We started today with a drive to the Museum of Science and Industry for the annual members' breakfast with the president. The breakfast (fruit, cinnamon rolls, sausages, bacon, eggs and potatoes) was held in the rotunda, surrounded by more than 50 Christmas trees as part of the museum's popular Christmas Around the World exhibit.
After breakfast, we had tickets to see the new "The White House: A Look Inside" exhibit. The 1:12 scale model is amazing. Each room is decorated (for now) how the Obamas have decorated and the entire house was decked out for the holiday season with Christmas trees in nearly every room. The attention to detail was amazing, with smoke coming out the chimney, the flag on top of the White House waving in the breeze and pics of the Obamas on their bedroom dresser. In the dining room, there was an intricate place setting at each seat.
Here are the kids in front of the tree decorated to represent Norway. They are a bit Norwegian from Andy's grandfather's side of the family. B had the best time in the museum's You exhibit about the human body. He strapped a brain wave monitor to his forehead and, by relaxing, moved a ball toward his teenage opponent and won the challenge. It was amazing to see how quickly he could relax his body and make the ball move. The museum employee who was explaining the challenge said it was impressive how quickly B was able to "shut down."
In the afternoon, E had her karate test. She's a white belt with two stripes right now. She's hoping the test bumped her up to an orange belt, but she won't find out how she did on today's test until her next karate class.
We ended the day at church with the annual Thankoffering Dinner. I made an apple salad for the potluck. The dinner was followed by a silent auction to benefit a charity the Sunday School students are supporting. We donated eight general admission tickets to the Field Museum for the auction and we won a Chili's gift card and an hour of nutritional counseling at the silent auction.
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