Day 9 Washington D.C. Part 1

I have so many pics of Washington D.C. that I have to do a few posts for the same day. This will be the first part of that day. First of all, the girls looked so cute that morning that I had to post them.

Oh, how precious they are when they are sleeping;)

Anyway, onto the day. This is our first ride on the metro. We gave Makenna our old camera to take pics with (unfortunately we didn't think about this until the last few days) and she did a great job with quite a few of them. She got a few pics that we wouldn't have otherwise gotten. This would be one of them. She was on the other side with her daddy. The girls loved the trains. We liked the subways in New York better though. You didn't seem to have to wait as long in NY and the workers helped more without attitude!!! Either way, I think all major cities need a train system!! It's awesome not to have to deal with traffic!

We got off the train right here!! Unfortunately, it's kind of an ugly pic because the grass is all dead because of Obama's inauguration! Figures!

There was a carousel right there and the girls had to have a ride.

Makenna was quite upset when we got off.

This is Smithsonian castle. I wondered what the history was behind the Smithsonian museums and it's actually pretty cool. A man named James Smithson said in his will that his estate would go to the United States (if his nephew was not living) to found an establishment to increase the knowledge of men. It's pretty cool since he was British and they still don't know why he did it. So, there is your history for today;) Anyway, the castle is kind of a weird but interesting museum if that makes sense. It has quite a lot of different things inside. And I mean different both ways;) There didn't seem to be a flow to things. There was a weird display that had a mix of Sesame Street and muppets stuff, an American Idol display and other things like spiders and china. It was cool to see though.

It had some great architechture inside!

Here is china from John Quincy Adams.

And here is a lovely tarantula.....(just for you Jen;)

Makenna loved having a camera!!!

This is the inside of the National Air and Space museum!! It was so cool. Travis looked like a kid in a candy store! This was right where you walk in.

This is the inside of one of the early airplanes with all the old style furniture. The seats were so tiny!

Lots of cool stuff!

One of the Apollos. The seats inside this were so tiny and squished! I don't know how astronauts do it!

Inside of a cockpit. Both of the girls loved looking INSIDE the planes. They are definitely good flyers;)

These are those drone planes (without pilots!) that are starting to get used.

And this is my crazy baby that was so tired and ready for a nap!!! She kept pulling my hair and playing with it. I didn't care as long as she wasn't crying;-)

We had a blast at the museum and wished we could spend some more (kid free) time there;) We also wished we could have gone to the other museums too. I love that they are all FREE!! It was great to just be able to walk in......well, after you are searched and go through a metal detector, that is;)