After much thought and consideration, we decided to postpone our Thanksgiving meal so that we could spend the day in DC. It's about an hour's drive from their house, and we had read online that Thanksgiving day is a good day to avoid major crowds in the city. And all of the museums are open, so it's not like we'd be missing out on anything.
So, we loaded up bright and early...
And we drove into the city. It was so fun for me, I hadn't been to DC since I was in the 9th grade. We drove past Quantico and the Pentagon, and the Washington monument, and all sorts of great places. First up on our schedule was the National Mall. It's the big area where a lot of the Smithsonian's are, and then the Capitol building is on one end, and the Washington monument is on the other. Our first stop was the Museum of Natural History. Me and Lynlee were in one car with the three littles, and Ben and his mom were in his dad's brand freaking new Honda Accord. Like just a few weeks old. Ben's dad let her drive it up because he thought it would be more reliable than her car. He still has his CRV, and he had driven that to Kentucky for Thanksgiving to spend it with Ben's two sisters that live there. Anyway, Ben was driving the Accord, and when we got into the city, we found two great parking spots right outside the museum of natural history, so Ben flipped a U turn in the middle of the road to get into the one he found, and got a little too close to the curb, and from where we were right across the street we heard a huge pop! He had totally popped the tire! And since it was Thanksgiving day, there weren't a lot of places open to help. He finally found a repair shop that came and towed the car, and said they could fix it in just a few hours. So, poor Ben, missed out on the Museum of Natural History so that he could go with the car to the shop.
You can imagine how his dad felt when Ben texted this picture to him! :) Ooops...
While we waited for Ben to figure everything out with the car, we decided to take some pictures:
It was a cold day, and I was so glad I brought my kids coats! I almost didn't pack them!
Finally, after we were all ready to go, we were off to the museum:
Taylor was really fascinated by the Hope Diamond:
And these three boys are all so much alike, they were just soaking up all the cool things and facts and fun stuff to do:
The museum itself is so cool:
Best buddies:
Jackson learning about the swamp habitat:
Ben got done with the car stuff right as we were leaving, but we were heading over to the air and space museum, so he was excited about that!
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