Tuesday and Wednesday

On Tuesday, Day and the boys and I went to Tyson's Corner--where Jackson (all about sneakers this year) shopped for shoes and Marcus (still all about Legos) chose Lego kits.  We had lunch at Marcus' favorite place, Wasabi's.

A thunderstorm came up while we were having dinner at District Tacos, and we came home and watched a movie on Netflix.

On Wednesday, Tom took a day off and we five drove to Gettysburg.  At the visitors' center, we watched a film about the battles and walked through the museum and saw the cyclorama--one of only two in the U.S.

It was a pleasant day, but we decided that a more thorough tour of Gettysburg should take a couple of days, cooler than June days.  Still, the day inspired me to learn more.  Day and Tom recommended I read Killer Angels and see the film, Gettysburg.  We watched the first hour tonight and will watch the rest tomorrow.