Aidan actually brought it up on Thursday but when he realized we had activities planned at USDA for the event and there was going to be learning going on he decided to go to school. He really reasoned it out. Apparently half his class was going to be gone, including many of his friends, but then he realized that with all those kids gone he would get his teacher mostly to himself so school won out.
Leo and I had a great time! We took the bus to the metro then got off at metro center to walk to the Starbucks and then across the Mall to my office (I do this on nice days).
We did a little work in my office until 11am and then we went to the activities where we learned healthy eating through the my plate initiative
We planted lettuce. Leo loved that it was planted in a container made from cow manure.
We learned that USDA has beehives on its roof and the honey is collected and transferred to jars by volunteers (maybe me next year!). We saw animal skins and skeletons...
And we got our picture taken with a cow and with milk mustache stickers under a sign that said "got milk?".
We colored masks and got pens, pencils and magnets from the forest service and saw USDA OIG police! We also inspected eggs and learned about the grading of eggs!
After the fair we went to potbellys for lunch and went to meetings in the afternoon. Leo met 20(!) of my work colleagues--we counted them. We left at 5 pm with a full day of work under our belts. He said he had a great day and so did I!!
We met Doris at metro center and road the metro home with her and she got to hear all about our fun day and check out Leo's swag!
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I want to go next time when they have "take your little adult aged sister to work day". I want to do all that stuff too!
ReplyDeleteI want to go too! What a great day. Leo you look like you had the best day and learned so much. You are very lucky to have a Mom work in such a fun place!
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