Caroline Visits THE MALL...Washington, DC that is!

Memorial Day Weekend 2009: Our Trip to DC



What better way to honor the brave men and women who have fought for our country...so off to the monuments we went!



We drove into the city and unfortunately had to park a good distance from our attractions, but it was definitely good exercise. The BIGGEST problem is that it was HOT, HOT, HOT!!



We spent out day walking from monument to monument taking it all in. We all had a great time. Grandma and Grandad were along with us, which was nice. They had not been into the city since I was in Elementary school. And, I forgot to mention that this was Caroline's first visit into the city as well....well besides going to the ZOO. So, we tried to take in as much as we could. I think one of our highlights was seeing the fairly new WWII memorial...it is really beautiful!



Once we had seen all the memorials there were to see, we decided to go to a couple of the museums...that was a mistake! Let's just say, Memorial Day weekend in DC...LOT AND LOTS OF PEOPLE!! We hadn't really noticed how many people were in the city because we had spent most of the day outside at the memorials, having our picnic lunch and having an ice cream treat from a local street vendor. It was however THE MOTORCYCLE weekend. We had seen lots and lots of motorcycles, which Caroline LOVED watching them as they rode by.



So, we decided to call it a day and save the museums for another trip.



It was great to be in DC on such a Memorable occasion!

I hope you enjoy some of our pics from the day...Happy Memorial Day!



Love,

Caroline's Mommy

Washington Monument

Caroline with Grandma and Grandad.




Caroline with Mommy and Daddy.

The three of us again!

Grandma and Grandad.

The Korean War Memorial.

Grandma and Grandad in front of The Lincoln Memorial.

View of the Reflecting Pool and The Washington Memorial.

The Lincoln Memorial.

Our sweet little girl sitting on the steps inside the Lincoln Memorial...she looks so tiny here!
Honest Abe Lincoln Statue.

Mommy, Daddy and a squirmy Caroline in front of Abe Lincoln.

The Reflecting Pool.

Mommy, Daddy, and Caroline. And Caroline is waving Hi to the camera!

Grandma posing for the camera.

Daddy and Caroline walking hand and hand. How sweet!

World War II Memorial...probably my favorite...really beautiful!

World War II fountain.

more from the World War II Memorial

Grandma and Grandad at the World War II Monument.

Grandad, Mommy, and Caroline - WWII Memorial.
Grandad and Brian with the Jefferson Memorial in the background.

A duck that crossed our path...

Caroline reaching out to her new found friend...the duck.

Grandma and Caroline at our picnic.

Caroline sleeping through most of our picnic...hot and busy day!

Our picnic site.

Mommy and Daddy picnicking.

Grandad posing at our picnic site.

Now she's awake...Caroline posing at our picnic site with her lunch bag.

A cool girl pose from our Little Miss Caroline.

Mommy and Caroline waving to the Bikers...motorcyclists that is, she loved watching them ride.

Daddy and Caroline checkin' out the horse.

and another one...this one you can see the Jefferson Memorial in the background.

And one last shot of the Washington Memorial with many paddle boats in the basin.