We went to the Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn this year in DC. It was quite the experience just getting the tickets. I went down on Friday night with some lady friends and camped out in line to be awakened (we weren't really sleeping) at 3:00 for a 30 minute wake up call and then again at 6:30 to get everything packed up and put away so that we could once again stand in line. Thanks Lindsay for coming early so we could get a good place in line!
It was one of those experiences that you don't know if you would like to repeat. Was it worth it?? I think for one year it was definitely worth it. Would I do it again?? Maybe...but probably not.
The kids were so excited to go and we found out later that it was because they thought that they were going to get to go inside the president's house and meet him. Shouldn't you meet the person to whom the house belongs? In most cases, yes, but not this one. We did get to see Barbara Bush up on the balcony, and even though we didn't see him, Bush Senior was down talking to people and signing their tickets.
Between all the many dressed up characters that we saw and the many activities that we did, the biggest hit was the magic show and the Yo-Yo man in the bright blue jacket. The highlight for me was getting to see a master at work: Mr Wyland (the whaling wall artist) was there doing a masterpiece. The kids got to help with one of his master pieces! Alan thought it was great to have Carlos Gutierrez, the Seceratary of Commerce of The United States of America, read a childeren's book to us.
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I've thought about trying to do that one year. Maybe next year, although hopefully it won't be so cold!! It does look like it would be fun to do at least once. Kudos to you for camping out all night to get tickets! I would have sent CJ ;)
How fun for your family. You are living the american dream.
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