Our visitor

As I mentioned in a previous post my MIL visited this past weekend. I am very lucky to have great in-laws. We love having visitors and the boys loving hanging around their grandparents. We have only been in Maryland for the last 8 months so there is still a lot for us to see and do. We decided to ride the train into DC on Friday. We decided on a trolley tour as everything is very spread out in DC. We got to Union Station by 10am and were hoping to walk right onto the trolley. We ended up having to wait 45 minutes for an empty trolley to come by. The delay meant that we couldn't make the stops we wanted to. We were site seeing with 3 kids and you always have to stay on track as far as lunch and snacks go.

The boys did great in the trolley but asking them to walk a few blocks was way out of the question. We ended up having to stay on the trolley to get to a stop that had places to eat. Then of course we stopped by the White House.

Grandma with the grand kids. This is about the only picture I have that the baby is not crying and unhappy. It is hard to explain to an 18 month old that Mommy would like a picture with him smiling and happy.


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Being on the trolley was nice because we were able to learn some history regarding some of the different areas in the city. Our next trip will include a visit to some of the memorials. In my senior year of high school (gosh I don't want to think about how many years ago that was), I took a school trip to DC. We were there for several days and made stops at each of the historical sites. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip there but don't think I appreciate it as much as I do now.

On Sunday, we took a Duck Tour around downtown Baltimore and the inner harbor. I never knew there was so much history in Baltimore. A few things to note: Edgar Allen Poe is buried here, Baltimore was the first place to have a YMCA (got to sing the song and do the hand motions), lots of very old churches and Micheal Phelps just purchased a place in Fell's point. Ok, the driver heard this from one of his friends who works in a bar. The Duck tour was nice (expect for the duck calls that were handed out) but it went so quickly that we hardly had a chance to see all of the different sites he pointed out.


Grandma and the boys at the inner harbor after our duck tour.

The rest of our weekend was spent playing in the pool and hanging out. One of the high points was making smores. YUMMY! We surely hope Grandma comes back to visit soon.

What I learned is that my kids aren't really all that interested in the DC stuff. They were all very well behaved but I don't think there interest is there yet. Maybe once we actually spend some time at the museums or memorials where we can explain the significance to them.