Saturday the amazing weather continued. So we packed up our 7 kids (our 3 and Keller's 4) and were off to the Smithsonian. What I learned from from watching "Night at the Museum; battle..." (where would I be without that movie) is that the Smithsonian is actually several museums that line The Mall between the Capital and the Washington Monument. To keep the kids interest we decided to go to the Air and Space Museum first.
There was a bit of a line to get into the museum so to entertain the kids we had them look in the windows to help get their wiggles out. It did make them a little excited to see all of the airplanes and rockets that were just on the other side of the glass wall.
We were so excited about the museum that we missed photo ops. But as the kids ran on the grass of The Mall and ate Mickey D's ice cream I caught them being kids. They played duck duck goose, freeze tag and hide and seek. Mallory was so cute peaking around the tree.
Paco...I mean Jack was having fun finding sticks and then throwing them at the big kids as they ran by while playing tag.
Ayla was such a sweet Princess as she picked flowers and blades of grass.
We caught a picture of the Kellers in front of the Capital. The large crowd in back of the Kellers is the protesters protesting National Health. Part of History! (Did I mention it was a very sunny day?!)
Then we caught a family picture of us. Ah, the blessings of living on the East Coast and being able to experience history 4 hours from our home. It was a great weekend and we did not want to leave. But Sunday afternoon we packed up our little family and went back to our big city. It was wonderful to cross the George Washington bridge and see to our right the bright lights of our humble home.
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