The most exciting part of Election day 2010 (for the girls, anyway) was getting to swim in Kim Beazley's pool. We arrived at his residence, which is beautiful, just before 8 am. They had breakfast set up in one room and then there was live coverage of the results in another room, with huge TVs broadcasting the ABC coverage. Pia and Ella wanted to spend as little time in that room as possible and they soon headed out for the pool, dragging James with them. Afterwards, they and some other kids had a great time running around in the front garden, amongst trees planted by George Bush and Kevin Rudd.
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| James and the girls outside the Ambassador's residence. |
On our way home we stopped off at the National Cathedral, which is beautiful. Inside, the stained-glass windows are amazing, and the rose windows are very similar to Notre Dame. In the surrounding gardens, the girls saw their first black squirrel. We had been told they were quite rare, so they were very excited to actually see one.
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| The National Cathedral |
Earlier in the week, in went to the National Building Museum and saw the Lego Architecture exhibition. Architect Adam Reed Tucker has created 15 models of famous buildings and skyscrapers, all made out of Lego, of course. Afterwards the girls got to try their hand at creating their own buildings. Ella and James worked together on one house, while Pia made a squirrel's house(no surprises there!) Their Lego creations were then added to a Lego community made up of the buildings created by other children who had visited the exhibition.
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| The Empire State Building |
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| Pia and Ella work on their own Lego creations |
So that is the end of another week for us (they are going very quickly....) Until next time!
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