Washington DC

After our adventure to Disneyland..we decided to take off to Washington DC. We were nervous to take the kids on a 5 hour flight..but we decided to take a redeye..and they slept the whole time :) Felicity included..we just put her in her carseat. Right after we landed and got outside...we felt like we were drowning from the humidity. It was 5:00 AM and HOTT! We got to the hotel and slept for a few hours and then went out for adventure. We stayed in Bethesda and drove into DC. We immediately found the Washington Monument. There was so much to see! We pulled over and looked at it. The temp was well over 100 degrees with HIGH humidity! We could only stand to be out of the car for a few minutes. The district had a lone sprinkler near the monument and we just sat in front of it for a while to keep cool. The ENTIRE rest of the day consisted of us looking for parking and a simple grocery store! Nothing looked normal. We finally found a safeway..we had to go to a basement parking lot..take elevators upstairs..I would have never known this was a grocery store...but we drove past it 20 times without us knowing what it was. We gave up after this and went to the hotel. We googled parking for the next day and found that DC is notorious for NO parking! So, our second day..we parked in one spot and walked to the Lincoln Memorial, WWII Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and the White House. Really cool stuff! Jefferson is one of my favorite people of all time! We were definately wiped after all this..We were walking around in 100 degree weather..stopping by all the sprinklers. We slept like babies! This is why in all out pics we have poofy hair and red faces..HOT HUMIDITY! lol! We were able to tour the Capitol the next day..also one of my favorite things we did in DC. BEAUTIFUL in there! The Library Congress was amazing as well. They have Thomas Jefferson's personal book collection in there...he had some really cool stuff in there. The kids got SO bored..so we moved to the Smithsonians. We did the Air and Space Museum first..which is dear to me because My Grandfather is in one of the exhibits from WWII. This was really neat to finally see because I have heard about this exhibit for many years! We also visited the Museum of Natural History as well. Well, we thought about staying longer..but we were tired and really wanted to go home! The flight home was pretty intense..we were delayed on the aircraft for a while. The baby was pretty antsy already. This flight was pretty tough! over 6 hrs in the plane trying to keep her quiet. Shy shy and Aurora were sitting alone..I heard Aurora talking to the lady next to her the WHOLE time..poor lady. I heard "I am really afraid of heights...no Im REALLY afraid of heights" during take off from Aurora. The lady was so nice to her..I was thankful! All in all..it was so fun and I am glad we went.