DC Lyons Style

Over the summer we managed to fit in a 3 night stay in DC. It was a short stay and a lengthy car ride but the break up of various places along the way made it much easier. We all know my kids are used to car rides but sometimes their behavior does not reflect that. This trip, however, was pretty good...all things considered. And it was about time that we made our way to DC seeing as a lot of our family has been living there for several years now. We stayed with Aunt Nat Nat, Davis, and baby Palmer. And we got to spend time, on our second night in DC, with my cousin, Anne, at her house in McLean.

On our first day adventure we started with a confusing ride on the subway. Our first stop was the Spy Museum. The museum was a cool experience but maybe a little better for older kids. Although the gift shop was a hit as is any gift shop with my kids. After that we moseyed over to the always exciting Archives Museum where Brooks and I tried to look entertained but without success. Robert kindly reminded me that I should be interested but I could not bring myself to find interest in an old, unreadable document, along with countless other documents that I did not feel like reading. It's not something I'm proud of but I just don't care for old archives. I've also never been a history buff. After that, we strolled over to the White House and the National Monument. And by strolled I mean, we switched back and forth carrying Brooks on our shoulders for a mile because she said her legs didn't work. After the monument it was time to wrap up the day and so we could awkwardly ride the subway back to Natalie's.

Our second day out proved to be much more of a success and way more entertaining for all of us. We started at the Museum of Natural History which was awesome. Once we had spent several hours looking at cool exhibits there, we headed onto the Capitol where we got a private tour thanks to Uncle Zach. Harrison was the most interested on our tour and asked question after question. Brooks had a million questions too but hers were mostly out of left field and left our tour guide, from Harvard I might add, feeling extremely confused. Harrison's questions were way more in line with actual history. And Robert, of course, was loving every minute and had many questions himself. I didn't have too many questions. Like I said, I'm not a history buff and I don't really like tours either. But the kids loved it so that made it fun. Plus, the artwork was outstanding. We wrapped up the day on a great note and spent our last night in DC hanging out and packing up the trailer and car for our 10 hour ride to Athens the next day.

Our way back to Athens included an extra traveler, cousin Davis, who managed to throw up while face timing his dad on the phone. This occurred an hour after Brooks had done the same thing but luckily no one was in mid conversation face timing her. Shockingly, other than a couple disgusting moments, the ride was quite pleasant with 3 kids. We were glad to have made the trip. It truly was a fun and memorable experience!