Playing Hookie for the Day

On a spur of the moment idea Tuesday afternoon, I mentioned to the girls about Nina taking the day off school on Wednesday and heading downtown for the day.  They were both super excited with that plan, so we asked our neighbor friends if they wanted to play hookie with us (which they did) then set out yesterday morning for some fun in the city. I knew the cherry blossoms were past their peak, but I figured we’d find some still blooming.  Plus, it was a beautiful day to walk around, climb trees, have a picnic, etc., so that’s what we did. 

 

The thing Nina was most looking forward to was finding some good trees to climb.  The girl LOVES to climb.  Since there were plenty of good trees for that, she spent a large amount of her time in the trees.

    

We picnicked across the street from the Jefferson Memorial in a shady spot filled with trees still in bloom.  It was an awesome place to eat, relax, make flower bouquets, and climb.

 

After lunch, we checked out the Jefferson Memorial.  The girls loved sitting high on the memorial platforms that look out over the steps, the paddle boaters, Tidal Basin, etc.  We stayed there for awhile feeding a few ducks that came by, looking for little fish, snacking, and enjoying the sights and sun.

    

 

After leaving the Jefferson Memorial, we continued walking the circle around the Tidal Basin back to our starting point.  Along the way, we checked out the MLK Jr. Memorial, climbed some more trees, and fed some more ducks. 

Just before we got back to the car, we came upon a tulip flower garden.  The flowers were so beautiful and in full bloom, so of course we all loved taking in the beautiful flowers.  Once we finally made it back to the car, it was late afternoon and we were hot, tired, happy, and very very very dirty.  A picture wouldn’t have even done justice to how dirty the girls were, but sometimes that’s just a sign of a good time, and a good time they had.  My neighbor and I enjoyed hearing all the little comments the girls made to each other about how much more fun they were having exploring in DC than all their friends were having sitting in school.  It really was a great day and one that I’ll remember for a long time.