Immediately after the AHG Ceremony Monday night, our family hopped in the car and headed to Waco. We spent the night at my parents, then got up Tuesday morning to head to Austin for a Day at the Capitol with American Heritage Girls. Though the event was set up by AHG, our Trail Life boys were invited to attend, so we made it a family affair. Two other families from our troop attended, too. The day was packed, but we didn't get to do all that we would've liked to do, so our family is planning to head back someday for the rest of the tour.
The six Kaisers got to the capitol around 9:30 and we headed to the the 10:00 legislative session to hear some discussion on the floor.
As the AHGirls headed downstairs for the next activity, we stopped for an [unscheduled] photo with Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (our troop was in the very back on the right... I can see a few of us, but the shorter girls were all hidden.)
Eventually, we ended up in a lecture hall where we listened to some speakers and the kids learned how bills are turned into laws. Troops visited assigned congress and house representatives' offices to share info about AHG and Trail Life. Our team visited seven offices and, eventually, some of the kids got more comfortable with speaking to strangers about our scouting programs.
After lunch, we posed for a scheduled full-group photo, and Allen took all the boys (our 3 plus 2 other brothers with our group) to go be more active while the gals and leaders went back to the lecture hall to listen to several dynamic speakers.
Toward the end of the day, all the AHGirls recorded a "Happy birthday, AHG" video to send to the convention.
(Maddie and Rebekah are toward the front of this photo, to the right of the left-most poster, behind the girls in the light blue t-shirts.) Our troop walked around the capitol building a little bit before heading outside, picking up some trash on the grassy areas around the building, then going back to our cars to head home. It was a LONG day, but we really had a good time and I know the kids learned more about our government. It was definitely worth the "unexcused absence" that Ben, Maddie, and Jon will get since we missed school today.
Immediately after the AHG Ceremony Monday night, our family hopped in the car and headed to Waco. We spent the night at my parents, then got up Tuesday morning to head to Austin for a Day at the Capitol with American Heritage Girls. Though the event was set up by AHG, our Trail Life boys were invited to attend, so we made it a family affair. Two other families from our troop attended, too. The day was packed, but we didn't get to do all that we would've liked to do, so our family is planning to head back someday for the rest of the tour.
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