DC Here we come....

"Ryan - I have a wonderful idea!"
Ryan sighs.... secretly scared when I say this!
"Don't you think it would be fun to take the kids to the Cherry Blossom Festival up in DC?"
uhhhhh.....


So off we go....
Washington DC to ride the rails with 5 young children....hmmm
Here is our adventure:

The train was the favorite part - however, quite nerve-wracking for this protective Mommy!! The kids loved it and are still asking to go back!

We had to do a transfer from one colored line to another - so here we are waiting for our next train. It didn't stop that long, so getting everyone on before the doors closed was the hardest thing!

We arrived safe and sound in DC:

Let The Fun Begin!!!

The kids made a Japanese house. We all decided to make one large family house instead of individual houses to save on time. The end result is in the background - now we just had to get it home in one piece!

We stopped to do some origami and the kids made various animals. No pictures of that - I was busy folding! Then we headed over to decorate some hats.



I was a little nervous with G's name printed on the front, but he made it through the day just fine!

Next activity - a Japanese dance performed by even young girls!

Of course then E wanted to dress up like the girls in the show! The first picture you can't really tell, but she is looking in a mirror admiring herself! Not vain AT ALL!!!

All in all we had a great time and we can't for the next excuse to go up there! It's always an adventure!