Trip, interrupted

I took the boys to DC to visit a good friend and her husband this weekend, since Greyson had spring break last week. Turns out, it's only a 6 hour trip including stops, which for us (and our trusty DVD players) is not bad. We left Thursday afternoon, and the plan was to go downtown Friday morning to see the monuments and cherry blossoms and avoid the heaviest crowds, then something away from downtown that afternoon. Saturday we were going to the Udvar-Hazy Center (part of the National Air and Space Museum, near Dulles Airport in Virginia) in the morning and then to see a children's theater production of Heidi in Bethesda in the afternoon. Then we'd come back home Sunday during the day. However, both weather and kids' illnesses changed our plans somewhat. Here's what we did instead:

Friday am: It rained, so we saw the Monsters and Aliens movie (cute, kids liked it, just OK for adults).

Friday pm: After lunch the weather had cleared up enough, so we headed downtown on the Metro and walked around near the tidal basin (saw the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial from a distance - even on a cloudy and very windy day the blossoms are beautiful) and walked around in the WWII memorial (Greyson is doing a power point presentation on D-Day, so we got some great pics for that). Reece was acting droopy and felt warm by then, and by the time we got back he just wanted to sleep. He woke twice in the night and ended up sleeping with me.

Sat. am: We all slept late Sat. morning and missed the chance to do both things in the time frame we had. Reece was still not feeling well, and I was tired from interrupted sleep. So we decided we'd leave in the afternoon to head home rather than try to drag Reece places while sick. The Tylenol had kicked in enough that we went to a playground to get some exercise and fresh air (it was sunny and 65, although very windy still).

Sat. pm: Had a yummy pizza lunch and then packed up to leave. Turns out it was the right choice, because every time the drugs wore off Reece, he was hot and lethargic again. We got home about 9pm, and Reece ended up sleeping with me but still woke twice and was inconsolable for a while both times. Dan let me sleep in this morning, and we had nothing planned for today anyway, so we were able to have a relaxing day. Reece even got to eat lunch on a tray in the living room.

Even with only one day between drives, I'm glad we went. We're hoping to get back soon to see more of the DC sights when it's not peak visitor time. And maybe next time we'll plan far enough in advance that Dan can come, too!