The Hike That Wasn't A Hike

We signed up to do the Lord Baden-Powell History of Scouting Trail "hike" this weekend. I was expecting a hike not a scavenger hunt through Washington DC. After over 10 miles of walking in circles we finally ended at the Spy Museum and got our medals for finishing. This was a tough hike in the fact that some of the clues stumped even Darren and I and we had to rely on trusty google to help us out. Along the way there were "photo challenges" and here are the pics we took.

Our first picture was us with FDR's trusty friend. 

Semifore "I" and "E" in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

At the WW2 Memorial we had to find our state of birth and take a picture in front of it.

 At Butt's fountain.  HEE HEE, I said BUTT.

We took a picture in front of the White House, even though it wasn't one of the challenges because they looked so cute in their uniforms.

 We had to take a picture in front of the Boy Scout Memorial.  And then we read the directions and the scout's feet were supposed to be planted in the grass.  So we took another one!

And lastly, we had to recreate the photo below from the 1937 Boy Scout Jamboree in Washinton DC.

Color Guard

Ian is part of his school's color guard and for Memorial Day they did a flag ceremony for the school.

Shakespeare Festival

Ian got to go to Paul VI High School to perform with the Shakespeare Club.  Here is a video of his big dance scene.  They were one of six other schools performing, so he got to see a bunch of other schools do different Shakespeare plays.

Night of the Arts

The kids work hard in their art and music classes all year long.  The school's Night of the Arts is a great showcase of all their hard work.  The art teacher puts out art from each student that they have done throughout the year and then the Shakespeare Club puts on their play, the choir sings and the band plays. 

Here are some pics from this year's Night of the Arts.  

Corpus Christi State Fair

Evan's 3rd grade class all had to research a state and give a little presentation about it.  They were showcased in the school's State Fair.  Evan was very cute as Mr. Sunflower and did a great job presenting facts about Kansas to the parents and teacher attending.

UPDATE:  Evan even got his picture in the Catholic Herald in their article about the school's State Fair.  Here is the LINK.