Washington DC with the kiddos

Call me brave, adventurous, or stupid, but I decided Spring Break was the perfect time to take my girls into DC.  I wanted to create a special memory with my kids and do something with them they'd always remember. The last time we took the kids into the city they were both too young to remember it, but now they're both old enough to at least remember bits and pieces of something like that, if not all of it. Shaun worked all week though, and my dad has been in the hospital (more to come on that in a future post), so it was just going to be me, the Lone Ranger, with two little girls who think of rules as mere suggestions, and, oh yes, throngs of thousands of other tourists descending upon public transit and the national mall during the height of Cherry Blossom season. Again, crazy or brave? I'll let you decide, but most likely a little of both. 

I had Ella who was always stopping to check out a sign, a plaque, or the pebbles on the road, and Amelia who thought we should be jogging through the city and was always ten paces ahead. It was like hearding cats I tell you, but I had mentally prepared for that, so all in all it was a very good day. We checked out the Washington monument, road the carousel in front of the Smythsonian, got ice cream, and went to the Natural Science museum. We took in the IMAX movie because it looked fascinating on the National Parks, but also because I was exhausted, so sitting for 45 minutes sounded like a good thing. We also road the metro so that was lots of fun for them, although a little unnerving for me because it's not a process I'm very comfortable with, much less helping my children with (adding money to your card is a bit of a nightmare we learned). But I think I achieved my goal... We created a memory. Let's just hope it was a positive one for them.