DC Trip Highlights – Air and Space
Back to the travelogue… though Thumper has now said his SECOND word as of Friday. He said “please” (it came out “peese”) repeatedly as I handed him cookies. Like all kids, he’ll say anything for a cookie.
After we got back from our trip to Colonial Williamsburg, the Webmaster and I felt confident enough to take our four kids on the Metro by ourselves and go to the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. It took a while to get in (weekend crowds), but it was a nice day and the boys were suitably impressed by all the planes and rockets, and by all the space memorabilia. Here, Ane and Tad pose with John Glenn and Yuri Gagarin’s spacesuits.
We also found Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis.
The space history was hugely interesting to the Webmaster and me. The kids didn’t find it too boring, either – there were plenty of videos and interactive displays to see.
We spent about 4 hours wandering around looking, and found this in the gift shop at the end of the day…
We took advantage of the nice weather and our last time on the Mall (for this trip) to take a couple of last pictures as we walked back to the Metro stop.
And Ane is old enough to work a camera properly, so she took a picture of the Webmaster and me.
The next day was Easter Sunday, and the Major and Q-Bee had a big party planned!