I took the boys to visit friends in northern Virginia over the fourth weekend in January. We made a brief, cold, hilarious excursion into Washington, D.C. while we were there. Overall, it was a wonderful time with dear friends, and a memorable visit to our nation's capital.
Andrew and Keris on the Metro. Riding the train was without question the highlight of Andrew's entire trip. Monuments & museums--not so much.
A.J., Jack, and Evan on the Metro.
Linda and me on the Metro, as photographed by Evan. Little did we know what adventures lay ahead.
Turns out it was COLD (and wet, though not actually raining) on the Washington Mall. The kids were freezing. And quickly miserable. And tired of being outside. Here Andrew demonstrates the end of cheerfulness.
Monuments, Schmonuments--The highlight for the kids was the squirrels who eat Cheez-its.
Evan was very moved by the Korean War Memorial.
This was Evan's favorite soldier in the Korean War Memorial. After our stop here, we all kind of resembled this guy: 4 out of the 5 kids were crying, and the 2 moms felt very tired and heroic. Andrew was crying because he was out of Sun Chips, Keris was crying because she was cold, Jack was crying because the geese had flown away, and Evan was crying about the horrors and injustice of war. It had taken us 2 hours to get from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. We decided to call it a day and head home!
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How fun to see pics of you guys and the Mathwins! I haven't seen any of those little faces in a long, long time.
ReplyDeleteSounds like your trip was certainly adventurous! When I got to the part where 4 of 5 kids were crying, I predicted that it was AJ who was the non-cryer -- looks like I was right. You and Linda are WAY braver than I would be!