Cherry blossoms in Gettysburg near where President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.
Some of Robert E. Lee's actual items, located in the Gettysburg museum.
Gettysburg Address Memorial
The Wright Brothers plane in the Smithsonian 
Looking for fossils with a real life rocket scientist (paleontology is his hobby). Gray's favorite fossil? Coprolite. (Shark poop!)
Um, yeah. That's the real one.
I had to include this because it made me laugh so hard. We were on the Metro (subway) and the boys were sharing a seat. Riley started to tickle Gray's neck and every time he tried to stop Grayson would yell "Riley, keep tickling my neck!" in the near silent, yet very crowded train.
The White House, from a distance. Evidently there is some pretty tight security in those parts so we didn't make the effort to hike any closer than this. Hey, if we're not invited to sit in the Oval Office or around the dinner table with the Obamas than we'll just keep our distance altogether.
World War II Memorial. Absolutely beautiful!!
Washington Monument. Named after George Washington. ;)
The Lincoln Monument. From a distance...
And close up...
Grayson taking the time to crab-walk. He felt the need to do this quite often while we were touring, including in the National Archive building. Crab-walking his way right pass the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and Constitution.
And feeding the ducklings...
Umm, I can't remember where this was taken...
Changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. You absolutely MUST SEE this sometime in your life!
Dorothy's REAL life ruby slippers from the movie.
Grayson's REAL life sneakers. He took this picture himself, right after we saw Dorothy's, as if he was thinking "What's so special about these red ones? Mine are just as cool."
Lincoln's hat, yeah, the real one. Love the Smithsonian and all of it's authenticity. Grayson wasn't wearing a hat that day and thus had nothing to compare.
The Washingtons meet the Davis'. Taken at Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon- we thought we could "stop by" on our way home. Not so. You could spend an entire day in this place with all there is to see.
The view from the Washington's back porch, plus a gorgeous man and his kids.
George and Martha with their cute grand kids. Well, at least the boy. No disrespect Patsy.
Valley Forge, happened to come upon it on our way home. See? Planning a route home isn't always necessary. You never know what you'll stumble upon...
In Arlington Cemetery with the sites of D.C. in the background and a pretty darn awesome family in the foreground.
There are, of course, many more photos so if you did not get your fill, please come visit and we can enjoy hours of fabulous viewing together. We really did have an amazing time, even the 8 hour drive was enjoyable! This was one of my favorite vacation spots and we hope we can go again!
(Alright Jennie, there you have it. Now I am expecting a pretty darn awesome comment in return. Love ya!)
*The abundance of pictures of our third born is in no way an indication that he is the most loved and/or favored of our children. It is only proof that he loves the camera with all of his heart and we are all too happy to give in to his constant "Take my picture!" requests.