SLOANE'S SPRING BREAK: WASHINGTON DC

now that sloane is in school, she has things like a spring break...! it's been interesting, orienting ourselves to a school year, which means winter break, spring break, and summer breaks. there's a little it of transition that happens with each of them; the good news being, i think we all are getting better at them. 

 ken took that week off to be at home with sloane, to get some studying done, and get some work done outside the house. overall, it was a really productive week for them, with ken's mom coming up in the early part of the week and ken, sloane and my MIL all putting in some hard work doing yard work! sloane also got to have playdates with friends, and ken and sloane got some quality time together.  i couldn't take off that whole week, but i did take off on friday so that we could all go up to d.c. to visit the national museum of natural history for the day. i love the museums in d.c. and try to visit with the girls as much as i can. this time around, my mom was able to join us, as well as my cousin lois! 

we went up on thursday night to stay at my sister's place in silver spring, and the next morning we took the metro in. logan kept saying, "we're riding the train!!"  we spent the morning at the natural history mueum, and then took the metro over to gallery place to get burgers at shake shack for a late lunch, which we ate on the steps of the national portrait gallery - which is one of my favorites.  afterwards, we went inside for a brief peek and lingered in the indoor courtyard they have there, drinking coffee and eating sponge bob popsicles. my mom got these for the girls and while the girls have no idea who sponge bob is, they were obviously thrilled with their square-headed yellow popsicles.  

we headed back to downtown silver spring in the later afternoon to meet my sister and we took our time window shopping and sitting on benches outside, enjoying the last bits of the sun. (my sister got them unicorn hair clips, which they were very excited about!) traveling and wandering around with small kids isn't always easy and takes more leg work for sure, but it is always worth it for me, even if they are little trips.  i think travel and new experiences shapes our brains in amazing ways, but especially so for kids! and days like these are wonderful memory makers.