Monticello

Ben's parents came to visit last week and we had a really fun time. The girls really enjoyed getting to spend so much time with them. His parents spent a few days down in Virginia Beach by themselves and then we drove down last Thursday and met them in Charlottesville. After a nice dinner in the fun downtown area (eating outside...the weather was so nice), we spent the night in Charlottesville and then headed to Monticello in the morning. Monticello (Thomas Jefferson's home) was really beautiful with all the spring colors. The drive home through the country was also gorgeous.


Amelia and Elsa with Grandpa in the hotel.


















Since I had already toured the house before and they're not a huge fan of children touring the house, I hung out with the girls while everyone else did the tour. We found this great children's area which the kids loved. Amelia got to create her own Monticello.












They have a new Visitor Center there with a fun Discovery room for kids.

Cherry Blossom Sunrise

I have always wanted to watch the sunrise at the Tidal Basin during the cherry blossoms. I headed down Thursday morning around 6. It turned out to be a gorgeous morning and a peak day for the blossoms. There were quite a few other photographers there, but otherwise the walking path around the tidal basin was fairly empty. I'm so glad I went down in the morning since our second visit was on Saturday and the blossoms weren't visible beyond the millions of people. It was definitely worth getting up early for. The morning colors were AMAZING.


Jefferson and the moon. I was the only one around.







































Hains Point:

Easter Egg Hunt

On Wednesday morning I hosted our annual playgroup Easter Egg Hunt in our backyard. We had close to 35 kids and we hid 300 plastic eggs. Do you know how long it takes 35 kids to find 300 eggs? About 30 seconds. The kids had fun and the weather was beautiful.


If you look closely, you can see eggs scattered all over the grass. There are only so many places to hide 300 eggs in our yard. Although, the kids never did find the ones that we hid really well.










Elsa didn't care about finding eggs until I pointed out that there was candy inside. Then she let out an audible gasp.