DC Day 1

But first- a pic Carol took of me and Gma last Saturday. 

Oh and this week my babysitter never showed up so I dropped my kids at Betsy's for awhile and this is my crew hanging:

Ben and baby Kate: 

The bigger kids: 

That night Hill saw this display at the grocery store and almost lost her mind. She ran in and asked me to take her pic. 

Wed morning: snack time w his homie.

On to DC- below is Benny at breakfast. 

And Jack. My kids legit don't really like breakfast food. Kind of a bummer at a free breakfast! 

My mom and I braved the metro w these kids juggling strollers and kids (we didn't realize there were elevators)- and it was a legit nightmare. We had a few laughs and moved on to the White House. A group of Asians took 100 pics of my kids and my mom thought it was strange but I found it to be endearing. I sort of felt like I wanted to hang w them afterwards. 

We saw a motorcade and the ambulance that follows the pres around. Apparently both the president and the VP were meeting with the head of Pakistan so there were protestors out there too. Cool! 

Wash Monument- 

Viewing the back of the White House. 

A fountain. 

Natural History museum: 

This elephant is majestic. And my kids just ran to it. I can't blame them. 

Hill was super into this- whale "teeth," squid eyeball, whale bone. She kept asked "what's that?" And when I checked, she was indeed retaining the info. 

Getting ready for a Dino IMAX. I wanted the ocean iMax, jack insisted. The second it started she got freaked out! 

The kids ended up enjoying it though. It was very academic. During the one dinosaur fighting scene, though, Benny was cheering and at the end said "he got him!" My mom and I couldn't help but crack up. 

Benny slept before the Hope diamond. 

Jack was all grumpy and tired. I said to her "over there are the bones of a man who died thousands of years ago." She lit up and ran over so fast. When Hilly saw it she looked at me and asked "Is this Jesus?" 

Ben and Gma eating hot dogs outside the museum waiting for dada 

Dada came! Off to air and space museum. 

We passed the Capitol building. 

This museum made me feel very unintelligent. But the space suits and shuttles were awesome. Ben really loved this museum. 

Hilly is totes a little academic. 

No day is complete without a mini meltdown. Jackie kept the tradition alive. 

Subway home with daddy. Much easier w the help of another adult. 

Cheeseballs in elevator.