Love these girls!

 

Weekend Sightseeing

Over Easter weekend we accompanied Drew's sister and her family to some local sites.  As with our Mt Vernon experience, we found something new to do at the Udvar Hazy Air & Space museum: the lookout tower (somehow we'd somehow never gotten around to it in previous visits).  

 

 Below: Clarissa, Lainey, and Ellie watch the planes land.

So, it turns out you are not allowed to carry kids on your shoulders at Udvar Hazy, but the little girls got some shoulder time before one of the security guards set us straight (I had seen a sign, but thought it only applied to the upper level).

Below is a rare prego pic of me (and Flat Stanley). 

 On Sunday, in between opening Easter baskets and afternoon church we headed downtown to see some monuments.  My girls and their cousins:

Drew and his sister, Carrie (and Ellie who refused to be parted from him, even for a picture):

The kids really enjoyed seeing the waterfalls at the FDR monument (our favorite one to visit).

Clarissa and Lainey:

After I took the following picture Andrew asked why I didn't wipe her face first.  Oops.

At the Lincoln monument there was a bit of a kerfuffle when I tried to take another picture of Alaina and Clarissa together.  Ellie insisted (physically) that she get a picture of just her and Lainey.

Here's the best picture of these two together:

 

Mt Vernon with family

We enjoyed doing some sight-seeing with Drew's sister's family when they were in town.  Our first stop was Mt. Vernon.

The little girls favorite parts were the baby animals (pigs and sheep) and blacksmith demonstration (Lainey insisted on watching till the smith completed his S hook).

The house tour was tricky with Ellie (turned out to be a preview of our Williamsburg experience).  She kept demanding to see Washington's teeth.

We've been to Mt. Vernon many times, but we still managed to experience some new things there like the Blacksmith and an audience with Lady Washington.  Lainey pretty much elbowed her way up to the front and was super chatty with Martha (announcing her favorite color and describing her sisters and so on).

This visit we stopped in the museum (first time ever) before heading to the Education Center.  Ellie and I didn't last long (she kept trying to touch things and was loudly demanding to see Washington's dentures).  As always, the highlight of the Education Center was the children's playroom.

Pictures from Carrie and Wayne: