Today was the beginning of a two week festival in Washington D.C. called the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Each year the Smithsonian picks three cultures to represent at the festival. This year the festival features, NASA, Texas, and the obscure little country of Bhutan which is located in the Himalayan Mountains near Nepal. It was a really fun day. The boys loved the NASA section of the festival with its array of engines and space shuttle paraphernalia. Atley got to chit-chat with a real-life Astronaut. Of course he told him that being a pilot was way cooler. When the Astronaut told him he was also a pilot. Atley was really surprised and said, "You don't really look like a pilot to me." I loved the Bhutan section. It was really fascinating to me to learn more about Buddhism-once I realized that was the religion they were practicing in their make-shift temple on Washington Mall. The boys were even blessed by a couple of monks. I guess we are covering all of our bases. Of course we all loved the part of Texas that served Mexican Food! Plus the country/western music on the Opry Stage. We all learned a lot and made it back home in one piece. We feel really lucky to be able to be living here and exposing our children to so many awesome experiences. It reminds me of a quote I once heard.
"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child." ~George Santayana
