Anna and I spent the day with Aliza and friends in Annapolis. It started with an early morning and a breakfast stop at RiseUp with our travel friends--Ashely and Audrey.
The Salisbury Children's Choir sang at the State Senate Office Building. The choir is 7-19 year olds. Aliza is friends with all the little girls. Audrey is a special mini bff of Aliza's and she was never far from Aliza and usually holding her hand.
I had no idea where they were performing and it turned out it was the middle of an office building. The choir sang in the 3 story Rotunda. The acoustics were amazing. I enjoyed watching from the second floor. It felt a little like Christmas caroling. People listened as they walked by or came out of their offices for a few minutes.
After singing, the whole group took a tour of the old State Building. Annapolis has the oldest continually working state building in the nation. I clearly did not know MD history because it was in Annapolis that George Washington handed over control of the army to the American people making the nation a democracy when he could have declared himself King and created a monarchy.
New House and Senate chambers have been added on to the old building.
It was a beautiful day and the cherry trees were blooming.
The next stop was the Annapolis Mall for lunch and an impromptu concert there. Truth be told, by that point Ashley and I were done and ready to head home. It was a beautiful day though. Cold in the morning, hot by afternoon on the way home. Of course my car did not have air conditioning and we all sweated all the way home! I'm pretty sure just putting up with that experience makes Ashley a good friend!
As soon as I got home, Jeremy and I drove to Newark, DE. Jeremy worked with me at a small homeschool convention that Saturday. We drove straight to the church to set up and then we had the rest of the night and the next morning to ourselves. It was so good to have some time together. Our kids stayed home alone for the night alone for the first time which opens up a whole new world of possibilities for Jeremy and I!
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