Emilia: Age 15

1. What is your favorite color? Jade Green
2. What is your favorite toy? Squishmallow
3. What is your favorite fruit? raspberries
4. What is your favorite tv show? Grey’s Anatomy
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? food
 6. What is your favorite outfit? oversized t-shirt and sweatpants
7. What is your favorite game? soccer
 8. What is your favorite snack? HEB fresh tortillas
9. What is your favorite animal? dinosaur
10. What is your favorite song? Dinosaurs in Love and Driver's License
11. What is your favorite book? I don't read
12. Who is your best friend? Sami, Ava, Hailey
13. What is your favorite cereal? Captain Crunch
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? try not to die because pandemic (COVID)
15. What is your favorite drink? Caffeinated drinks, coffee
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Squishmallows
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Dave's super power Bagel with cream cheese
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? wanted Chuy's but having pasta with bacon and corn
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? physical therapist

Beau: Age 10

1. What is your favorite color? Black
2. What is your favorite toy? iPad
3. What is your favorite fruit? Kiwi
4. What is your favorite tv show? YouTube
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Quiche
6. What is your favorite outfit? water polo t-shirt and soft shorts
7. What is your favorite game? Fortnite
8. What is your favorite snack? Skittles
9. What is your favorite animal? Red Panda 
10. What is your favorite song? Jurassic Park by John Williams
11. What is your favorite book? Diary of a Wimpy Kid 
12. Who is your best friend? Archer
13. What is your favorite cereal? Captain Crunch
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play
15. What is your favorite drink? Apple juice
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween and Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? red panda and blue bear
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? bagel
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? spaghetti and meatballs
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? lawyer

Emilia: Age 14

1. What is your favorite color? Red, Yellow and Blue (aqua)
2. What is your favorite toy? phone
3. What is your favorite fruit? strawberries
4. What is your favorite tv show? Grey’s Anatomy
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? oreos, ramen noodles
 6. What is your favorite outfit? comfy one - baggy t-shirt, leggings (or shorts), sweatshirt
7. What is your favorite game? Uno Flip
 8. What is your favorite snack? Nutella sticks and Boom Chicka Pop
9. What is your favorite animal? Hairy Cow
10. What is your favorite song? I don't have one
11. What is your favorite book? Divergent
12. Who is your best friend? Lakshmi
13. What is your favorite cereal? Honey Nut Cheerios
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Soccer
15. What is your favorite drink? Iced Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Weighted blanket
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Toast and smoothie
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Chuy's (lunch)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? physical therapist

Beau: Age 9

1. What is your favorite color? Green
2. What is your favorite toy? iPad
3. What is your favorite fruit? Kiwi
4. What is your favorite tv show? YouTube Unspeakable
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Quiche
6. What is your favorite outfit? Grey dinosaur soft shorts and T-shirt
7. What is your favorite game? Minecraft
8. What is your favorite snack? Candy
9. What is your favorite animal? Red Panda and Turtle
10. What is your favorite song? Old Town Road
11. What is your favorite book? Diary of a Wimpy Kid, National Geographic kid's books
12. Who is your best friend? Nickolas
13. What is your favorite cereal? Captain Crunch
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play
15. What is your favorite drink? Sonic strawberry slush
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? stuffed animals
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Smoothies
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Quiche
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? I don't know. that's like 6 years from now.

Emilia: Age 13

1. What is your favorite color? Red
2. What is your favorite toy? soccer Ball
3. What is your favorite fruit? Grapes
4. What is your favorite tv show? Grey’s Anatomy
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Food
 6. What is your favorite outfit? Shirt and leggings
7. What is your favorite game? Life
 8. What is your favorite snack? Anything I can find
9. What is your favorite animal? Armadillo
10. What is your favorite song? None
11. What is your favorite book? Dry
12. Who is your best friend? Lakshmi and Alexis (Wo-man)
13. What is your favorite cereal? Churro Cinnamon Toast Crunch
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Soccer
15. What is your favorite drink? Root beer
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Pillows and Baymax
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Pancakes
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? The Cheesecake Factory
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? physical therapist 

Beau: Age 8

1. What is your favorite color? Army Green
2. What is your favorite toy? Roxy our dog
3. What is your favorite fruit? kiwi
4. What is your favorite tv show? Star vs the forces of evil
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Tuna fish sandwich
 6. What is your favorite outfit? Soft outfits
7. What is your favorite game? Monopoly
8. What is your favorite snack? Candy
9. What is your favorite animal? red panda and turtle
10. What is your favorite song? White Winter Hymnal
11. What is your favorite book? Dogman
12. Who is your best friend? Nathan
13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky charms
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play
15. What is your favorite drink? Gatorade clear
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Pippin (Blenheim cavalier stuffed animal)
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Smoothies
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Quiche
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Multi-billionaire

 PS: Age 7 Age 6 Age 5 Age 4

Emilia: Age 12

1. What is your favorite color? lavender
2. What is your favorite toy? soccer Ball
3. What is your favorite fruit? Strawberries
4. What is your favorite tv show? Netflix
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Ham and cheese sandwich
 6. What is your favorite outfit? Aggie soccer jersey and leggings
7. What is your favorite game? Soccer
 8. What is your favorite snack? Vanilla wafers 
9. What is your favorite animal? Norwal
10. What is your favorite song? Demons by Imagine Dragons
11. What is your favorite book? Smile
12. Who is your best friend? Anna, Lakshmi and Gabi
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cinnamon Toast Crunch
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Soccer
15. What is your favorite drink? Root beer
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween and my birthday
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Llama, panda, Olaf, Torchy Taco and soccer ball pillow
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? waffles
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Big noodle pasta
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Professional soccer player and physical therapist 

Spring Break in Washington, DC

Here’s how our spring break in Washington, DC broke down by days with Beau (7) and Emilia (11).

SATURDAY
Spirit Airlines IAH to Baltimore
Super Shuttle suburban met us outside baggage claim and drove us to the hotel.
Hotel - Canopy by Hilton at The Wharf

Dinner: Shake Shack on the Wharf near the hotel.

SUNDAY
Every morning we ate the complimentary breakfast at the hotel.
We bought 7 day short travel Metro passes to get us around the city for the week. The hotel is near the Green line’s Waterfront stop.
Took the metro to the National Mall and saw:

• Washington Monument (couldn’t go up since it’s under repair/renovation)
• Lincoln Memorial
• WWII Memorial
• Vietnam Memorials (for men and women)

Lunch: food truck. There was a St. Patrick’s Day parade and people playing baseball and a  football league.

• Then we went to the Smithsonian museum of Natural History.

Dinner: Caesar salad, pizza and garlic bread from Pi Pizzeria on Uber Eats.

MONDAY

• Holocast museum-  They have a kid’s exhibit that was great for Beau. There were parts of the main exhibit that we bypassed/didn’t point out to Beau.

Lunch: cafe by the Holocast museum

• Bureau of Engraving (have to get pick up free tickets the day of for the tour so we did that before the Holocast museum)
• Smithsonian museum of American History

Dinner: Firefly - the kids each got a sugar cookie to decorate when we got there with sprinkles and mini chocolate chips and then they baked it while we ate dinner so they had their creation for dessert.

TUESDAY

• I had bought 9am tickets a few weeks before we left for Ford’s Theatre. The house was closed for renovation but we saw the museum, theatre and aftermath museum that is across the street.
• Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
• National Archives - just saw the Declaration of Independance, Constitution and the Bill of Rights

Late lunch/dinner: Founding Farmers - we both wished we had one of these in The Woodlands!

WEDNESDAY

• 9am White House tour
• White House museum

Lunch: Hard Rock Cafe

• The Supreme Court
• 2:30 Capitol tour (private one given through our Congressman’s Kevin Brady’s office)

Dinner: Shake Shack

THURSDAY

• Mount Vernon (had to add some money to our metro passes to take the metro and bus transfer to get there)

Lunch: Mount Vernon
Dinner: Ted’s Bulletin 14th Street location (50s diner that always serves breakfast. Recommend this place too!!)

FRIDAY

• Library of Congress
• Went back to the Capitol to use our passes to see the House chamber

Lunch: Capitol cafeteria

• Zoo

Dinner:

Tracey- Teaism with my college friend Megan

Chris and the kids tried to go to a Chick Fil A but the location hadn’t opened yet. So Beau had McDonalds, Emilia ate Subway and Chris had Chipotle at Union Station.

SATURDAY

• Arlington Cemetery

Lunch: The Portrait Gallery Cafe

• The Portrait Gallery

Dinner: Hank’s Oyster Bar next door to our hotel

SUNDAY
Fly home (reverse from coming)

Things we didn’t see:
Most art museums
the new African American museum
Spy Museum
MLK Memorial
Georgetown

Beau: Age 7

1. What is your favorite color? Green
2. What is your favorite toy? Transformer
3. What is your favorite fruit? kiwi
4. What is your favorite tv show? Slugterra
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? peanut butter and jelly
 6. What is your favorite outfit? Soft stuff
7. What is your favorite game? Minecraft
8. What is your favorite snack? Oreos
9. What is your favorite animal? red panda and turtle
10. What is your favorite song? White Winter Hymnal
11. What is your favorite book? Big Pokémon book
12. Who is your best friend? Nathan
13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky charms
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Make sticks sharper and play with them
15. What is your favorite drink? Hi-C and fruit punch
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas because I like to get lots of presents
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? All my stuffed animals
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Blueberry waffles
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Quiche
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Army

 PS: Age 6 Age 5 Age 4

Emilia: Age 11

1. What is your favorite color? aqua and red
2. What is your favorite toy? stuffed animals - Olaf
3. What is your favorite fruit? grapes
4. What is your favorite tv show? Legends of Tomorrow and The Great British Bake-off
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? pizza
 6. What is your favorite outfit? Lularoe leggings and top
7. What is your favorite game? soccer
 8. What is your favorite snack? Granola bar
9. What is your favorite animal? arctic foxes and a beluga
10. What is your favorite song? Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
11. What is your favorite book? Breakaway by Alex Morgan
12. Who is your best friend? Anna H.
13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Soccer
15. What is your favorite drink? Root beer
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween and my birthday
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Olaf and a pillow
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? waffles
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Big noodle pasta
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A pediatric dentist or professional soccer player or coach

PS: Age 10 here, Age 9 here, Age 8 here, Age 7 here and Age 6 here