Three P's in a Pod: DC TRIP!

We went to DC! Back in March... Living in Carlisle we were only two hours away from DC, so we have been there numerous times and have walked "the Mall" several times. This was our first excursion with Chris.

She was a trooper!

We wanted to go to DC one last time and see the National Cherry Blossom Festival that we had missed every year. We went down on a Monday, the first day of the festival. Naturally being that it was a Monday we could not get down there any earlier than about 3:30. I had forgotten to take into account that the museums would close at 5pm… We went to the National Building Museum in which we saw, among other things, a Lego replica of the building itself.

Next we raced over to the Washington Memorial to see the long awaited beautiful cherry blossoms. We took the metro to get there. Christina's first train ride. It was super windy outside and wind and babies don't mix, so thank goodness for the train. Taking a stroller on the metro was easy on the way in, but on the way back we hit rush hour and that was a tight squeeze, luckily we didn’t have to go far.

We got to the Washington Monument were the cherry blossoms outline the grassy plot.

What we saw was...

A whole bunch of trees with no cherry blossoms... This year was unseasonable warm and the cherry blossoms came early. The blossoms came and went. With the wind as strong as it was the petals were all blown away. The picture below was the only tree with one tiny branch of cherry blossoms still clinging on.

What a huge disappointment.

After that it was just about five o'clock when Christina needed to be fed. Of course all the museums were closed or closing. The wind was not constant but large gusts came and went. I sat outside the Smithsonian on a bench and fed Christina under a blanket while Ben tried to shield us from the wind. Every time the wind came up she would gasp and than let out a little cry. Poor girl! If it wasn't so crowded and gross we would have feed her on the metro. She got her fill and then we were off to our next adventure.

Thanks Alli for the car seat cover, you really saved our Babe!