Washington Trip

I'm catching up here....3 posts in one day! We spent the long weekend in Washington, touring the Smithsonian and shopping. On Saturday we went to the Air and Space Museum and the Museum of American History. Both were very interesting places to visit and they were free to get into! We saw Dorothy's shoes from The Wizard of Oz:

And Archie and Edith's Chairs:

This was the view outside our hotel window. Since it was raining on Sunday, the boys went on their own to see some memorials and Jade and I did some shopping. We strolled through Tiffany(fun...), tried on $200 shoes at Bloomingdales (fun...) hit a good sale at Gap Kids and I treated Jade to a manicure given by a Korean woman named Nam. On Monday Mike and Mark went to the Spy Museum. Jade was tired of walking so we stayed back....and did some more shopping.

Our hotel had a Cheesecake Factory in it. The kids are picking out what flavour they want while we are waiting for a table.

Thanks to Tonggu Momma for all the great tips. This wonderful blogger spent a lot of time typing an email with things to see and do in DC for me. Unfortunately we didn't have time to do the zoo....someday. And I really wanted to go to the Chili place....someday. We found DC very clean and the people were friendly and helpful. The Metro was awesome. I wish we had one for zipping across town in! We'll definitely make this trip again.

Air and Space Museum:

Mark beside Amelia Earhart's coat, inspiration for Night at the Museum 2:

Apollo 11 Capsule:

It was free to get into the museum, but money from many different countries was donated.



A toilet used by astronauts:



Spirit of St. Louis:

Wright Brothers:

Amelia Earhart's Lougheed:

Buildings and Memorials:

Beside the Washington Monument:

Looking at the Capitol Building from the monument:

Looking at the monument from the Capitol Building:
(we walked that huge stretch...well all of us except for Jade who was piggybacked for most of it)

The White House: