Helping Uncle Tim eat his breakfast before they headed to the airport.
It was also Iron Bowl day, so we wore our very best for the occasion:
Fancy
Just kept getting fancier!
Please take note that I remembered our to pack our Auburn-wear, as well. Alabamians don't mess around, no matter wear we live, it seems.
While the children napped, Brad, Rachael, and I attempted to do the Spy Museum...only to find that the wait to get in was hours. We pivoted our plans and went to the Newseum instead, and I'm so glad we did! The Newseum closed for good at the end of December, so it was by the hair of our chinny-chin-chins that we were able to go. I'm so sad that it's closed, because it's one that I'd highly recommend, otherwise. With a few caveats:
1. It wasn't part of the Smithsonian and therefore not free admission.
2. It wasn't a museum for children. They would have been bored VERY fast, and we wouldn't have been able to enjoy it. High schoolers and up.
3. It was a big museum with a ton of content, so it really needed a solid 3-4 hours to get to all the levels.
It was a museum dedicated to the history and ever-evolving world of journalism, and it was truly fascinating.
One of the first displays had these parts of the Berlin Wall, surrounded by dozens of incredible stories of ways that information was disseminated across lines.
From there we went through an exhibit about the FBI and terrorism in the US, which included the Boston Marathon bombing- always of interest to us, as we lived in Boston at the time.
One of the levels of the museum had this great balcony with incredible views of the District.
There were a couple different displays that included newspapers from all over the world.
A satellite retrieved from one of the WTC towers + dozens of newspapers from cities around the country, reporting the details of the day. There was a fascinating timeline of the way the media received and followed information that day.
A great exhibit about media coverage from the Civil Rights era
I loved this exhibit. It was so powerful and moving.
This map was so interesting to me; it shows levels of freedom of the press worldwide. I was shocked at some countries' restrictions and others' freedoms. Green: open, yellow: limited, red: restricted. Even from this picture, you can see some really fascinating trends.
You can't really tell, but these panels (and more that I couldn't get in this shot) are etched with the names of journalists killed in the course of their work. It was sobering, for sure.
This exhibit was out front, showing that day's headlines from around the world.
There was a really large exhibit of Pulitzer prize photographs from the past (I can't remember how many) decades. WHEW it was hard. The images were powerful and beautiful and heart-wrenching. We had been to an exhibit about presidents and their pets right before that, and Rachael very aptly pointed out that maybe we should have saved all the puppies for after the Pulitzer prize winners that made us so sad...
Spotted these gorgeous trees on the way home
We got home in time to watch the game, and I discovered that any time I left the room, we scored. So...I sat right outside the door for the rest of the game, and don't you know it. We won!
How we all felt
Bill, Barbara, and Aunt Sue left the next morning, but Ray Ray hung around for a bit longer (since her drive was much shorter).
We watched a couple more movies (the two Rescuers movies, to be exact).
Got this shot of Brynn being snuggly with Lily, and I LOVE IT.
We had a really great and very full Thanksgiving weekend (and extra days). It was a bit unusual being away from our normal locations, but it was also a really fun experience. I'm so glad that everyone was game for giving it a try!
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