Day 7 continued…

We have been on the bus a lot today (with out internet~ohh the horror of it!) We had a great tour of West Point right after lunch. West Point is on the Hudson River in New York. The kids learned of all the great officers (including Lee, Grant, McArthur and Patton) that graduated from there.

We boarded the bus to embark on the 5 hour drive to Boston. We just had a rest stop break. The kids are watching the movie Rocky to see why running up the stairs at the library is so popular. They are also catching up on some much needed sleep! We are further north now so there is more snow on the ground. Snowball fights are a great way to get some energy out after a long drive!

John, our guide, trying to catch a snowball mid air.

Gio rubbing her head after being beamed with a snowball.

 

 

 

 

Day 7

Day 7

Time flys when your having fun!!! We were on the go all day yesterday, so I didn’t have time to blog. Let me back track a minute to catch you up to where we are right now.

Day 5 ended after a quick trip to Philadelphia, PA. We were able to go to the Constitution Center to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall where the signing of the Declaration of Independence (the kids got to see the original document when we were in D.C.). The kids learned a lot about Ben Franklin and his influence on our country, while we walked the city to see some sights. We did drive bys of the house of Betsy Ross and the building where our coins are made, United States Mint.

After staying the night in Philly, we left for the much anticipated New York City. Again, the weather has been ideal! Blue sky, and chilly. Perfect for walking around the city. We started off at the site of the Twin Towers. The guide has done a good job explain to the kids the significance of what happened on this site in 2001. It’s hard to believe that these kids, who were 5 years old at the time, barely remember the event. They are now learning about it in their history textbooks along with events like Pearl Harbor. We went into St. Paul’s Church were George Washington attend church, but is now more know for being the church that housed rescue crews during the 9/11 crisis. It was interesting to hear that while all the buildings around the towers suffered major damage, not one window on the church broke. We continued our walk to lower Manhattan,walking Wall Street and seeing the New York Stock Exchange. From there we hoped on to the Statan Island Ferry to get a view of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan Sky Line. The bus took us back up to Time Square for a couple hours of free time before our show. In smaller groups we did some shopping, dinner and catching the sights of lights in this famous area. We met up again at 7:30 p.m for our 8:00 pm show of Wicked.
Great show!!! We got back to the hotel around 11:00pm. Needless to say, we were spent! The kids went to bed immediately!

That brings us to today….Friday…Day 7

We are on the bus heading to West Point, NY.

Here is what a few kids have to say…..

New York was really fun!! I loved the Statue of Liberty! WICKED was amazinnnggggg!!! But the hustle and bustle of New York and people honking constantly made the experience all the more real…..now for the best part of all…SHOPPING! it was amazing but we only had 2 hours (which basically meant we got to go to maybe three stores and dinner ahha)
-Emily(:
i love new york city…mother we have to go again later to shop because i was to busy sshopping for my family that i didnt get to buy anything for myself.. im still sick but oh well and i see snow right now so im RREEEAAALLLLLYYYYYY happy.
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Hi Mom. HELLLLLOOOOO PRRRIINNCCCEESSSS (cameron) i love you so much and i miss u. Sup D. Hi niko. Elijah…

-Christian †

hello mom dad and lauren…We have to go to new york city! See ya tommorow
Love, Cole

Hey Mom, Im having fun. Bye
-Rutger

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we just went to hersheys and civil war museums in pennsylvania. Josh anderson

loving the trip!!! first day was hard, but having lots of fun now we went to the hershey factory and got sugar high and then sugar low on the bus : p missing everyone : D —hanna dougherty

Hey mom today went to hershey factory You and liz would love it. See you soon-Riley
Hi mom check the blog web site for pictures. jacob

Hi mom! I miss you alot! Today we went to the Hershey Chocolate World!! I got some chocolate ice cream and it was. I miss you alot but it is really cool to see a part of the country that I have never seen before! I love you and miss you, give tay a hug for me. ~Emily

hey tammy and steve how are you? great thats good… ur great parents i bought u something that u will use everyday of ur lifes. oh ya tell mason hi and to get off the video games and text me!! Also i wuv u even though u probly wont see this cuz computers arent really ur thing.. ~bree <3

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Day 5 continues

Just left Harrisburg. Beautiful weather for a picnic lunch!

Good Morning! We got to sleep in today! We are refreshed and ready to go. We were on the bus at 8:30 am and headed to Hershey, Penn. It is an hour drive so we watched the first part of the movie, Gettysburg. We arrived at the Hershey Factory at 9:45am. Our tour taught us how chocolate is made. Over a million Hershey kisses are made every day!!! Amazing! We are now back on the bus watching the movie again. We will soon be arriving at Harrisburg to tour the Civil War Museum. I am going to use this time to let some of the kids blog to you.

haha hi nastasia i miss you bighead -breathee. tell everyone ill be back soon(; love you!
-Sadie xo

hiii mother yes im still alive dont worry….the jackets are soooooo ugly its not even funny…tell ryan that he needs to text me again haha and dad i say hii…love you guys and miss youu
-taaytayy

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Day 4 continued

We left maryland and entered Pennsylvania. After lunch we arrived at Gettysburg National Battlefield Park. The kids got an overview of the three day battle and got a real understanding how that battle was the turning point that dictated the outcome of the Civil War. It was crystal clear, blue sky all day today. It’s chilly, but not too bad. We are now closing down for the night at 9:30 pm.
Sorry about the minimal amount of pictures. Again, technical difficulties…..:( We will try for some more tomorrow.