On our first day together we went to Fort McHenry, the home of the original Star Spangled Banner. It was pretty rainy, but that made for absolutely no crowds. I was actually able to watch the movie in the visitor's museum, something that was previously impossible due to kids mixed with crowds.
Paige's crew in the gateway to the fort.
Both the Funks and the Stephens both rocked the stacked double stroller this week.
I'm now skipping ahead a few days because our other tours deserve their own blog posts, but on Saturday we braved the weather and the crowds at the National Zoo. We tried a new route this time and drove to Bethesda and then took the metro in.
We were glad we did because all the zoo parking lots were full.
I didn't take many pictures at the zoo.
We got a glimpse of the Giant Panda.
Paige and I agreed that the panda is so strange and doesn't quite look real.
All of the kids found something to love at the zoo. A. loved the reptile house and spent a long time looking closely at every animal. C. loved the invertebrates and told us that every jelly fish and anemone was "beautiful." Beckett loved the beavers on the American Trail. The beavers have a river with a waterfall and a tunnel. Beckett was running back and forth watching and exclaiming about how the "beaver was swimming. He's going in a tunnel. He's running." Paige and I loved the American Trail too. We went there at the end of the day when most of the exhibits were already closed. It had turned into a nice evening, and we enjoyed seeing the beavers, seals, sea lions, and bald eagle.
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