Wandering the Mall Day 2

We headed out early again and took the Metro to the National Mall area. We started at the Hirshorn Museum. It was a bizarre art museum. There were weird sculptures of what we thought were blueberries in the grass outside.

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Inside there was an exhibit that was made to trick your eyes. This white painting was actually little dots when you got closer. It was strange.

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One room was super bright and had sayings all over the walls.

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Next we stopped at the carousel for a ride.

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Then headed to the Smithsonian Castle since several of the smaller museums were closed for renovations.

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I enjoyed the sundial.

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We spent a lot of time stopping and looking at different plants.

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We saw the crypt of Mr. Smithson who was the founder of the Smithsonian.

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Finally we arrived at the Natural History Museum. Night at the Museum take 3!

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We saw lots of bugs and even this weird stick bug.

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In another room we saw lots of rocks and gems. I loved the Hope diamond.

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The giant load stone was pretty cool. I made sculptures with paperclips they had to play with.

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I wanted all the gems and minerals. I really liked the way the silver looked.

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Oh and the tourmaline for Uncle Matt.

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Mom, can I buy this one?

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After a few hours exploring we headed to the American History Museum and played in the Spark Lab. I made a lighthouse.

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I also made some weird contraption to support a cobra.

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We wrapped up making a car that was for blind people. It used sonar!

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