Mommy Musings

We did and saw so many things on Monday of our trip, I've had to split it up into two posts.  I've heard from several people how clean and easy the Metro is to navigate, but Skip and I decided we preferred to walk.  And walk we did!  We logged over 15 miles that first full day! We kicked off the morning with the American History museum {all the Smithsonian Museums are free, and line both sides of The Mall} This was by far my favorite museum that we saw all week.  The huge military section was my favorite!  I honestly could have spent hours in there. Part of the Berlin Wall A piece of the Twin Towers The section on the current war was strange for me.  It's weird to be in a museum and see artifacts I currently have in my basement Medals of Honor First Lady dresses! Skip as President The hat Lincoln was wearing the night he died Afterwards we popped into the Natural History Museum.  We honestly were only in there long enough to see the Hope Diamond and a ...

The Sunday before our anniversary, Skip and I got the girls up early to head down to my parents' house.  We were dropping them off there for a little Grandmom/Grandad time while we were away.  We got them settled, then headed out! On our way down, we stopped to visit some friends we hadn't seen in a while.  It was nice to hang out with friends during the day, without our girls in tow!  We were back on the road in the afternoon and proceeded to sit in traffic for quite some time. We finally checked into our hotel around 7:00 pm {the Holiday Inn Capital, which was wonderful and so close to everything} and immediately hit the ground running.  I'd heard that seeing the monuments at night were really amazing, and I was excited to see it. We walked to The Mall, and strolled along it.  I fell in love with the Washington Monument at first sight. We spent some time at the World War II Memorial, and the Vietnam Memorial. We walked along the Reflecting Pool and up to ...