He flew!!! FINALLY!!
Joshua waited for a year for his turn to go on a big trip! He was super excited about flying on an airplane. He has been on an airplane before, but not that he remembered. Plus, he was getting to go to Washington D.C. thank you very much! As I’ve done before with Bryan, I let him pretty much dictate our touristing. He HAD to do the following: National Air and Space Museum, the National Zoo, the President’s house and the Washington Monument. Our first day there, we went to the Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington Cemetery and to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. That was very cool. He enjoyed the ginormous Marines and strolling through the cemetery. We paid our respects to the veterans who had passed on and he and Grammy placed stones on some of the Jewish headstones. He loved looking at the photos, flags and uniforms in the museum while Papi and I looked for a specific person in the records of the first women in the Marine Corps. We even had the opportunity to chat for a good deal of time with the curator of the museum, a lovely women who had retired from the U.S. Navy.
The second day we headed directly over to the National Air and Space Museum. There was no way we were leaving without seeing everything! (even if it some of it was quick) He took tons of photos himself and I loved seeing his perspective on everything. Afterwards we made our way over to the President’s house passing the Washington Monument. We didn’t go up it like I did with Joshua, but we were pacing ourselves according to Joshua and he was starting to get tired of all the walking. He was totally fired up about seeing where the president lived and we got some really good shots of him with the White House in the background.
Day 3 found us at the National Zoo. What a great place that is! We had a little bit of rotten luck at the first few exhibits, but after that we started seeing his favorite animals coming out to pose for us. He got a kick out of the Panda and loved that he got some really good glimpses of his all time favorite cheetahs. He also got to see a Tiger getting a snack and lazy yawning boy lion! He absolutely loved it all. I’m so very grateful that I get to do these kinds of things with my kiddos. Thanks mom and dad for passing on that travel bug!!
The second day we headed directly over to the National Air and Space Museum. There was no way we were leaving without seeing everything! (even if it some of it was quick) He took tons of photos himself and I loved seeing his perspective on everything. Afterwards we made our way over to the President’s house passing the Washington Monument. We didn’t go up it like I did with Joshua, but we were pacing ourselves according to Joshua and he was starting to get tired of all the walking. He was totally fired up about seeing where the president lived and we got some really good shots of him with the White House in the background.
Day 3 found us at the National Zoo. What a great place that is! We had a little bit of rotten luck at the first few exhibits, but after that we started seeing his favorite animals coming out to pose for us. He got a kick out of the Panda and loved that he got some really good glimpses of his all time favorite cheetahs. He also got to see a Tiger getting a snack and lazy yawning boy lion! He absolutely loved it all. I’m so very grateful that I get to do these kinds of things with my kiddos. Thanks mom and dad for passing on that travel bug!!
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