Last of DC Summer

Things have been really busy the last two months, so I am going to catch up fast. I have no interest in putting these pictures in the right order, so just enjoy how they are.

The kids at the National Geographic Museum. 

Eliza "suited up" for a dive. 

This is the moon window at the National Cathedral, which is a big Episcopalian church whose bell tower is the highest spot in DC. This moon window actually has a piece of moon rock in it that was brought back by an astronaut who had gone to school at the cathedral's private school. 

These were some amazing animal and bug dress up costumes at a nature center in Arlington. 

The nature center, where we saw bullfrogs, snakes, and other stuff. 

This is a very large statute of Teddy Roosevelt. There is an island named after him in the Potomac River which has some very nice kid friendly trails. The memorial also has some awesome T.R. quotes about various things. 

National Cathedral again. 

Lincoln Memorial. The day we went and saw this we also saw a huge group of quads riding around all willy nilly throughout the national mall area.

We got a visit from Oma for a few days in July and the kids really enjoyed showing her around DC. I think they are at the National Gardens here. 

This was the go to park across the street from our apartment. In this picture we are playing and having fun while Oma and Yogurl went to Arlington Cemetery to pay their respects.

DC temple.

We visited the Lego store in the nearby mall occasionally. DC gets pretty hot and humid so going to the nearby mall seemed a good idea, but since it is so snooty, it doesn't have kids play areas. Unless you count the Lego store!

Just the kids walking around in a creek. This might not seem exceptional to most, but in Dallas we have no natural beauty, so the kids really enjoyed these opportunities.

We tried going to a 4th of July parade nearby and it wasn't quite what we were hoping for. Mostly just people in the neighborhood walking around in the heat waving flags. No floats, no candy being thrown. Just heat and kids who had been expecting candy.

Yummy red, white and blue 4th of July breakfast at least!

Eating freeze dried ice cream from Air and Space Museum.

So while we were there, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival was going on and the focus was circus arts. So we got to see circus performances for free!

 

The Air and Space Museum with a model of the USS Enterprise. I think. Nerds may correct me if I am wrong.

National Zoo.

Well we had a great time in DC and we got to do lots of stuff because so much is free there! OR at least it is payed for by all tax-paying Americans, so thank you all for subsidizing our summer adventures!