Washington, DC

Last week, we went to Washington DC to celebrate with my husband's nephew who graduated from law school in Georgetown University.  We are so proud of him.  

The rest of the week we spent exploring the museums and monuments.  What's so great about going to DC is that most all of the major museums had free admission.  We first explored the Air and Space Museum which the kids loved.  


As we walked out of the museum, we so a crowd gathering outside the "mall" area which is they call the parklike area in the middle where you can view the Capitol on one side and the Washington Monument on the other side.  It took us a while to figure out that everyone was there because Ben Stiller was filming "The Night at the Museum II".  We saw a couple of takes and head off to to Washington Monument.  It would be exciting for the kids to say that they were there when they filmed the shot.

I think my kids enjoyed and learned so much about the history of America.  We drove for a couple of days to Virginia to see Mt. Vernon (George Washington's home) and to Monticello (Thomas Jefferson's home).  I personally enjoyed going to these historical homes of these important men and see and feel as much as possible how and where they lived.  

As we, the grown ups, marvel at the historical significance of where we were, my two younger kids were for the most part enjoying it.  But, most of the attention is toward birds, squirrels, and animals at Mt Vernon and pretty much everywhere we went.   Although we were there for a week , we were not able to go to all of the places we wanted.  We walked and walked and soaked in as much as we can because we know that it will be a while before we can go back there again. 

I'm so lucky to have had the chance to experience this beautiful city reminding us of how lucky we are to be in this country.

I'd like share with you some photos I took.  I didn't bring my fancy camera.  I took my little tiny "point and shoot" Sony camera.  I like to travel light.  I'm glad that I didn't bring anything else with all that walking I would have probably left it at the hotel anyway.

Ducks in front of Lincoln Memorial.

My kids at Mt. Vernon.