What to do with two teenage girls on yet another day off school? Bonus points for being outdoors AND incorporating history AND having enthusiasm from the peanut gallery? Go on a field trip of course! Clara and Georgie were genuinely joyful about this mini road trip to Morven Park in rural Virginia, a home and manicured grounds with 240 years of stories and about as many paintings of hunting and hounds.
It was a nice respite in these months of a Barbie clothed in barbed wire. Two girls laughing, happy to do history and a little walking, and thrilled at the prospect of rolling down a huge, green hill. No concern about grass in the carefully straightened hair or eye rolls at the whimsy of such a childish activity.
In Leesburg proper, we browsed a sweet boutique and ate fries at a family diner and giggled over dumb stuff. I guess this unremarkable day was remarkable because the girls were back briefly, leaving their armor of self-tanning spray and disdain at home. I love these girls.
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