We had a great three days in DC visiting my cousins, Julia and Tom. They are laid back and easy to be around. They were quite generous and got us tickets for TWO nights at the Nationals and showed me how to get around the Metro. The kids and I visited the National Zoo one day and then hit two Smithsonians: American History and Air and Space. We had a wonderful time, took lots of pictures and some video.
The neatest thing about the Nationals game was how they honor our Veterans. They announce the disabled veterans that are at the ball game and show them on the big screen and the best part: the whole stadium gives them a standing ovation. I saw the same thing when I went to a parade in Fairfax in 2002. The spectators gave every Military group a standing ovation as they marched by.
Things I love about my kids:
1. They got excited about everything at the zoo. They loved it as much as they did when they were 5 and 3.
2. Loved watching Kate looking at the Bradford dollhouse in the American History museum. That house was SO COOL.
3. Jack tracking down the Stephen Colbert "painting".
4. Both of them enjoying the hands on science.
5. Who is Julia Child's? (after seeing her kitchen) A: the Original Foodnetwork star.
6. Watching them read about Lincoln, War of 1812 and laughing at the "pig family".
7. Listening to them play: who could take who? while on the Metro.
8. Finding Amelia Earhardt's jacket in the Air and Space.
9. Jack taking pictures on all the WWII stuff for Stew.
10. Teaching Kate how to read a score board.
The neatest thing about the Nationals game was how they honor our Veterans. They announce the disabled veterans that are at the ball game and show them on the big screen and the best part: the whole stadium gives them a standing ovation. I saw the same thing when I went to a parade in Fairfax in 2002. The spectators gave every Military group a standing ovation as they marched by.
Things I love about my kids:
1. They got excited about everything at the zoo. They loved it as much as they did when they were 5 and 3.
2. Loved watching Kate looking at the Bradford dollhouse in the American History museum. That house was SO COOL.
3. Jack tracking down the Stephen Colbert "painting".
4. Both of them enjoying the hands on science.
5. Who is Julia Child's? (after seeing her kitchen) A: the Original Foodnetwork star.
6. Watching them read about Lincoln, War of 1812 and laughing at the "pig family".
7. Listening to them play: who could take who? while on the Metro.
8. Finding Amelia Earhardt's jacket in the Air and Space.
9. Jack taking pictures on all the WWII stuff for Stew.
10. Teaching Kate how to read a score board.
COOLING OFF
Jack loves his turtles!
Meerkat Manor in DC. These guys were the cutest. I could have spent hours just watching them!
Check out FB for pictures and I will post more on here tomorrow.
1 comment:
I love DC, and reading your post made me miss it even more. When I lived there, Chad-o and I went to thost same exhibits and museums. Wouldn;t it be great to have something like that closer to us?
Great videos. I loved watching those turtles swim, especially the baby ones that were climbing on their mama's back.
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