Snag...

We know we have to write a letter to our Senator (Honorable Sherrod Brown) to get tickets to the White House. The White House web site says to plan six months to thirty days in advance.

We went to the U.S. House of Representative's web site and looked up our Representative. ~HIS~ web page says to make requests three to six months in advance. This is discouraging.

Kiddo -

Darn. I really wanted to go to the White House and see President Obama. I want to send the request any ways - just in case. We might get lucky.

This is the letter we posted to Senator Brown's tour request page:

Dear Senator Brown,

My name is ----------. I am 11 years old. I am a homeschooling student who is planning a trip to Washington, D.C. as part of my classes. I am learning about my government this year.

We are going to be visiting Washington, D.C. with some family friends. We were wanting to go on a field trip to the White House. I would really like to see where President Obama lives. I haven't seen him since he was trying to get to be President. I would like to see President Obama too, but I am not going to get my hopes up because he is a very busy man.

I hope you can help us with information about visiting some places in Washington, D.C. My mom has gotten some tickets for the Capitol Building, but they said that I needed to talk to you so I could go to the gallery.

We are planning to tour the Capitol building on September 26th.

Thank you for any help you can give. I am looking forward to my trip to Washington, D.C.

Sincerely,

(Mom deleted my name because she is worried about crazy internet stalkers.)