The last time we went to Washington D.C., we didn't have time to take the boys to Mount Vernon, so we definitely wanted to get there this time. I also recently read Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow, and learned so many interesting things about Mount Vernon, that I wanted to see it again.
Here is a picture of the last time I had seen it when Josh came to visit me. I thought I'd include it since the front wasn't looking so well when we went this time. It is being restored.
Definitley not as grand as normal, but still pretty impressive.
This is what happens if they ever get too close to each other...
I was so interested to see this coach. It is so ironic that even after the war with Great Britian, Washington loved British style. This is a gorgeously British carriage.
McKay just pounced on Lincoln out of nowhere. As you can see, he didn't mind too much.
This little lamb was loving the boys. They sat and pet it for a while.
McKay scratched his nose.
At least one good thing about going during busy tourist season, is that there were all sorts of demonstrations about what life would have been like on the Washington farm.
This was the threshing house. They would put the shocks of wheat in the middle and then lay it around the outside and run the horses around on the wheat.
Apparently this was a really innovative method and would get 90% of the kernnels of wheat.
The boys loved pitching hay into this wagon. Like, really loved it. They didn't want to stop.
This is where George and Martha Washington were buried. Apparently there is an empty tomb in the middle of the Capitol Building where people wanted to bury him, but his family elected to keep him here.
The eyes on this face on the wall would follow you around, sort of like the statues at the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland.
The children's room was awesome. When I came the first time there weren't any visitor's centers or anything. I loved all of the education and artifacts from our visit this time.
Playing children's games from the time period.
This is a replica of the suit that George Washington had made for himself to command the Continental Army. Hunter was pretty pleased with it.
I have always wanted to see these teeth! Apparently poor George's dentures were made of cow teeth, human teeth and carved ivory from elephants tusks. They were really painful for him to wear.
Washington's death mask.
Replica of Washington's coffin.
It was so neat to see all of these artifacts from Washington's life. We definitely loved our trip to Mt. Vernon.
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