Moonlight Trolley Tour of Washington

Everyone standing in front of the Washington Monument on our Moonlight Trolley Tour. It was pretty cold but we all had winter hats and mittens and it was a bright beautiful night to see all the sights in DC> The kids had a blast. These are just some highlights of the 3 hour tour.

I never take pictures without people in them but this was too beautiful to pass up. We had a full moon to view all the sights by. You can't really see it but there is a Marine Corp troop on the steps doing drills. Very cool!

Peter and Molly got matching rings in Union Station!

Everyone getting ready to leave on the Trolley Tour - the kids were SO excited and had a great time. As usual, Ann was amazing. She got loaded and unloaded onto the trolley and into her stroller ten times and never made a peep even though it was threee hours past her bedtime!

The Lincoln Memorial - the kids loved running up and down all the steps!

Outside the Lincoln Memorial! If you ever get the chance to do the moonlight trolley tours it is really worth it.

Peter was very touched by the Vietnam Memorial. He kept saying that he was happy that Papa didn't die when he was a soldier. When we got to the top of the Vietnam Memorial we said a prayer thanking God for keeping Papa and all of our soldiers safe. Pete said this was the best part of the tour if it wasn't a little bit sad!

Peter looking at the list of names of people who died in the Vietnam War. Seeing the size of those books is pretty incredible. He said when he was older he was going to brig Papa here so they could talk about it together!

The Vietnam War Memorial statue.

The kids expending some energy climbing a tree - in the background you can see the Washington Monument and the Capital.
The kids sitting on FDR's lap at the FDR Memorial.

Hamming it up with Daddy at the FDR Memorial.

My beautiful kids with Eleanor Roosevelt.

Molly-girl saw the White House lights on and commented that President Bush was home and probably reading before bed like Mommy does. Then she konked out to the point where we could not wake her to get her in the cab for the trip home.

The Museum of Natural History is closed for renovations right now so we are deciding on the zoo or another museum for tomorrow afternoon and then a colleague gave us some tickets for free stuff at the ESPN Zone so we might head there for dinner. Saturday we are going to get back in the car and pray for less traffic and lots of patience as we head home to help the Easter Bunny prepare for Easter morning. At least I get to dress the kids up for a day!

I did my presentation this morning and got rave reviews. After being up all night with Molly throwing up I suddenly didn't really care all that much about the presentation so I was very relaxed and probably gave my best one yet! At least that's over and I can relax until the next time! Bob and I love being in Washington - what a great city to be in with the kids - every few feet there is something to see and everything seems to have some special signifigance.