Birthday Trip: Air & Space

Each year, during the boys' birthday week, we take a little trip. Usually it's to the beach, but this year we got crazy and switched things up a little by heading to D.C. and visiting the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. It did not disappoint! Both boys are fascinated with airplanes and since visiting the museum are equally as interested in spaces ships and anything space related.

We headed down on a Friday evening to D.C. so we would have the whole day to explore the museum. We stayed a few blocks from the museum so we didn't have to drive once we were there. Both boys love staying hotels and the adventure that comes with it. Both boys slept in Saturday morning with having a late night before. We got to the museum around 11am and called it a day around 4pm. There was so much to see and do there, we got around about half of the museum and we watched a 3D movie on space, which I think was the highlight for both of the boys. The number of airplanes exceeded our expectations, getting to touch a piece of the moon and the kids hands on area made for a wonderful day and lifelong memory for all of us.

We contemplated taking a bus tour of D.C. on the Sunday but the boys, and I, were completely exhausted so we scratched that idea. Instead we drove by the White House and some of the monuments before heading to Georgetown for lunch by the river to round out our trip.