Today was my weekend with the girls.  I took over at B's this morning - K was still sleeping from the late night they had at the Bay Sox Stadium overnight campout, so it took a while to get things going.

We had two choices for the day: the Washington Folk Festival or Maryland's Place in Space - an exhibition at the Baltimore Convention Center along with a HS robotics competition.  The girls split the vote down the middle, but since I knew B was taking them to the Folk Fest the next day I broke the tie in favor of space.

We had a late start and a little traffic, but we got some decent parking karma and were soon to the top floor of the convention center.  They had a series of stations where you could see and do various things.  One of the best was a table that gave out the disposable glasses that give the prism effect.  They can be used with lights of various types as a cheap spectrometer.  It was cool to look through the glasses and be able to match it with the output spectrum for krypton.  K was a little too young and a little too tired to get the most out of it, though she did get to control a simulated RC aircraft (a growth job in the Air Force) a robot car and give a high five to Sid the Science Kid.  E got a few things, including a set of beads that were white until hit by outside light where they turn colors.  More importantly, she had enough science to get some of the experiments.

After that we went home via David's Natural Market to pick up some food for the UU Fellowship Dinner.  It was fun, though I did have to keep a weather eye out for the girls in the RE/nursery area.  Afterwards, we came home, they went to dinner and I did laundry.  I'm just about to pack it in but I do need to plan for tomorrow.

Tomorrow night is my biweekly dinner and gaming night in Herndon so I'm trying to decide if enough people are going to Glen Echo for the Folk Fest to justify a couple of hours there.  Also, a friend is having the first of a series of open houses at his place tomorrow so I might put in an appearance there, though it is far from the path to VA.

OK, bed now...