The very next weekend after the beach/Daytona, we packed up again and headed to DC for the weekend. Back in June, an American Girl Store opened up, so we decided to take Boo to celebrate what an awesome job she did in school this year! She was over the moon excited about going to the store! Her eyes lit up and she didn't know where to start, once we got into the store. She picked out a new doll, some clothes for her doll, clothes for another doll she already had at home, and a shirt for herself. She LOVED LOVED LOVED this store, but I have to be honest and say I was quite disappointed in it. Having been to the AG store in NYC, nothing compares to it...I guess Boo and I will have to venture to NYC to see the "real" AG store:)
The next morning, we headed out to the National Mall. Mackenzie can tell you all about Lincoln, so our first stop was the Lincoln Memorial. Zach was like Rocky climbing those stairs:) Oh, and another cool thing we saw was Obama! OK, we didn't really "see" him, but we saw his helicopters taking him to the airport! We were walking towards the Lincoln Memorial, and you could hear the helicopter coming so we stopped to look! Greg asked if I thought Obama was on it and I said "if he is, then there should be another helicopter coming very close behind it because they always fly 2 helicopters for safety." As soon as I said that, here comes the second helicopter. (And for those no-sayers, if you google to see if Obama was in dc on July 9th, it will tell you that he left the south lawn in Marine One to head towards Camp David...so YES, we saw Obama:) Back to Lincoln...after we walked around for a bit, we grabbed a snack and took a quick break, and then started the almost 2 mile walk to the Air and Space Museum. It was so hot outside, but with just a few stops in the shade, we made it! Zach LOVED all the air planes in the museum. It was really neat to watch him take it all in. Boo, liked it as well, but being my daughter, she was ready for the gift shop and to find a place to eat:) We spent almost 2 hours at the museum and then had a quick bit to eat at the McDonald's (which the kids will tell you was the coolest part of the museum!).
The next place that Mackenzie wanted to go was Georgetown Cupcakes...the cupcake store that is on the TLC show called "DC Cupcakes." It was a very short drive from the National Mall, so we went. We really lucked out that there was no line, because we have heard stories of the line being wrapped around the block! We took lots of pictures and $17.00 later, we left DC Cupcakes with 1/2 dozen cupcakes! Greg liked his cupcakes, Boo didn't like her's, mine was ok, and Zach the true food lover that he is, took one bit and said it was disgusting and threw his away! These cupcakes were made from fancy ingredients and I think that threw the kids off. I myself have had much better cupcakes (like Magnolia bakery in NYC...)but Boo really wanted to see the shop and it was so worth it!!
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