DC: National Air and Space Museum (Udvar-Hazy Center)

Our hotel wasn't too far from the Udvar-Hazy Center (the annex for the National Air and Space Museum, and in my opinion, the much better of the two to visit) so we headed there Saturday morning. The place is so huge and houses and impressive collection of aircraft. It was fun to go into the observation tower, something we hadn't done before, and watch the planes land. I remember standing on the Wilson Bridge a few years ago to watch the space shuttle Discovery fly over DC so it was fun to see it up close. 

Getting tired and hungry.

DC: museums + 2 Amys

We headed downtown Friday morning and visited two of the Smithsonians (after spending some time searching for street parking). We started at the Museum of Natural History. The kids loved looking at all the animals but it was hard to get around because of the crowds. And Simon decided to be difficult and threw himself on the ground a few times for some two-year-old tantrums. We popped into the American History Museum but I had to take Oliver and Simon out almost immediately because they were both being difficult. We had a hard time finding a lunch spot (and parking) for our group of 12. We tried Shake Shack but there was no parking and the line was really long. After sitting in some traffic, we finally made our way to 2 Amys and were seated on the patio which was really nice and quiet after a crazy morning. The pizza was just as good as I remembered.

Pretty magnolia trees everywhere.

Two unhappy boys. Oliver finally calmed down after I gave him my phone. He also took some photos of me trying to entertain Simon.