the blue blog archives: on vacation

We stayed at one end of the Mall and saw the kids' favorites: the White House and the Washington Monument.

The boys loved the SR-71 Blackbird (the world's fastest jet!) at the Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles. (That's where they keep the really BIG stuff. There's even a Space Shuttle there!)

Wee one, a total sparkle girl, got to see the ur-sparkle shoes, Dorothy's ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz at the National Museum of American History. She liked them.

The kiddos also particularly enjoyed the (creepy, crawly) insect zoo at the National Museum of Natural History. Wee one spent an entire hour watching bees and water bugs, the boys were delighted by the butterflies in the butterfly exhibit, and I was horrified by this display of moths eating some red yarn.

We drove back through the night, through the rain. Yuck, yuck, yuck. But worth it for a wonderful vacation. Bye DC and DC buddies!

(PS - I've still got three more days of school vacation week to fill. Wish me luck! It's going to be hard to follow all that fun.)

posted by alison at 9:45 am | in vacation 2009

Comments

cool pictures! we had spring break 2 weeks ago and it is TOUGH being in "cruise director" mode! :)

Posted by: Leslie at April 22, 2009 10:08 AM

To my kids, a museum trip is NOT complete without the gift shop!

Posted by: Cyndy at April 22, 2009 12:52 PM

That poor yarn. So sad.

Posted by: Michelle at April 22, 2009 1:23 PM

The yarn/moth display - totally horrifying! But the Red Sox/Obama/little girl in pink and yellow stripes combos - totally delightful!

Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport at April 22, 2009 2:02 PM

I've been following your blog for a few months now and really enjoying it. (I'm a big Harry Potter fan... love the knitting book companion!) It was the mothy yarn that drove me to the edge of commenting - that is the stuff of horror movies! EEEEEEEK!

Posted by: Elisabeth at April 22, 2009 5:49 PM

Not the yarn! I'm going to have nightmares. Lol

Posted by: Melissa at April 22, 2009 9:43 PM

I want the Reddi Whip Tshirt!

Posted by: Dava at April 22, 2009 10:02 PM

Oh man if only I could take both my boys (Gil and Ed) to the Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center, I know they would love it. Gil has already told me he wants to be a fighter pilot.
Wee one is too cute!!!
Often we find the souvenirs shops to be right at the entrance, Gil always wants a souvenir ...but we always make him wait till after he has seen the museumm. LOL

Posted by: Orli at April 23, 2009 3:57 AM

At least the next few days are supposed to be nicer, so everyone can go outside for some fun too.

Posted by: Seanna Lea at April 23, 2009 11:29 AM

I love the pictures! My youngest son is the same age as your Wee One and looks like the boy version of her. Especially in the first picture (he has a very similar "smile" face). Everytime I see pictures of her, I'm amazed how much the two of them look alike> It must be the German in them.

Posted by: Sara at April 23, 2009 12:37 PM

Looks like a fun vacation. The only times I've been to DC it was covered in tear gas. I've always wanted to go at cherry blossom time. My older daughter is going to move to DC later this year (she works for the Dept of Labor & can work in whichever office she chooses & DC will give her more opportunity for promotion). Great - I'll have one daughter in DC & one (with the grands) in the Bay area - about as far apart as they can be! I see lots of traveling in my future! Do you have a Nordstrom's near you? You would not believe the number of sparkly little girl shoes they have there. I was tempted to get some for Baby M but that's something I have to discuss with her mommy first. I did persuade her to let me buy dinosaur shoes (they have embossed dinos on them & leave dino footprints in sand) so I think the glittery shoes are just a matter of time.

Posted by: Donna at April 23, 2009 4:42 PM

I love DC! I almost got stuck there last night (only had 10min to make my connection), and I was a bit sad when I ended up making my flight.

Posted by: silverarrowknits at April 28, 2009 1:31 AM

Eeek Was counselling offered for traumatised knitters after seeing that yarn being attacked by moths? *faints*

Posted by: Hookie, UK at April 28, 2009 1:38 PM