Road Trip to DC

Since we didn't make it to Disney this past week, we ended up scheduling a last-minute trip to Washington DC (hotel was booked a mere two days before our departure).  We headed out mid-morning on Thursday, stopped for lunch in Maryland (or it could've been Delaware... I lose track), which ended up being an hour and a half detour due to the multiple bathroom trips for the two kids.  Why is it that kids can't get all their business taken care of in one trip to the potty?  I took big sister K to the restrooms, brought her back to finish lunch with M, then took baby M to get his diaper changed, came back only to find out that big sister K had to use the bathroom again, then when we returned baby M pooped... and it's just a vicious cycle!  Oh the joys of parenthood!  In any event, we finally ended up in DC by mid-afternoon.  After checking in at the Hilton Garden Inn, we made a quick trip to the National Museum of Natural History.  Big sister K enjoyed seeing all the animals there, particularly the dinosaurs.  I was quite impressed that she was able to correctly name the different types, considering we never really talked about them at home... she knew T-Rex, Triceratops, and even pointed out which one was Stegosaurus.

Friday was spent mostly at the National Zoo.  Baby M napped briefly in the stroller after lunch, but big sister K didn't, so she was exhausted by the time we took the metro back to the Smithsonian museums.  We went to the National Air and Space Museum, but big sister K got fussy and wanted to leave, so our visit was cut short.  We then made our way to the flags that surround the Washington Monument... we had driven by it when we first got to DC on Thursday and for some reason, she was obsessed with the flags and kept wanting to go there.  The poor girl was so tired she fell asleep in the stroller on our way there.  I woke her up when we arrived.  After two days of asking to see the flags, she simply said, "Okay, I see them... we can go now."  Talk about anticlimactic...

I don't know if traveling with an active toddler boy is just asking for trouble, but I'm fearful of our next stay at a hotel room.  Last year when we went to Disney, baby M fell off the bed.  This time, he ran at full speed right into the corner of the bathroom door, resulting in a lot of crying and a huge bump/cut on his head (yes, ouch!).  Are all boys just naturally more injury-prone than girls, or is mine an exception?

Me and my babies lounging in the hotel room...

 Baby M asleep at the zoo: