and Aidan shared the other one. By the time we all got to bed it was 1am.
The next morning we got up by 8am, which is 5am our body time. The first thing Bryce thought to do was to call his mom, who groaned and said, "Bryce! It is 5am!" Poor Yvonne. Grandma went grocery shopping and Grandpa fixed us scrambled eggs for breakfast while we waited for her to come home.
We packed our lunches and then we went to the airport to take Grandpa's rental car back. While we were there we visited the extension of the Air and Space Museum, which is at the Dulles Airport. What a collection! They have a Blackbird stealth plane, the space shuttle, Discovery, the world's smallest flying manned airplane, a Sikorsky helicopter, the Enola Gay, and a whole bunch more. The boys thought about going on a flight simulator, but after learning
By the time we left the airport it was 4pm, and that was a big mistake. The rush hour traffic was already bad and Grandpa had to concentrate very hard to follow Maggie's (GPS) instructions and take the right roads. ABBC (shortcut for the 4 boys) had to try to be quiet so he could think and hear the instructions. Finally Grandpa got tired of the traffic and he turned into the neighborhood streets and got us home and out of all of the cars.
ABBC explored the back yard, where they found a cool creek to dam up and a rope swing, and they played out there until the mosquitoes started to bite.
Would love to see that air museum.
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