Sunday was our final day in D.C. I know that I would have loved to stay even longer except for two things: my right foot and my left foot!
If only I had found the wonderful blister band-aids sooner! They were heavenly. With the help of my new foot remedies we headed off for our last adventure. Food from the cafe at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History. We just had to have what we thought was called Rum Bums one last time (of course when we got there we found out it was Rum Buns and we read the label wrong...the reason "Rum Bums" tasted so much like cheesecake was because it was cheesecake!).
After eating and a getting a few last souvenirs to bring home from the museum we headed off to the one place I thought we absolutely had to see: The White House!
We hadn't arranged ahead of time for a tour, but we at least needed to get a glimpse of it. We got as close as we could in our short amount of time and worn out feet. We knew we had to be in the right spot because we found a "sign."
And that was it! Our final moments in D.C. After we made our way back to the hotel, gathered up our belongings (should have brought one more suitcase for the stuff we'd haul back home), and made our way to the airport. We had the time of our lives. This was a trip I had wanted to make with Brennan for several years...long before he would have even been eligible to attend something like Kids Speak Up! for kids with epilepsy. I know how lucky we were to be given this opportunity and we enjoyed every minute of it!
We'd like to thank a few people for this wonderful week:
Alan, Sophie, & Abigail Bayless Feldman for living without us for a week!
Carol Chamberlain and the Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona for choosing Brennan to represent Arizona at Kids Speak Up!
Kids Speak Up! and the Epilepsy Foundation for having this amazing opportunity for kids to speak up!
Dr. David LaBiner (as well as Carol Chamberlain) for being our partners in crime at the Capital Hill visits & also for arranging for Brennan to get to meet Greg Grunberg.
Jessi Frend from Steptoe & Johnson for helping us schedule our meetings on Capital Hill (we broke the record for Hill visits with Kids Speak Up!).
Greg Grunberg & Family for being so nice to us.
To the offices of Congressman John Shaddegg, Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, Congressman Ed Pastor, Congressman Harry Mitchell, Congressman Raul Grijlava, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Congressman Jeff Flake, Senator John McCain, and Senator Joh Kyl.
Special thanks also to Congressman John Shaddegg and Congressman Raul Grijalva who met with Brennan personally.
Faith North Montessori & Mrs. Sotelo who let this week count as a really cool field trip.
Rabbi Barb who let Brennan take a short break from Bar Mitzvah studying.
And all the other families we met who participated in Kids Speak Up!
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