And we caught every sight

The boys wanted to take a trip to the nation's capitol to see all the things they have been learning about in school this year - they chose it over a party, so off we went during Spring Break (note to self: not the best time to visit because EVERYONE is visiting then)

We caught the bus a lot of times, and Harry perfected his chill

while Jack mastered strap hanging Regardless, we made the best of it. Jack even survived a near miss with a reckless taxi driver which put us all into a more appreciative frame of mind.
They have done a unit on Native Americans, so we checked out the new museum
Harry still loves VW's, but none of us had ever seen one like this - it was completely covered in beads...pretty groovy

The displays we saw were a bit disappointing, but we checked out all the tribes they covered in class: Pueblo

Lakota

and Powhatan

Harry was on a mission to see all the fountains in town....think he found most of them!

The Washington Monument was still closed for repairs after last year's earthquake, but it was still beautiful - hopefully they will get to go up in it next trip

Harry was determined to see the Bee display we'd seen with friends a few years ago.

He thought their exit was cool, but even better once he took the picture and got all those cars in the shot ;-)

Our self-portrait in front of the fountains at the National Gallery of Art, where Dean and I posed in the last century

My three boys in front of Lincoln Memorial

Harry really liked this fountain at the FDR memorial

Jack insisted that "Washington DC is the BEST place in America!"

Well, we caught everything...except when Angry Birds intervened

One of the biggest hits was our hotel and the sweet lady who took care of our room - the boys wrote her notes every day.

The real thrill of the hotel, however, was the amazing koi pond and double waterfall

We even got to visit with a favorite friend who had moved away - Mrs. Sharon used to be the postmistress in our little town, and now she's organizing things in DC. She's still spoiling them rotten!

Thanx to Dean for suffering the crowds and getting us to all the places they wanted to see!

Bob Seger's Sightseeing

Just noticed this is my 1000th post!