Our trip to DC

Last week was a school holiday so we headed to DC. It's a far drive from Boston, but luckily our boys were entertained by several DVDs in the car. I remember lengthy drives to Halifax and Chicago when I was a kid, before DVDs, and I have no idea how my parents survived. I'm pretty sure that my brother and I were the biggest back-seat fighters ever, though my two kids do their best to rival us for that title. Anyhow, let's just say that I love whoever created the ability for kids to watch movies in the backseat. It is probably saving their lives.

We stayed at a huge hotel that had a pool that wasn't open, had free wifi only in the lobby and gave free breakfasts for the adults. It wasn't quite what we expected, but it worked out. Thankfully, I packed camping mattresses because, even though the kids said they would be fine sharing a bed, that only lasted two nights and we were there for 4 - not to mention a night on the way down in another hotel and a night on the way back in yet another hotel. I have a lot of little bottles of shampoo, conditioner and body lotion from this trip.

Overall, some of the sights we saw included a Capitol Hill tour (very cool - we sat in the actual seats of the congressmen and women...), strolling the Mall, Smithsonian Air & Space (both at the Mall and at Dulles airport) and the International Spy Museum. That last one was my fav but people weren't allowed to take pics, so I have no visual evidence that I was even there. I was a little hesitant about taking the boys because now they have a whole new bunch of stealth tactics to choose from, including crawling through duct work and hiding in with their surroundings. But they still laugh loudly while doing it, so I think my secrets are safe.

Other news of note: Kid#2 turned 7 while on the trip and is feeling all big and tall and proud of himself. We came home in time for Easter Sunday. At 8:30pm Saturday night, after putting the kids to bed, hubby looked at me and said "So... about Easter..." whereupon I showed him the bag of plastic Easter eggs, each one filled with Easter candy, all ready for us for the Easter Bunny to hide. He is so lucky to have married me - or else he'd be running out in the middle of the night for Easter provisions. Honestly, you all should email him and tell him how lucky he is.

Easter Sunday started off too early with Kid#2 waking at 5:50am. We convinced him to wait until 7am but I doubt he went back to sleep. He found most of his eggs before Kid#1 even opened a single eyelid. And they're pretty much on continuous sugar highs ever since.

Today, Monday, is back at school and I'm wading through approximately 24 gazillion emails. And realizing that we only have about 2 more months in this apartment before we move to another one for July. And then we had back to Kingston. So much still to do here, but I'm also looking forward to being home again.