My mom and dad arrived late Wednesday night...their flight was delayed and there was a huge rain storm, but they arrived safely at our apartment just before midnight. After some ice cream and Idol results, we went to bed to rest up for the busy day ahead.
We started Thursday at the White House Visitors' Center, which is around the corner from the White House. We got there just as the sun was coming out after walking for blocks in the rain! The Visitors' Center was a little disappointing...it was just a big hall with a few exhibits and gift shop. The girls had a great time at the coloring and puzzle station, but I guess I was hoping for something more. Our next stop was the White House--this time we saw it from the South Lawn, which is much bigger than the North Lawn. The grounds were gorgeous, and we saw Michelle Obama's garden. Lucy wasn't impressed--she said, "It's not as pretty as I expected." Ha! 
As we were walking towards the National Mall, we found that police were blocking off all streets that intersected with Pennsylvania Avenue. Just as we got to the corner, this flash of cars and motorcycles and sirens shot by us...we can only figure that it was the President heading back to the White House. It happened SO quickly, there wasn't time to even reach for the camera, but here's a shot of the barricade that was set up.
Just as we arrived at the Mall, Lucy sat straight up in the stroller and pointed to the Carousel, which was at least a block and a half away...she spotted it immediately and of course rides were requested. Needless to say, Grandma and Grandpa obliged.
Our next stop was the National Air and Space Museum. The girls have been looking forward to this one!
Here they are touching a piece of moon rock, or "Mr. Moon," as they like to call it.
There was a great kids area called "How Things Fly." Lucy and Ella got to climb up and sit in the cockpit of a real plane.
There were a bunch of hands-on activities that kept them entertained...
Greg met up with us after his class--we kept on going right through nap and into the afternoon. The girls were so excited to see him and tell him all about our day!
Here we are in front of the Spirit of St. Louis...this is pictured in a few of the books we have been reading, and therefore was VERY exciting to finally see!
We hit the gift shop for some souvenirs (Ella picked a pink bear named Cherry Blossom, Lucy chose a coloring book, and Greg and I got them both personalized dog tags), we walked to the subway. Ella fell asleep on the way there, and we were just about to lose Lucy when we started talking about dinner. As soon as Eggspectations was mentioned, she shot out of her seat and gave an enthusiastic, "Yeah, let's go THERE!!!" 
We had another great dinner and a couple of very tired girls by the end of the night!
No comments:
Post a Comment