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We went to Washington DC last Monday.  We were sitting in the kitchen finishing up breakfast when I was feeling bored and not sure what to do for the day.  It was spitting rain outside and the temps were cool.  So, I thought, how about we take a trip to DC with the kids…immediately everyone was thrilled and jumping for joy. 

We took the metro down, the kids loved that!  I did too because I was able to also get some knitting done.  :)

 

We ran into some people I went to HS with, in the Metro…which was so…I can’t even describe it, because not only did we see them on the way, we also saw them on the way back.  It was just wild! 

This guy greeted us first thing in the door:

Jack and Aeryn were absolutely amazed…awe struck, really.  They were so excited to be there I couldn’t possibly describe it with words.  It was so special…so very special for them.  :)

This is what Jack decided was his most favorite exhibit…

(a life-sized whale, suspended from the ceiling)

And a close second for Jack was this:

This was AWESOME!!!  I loved, loved, loved watching all these fish and other sea creatures.  Jack really enjoyed finding all the different sea-life.  They had a chart showing and describing all the different life.  We visited this exhibit a few times through the day.

Aeryn’s favorite site was this:

The Hope Diamond.  A girl after my own heart…and how fitting since her middle name is Hope.  She was in awe of this precious gem!  It was beautiful.

We neglected to get a photo of our favorite exhibit, which was the forensics exhibit…I guess we were way too busy reading and keeping track of the kids.  But it was oh so very cool!

The Dinosaur exhibit was quite impressive too:

We took sooooo many photo’s on our visit and this was just a teeny tiny glimpse into how wonderful this day was for us…we all had a blast and didn’t really want to leave.  We had a wonderful day!!!

  

So, then today was Easter, Jack and Aeryn really LOVED what the Easter Bunny brought them:

   

Then we got ready for Church, how adorable are they in their Easter outfits:

 

   

The rest of the day was spent having dinner with the in laws and then visiting with my parents…but I didn’t capture those on camera!  Oh well, it was a pretty good day!!  :)

Oh and just for the record, Jack has his first loose tooth…make that TWO loose teeth!!  My baby is growing up way too fast.  His outfit today was a size 7 and I don’t think I am ready for this!  And he can now read anything you put in front of him pretty much…he has been doing this for quite some time now and I am just so proud of my boy!!!!