Washington DC and the Circus!

So our first week in Northern VA was definitely a challenge as we all adjusted to our new arrangement. Nick is in Scranton, PA Monday through Thursday and then he drives down here on Thursday evening and then he works from his dad's office on Friday and then drives back to PA on Sunday night. It works for now.

On Wednesday of last week I decided we all needed to get out of the house and have a little adventure. We drove in to D.C. and went to the Museum of Natural History. I hadn't been in there in quite sometime and so it felt like a brand new experience to me. I know I have been there but I honestly didn't remember anything except the Hope Diamond. Isabella loved all the animals and the dinosaur bones and she loved the giant whale suspended from the ceiling. It was a freezing cold day, so cold I actually turned in my flip flops for shoes before getting out of the car (I know, it must have been really cold). We stayed there for about 2 hours or so before heading back to be home for afternoon nap. It was a good day.

We did spend a lot of time hanging around the house last week too though. Isabella was sticking stickers all over herself and then decided Jack should join in the fun!





On Friday we went to the mall just to get out of the house. Isabella had a little breakdown in the parking lot saying she needed to "go to the white mall" and then describing all these things about our mall in GA. I admit, I got a little upset too, because of course I was missing our old home too. We mustered up the courage to head in to the new mall :) and we had a lot of fun. We rode this little train that they have that runs through the mall. Then we went up to the food court and got some lunch and then Isabella rode the carousel up there. She loved that and it was only 1.50 for a ride. I think she found she liked the new mall just fine.
On Sunday we went to the Big Apple Circus. It a non-profit organization and they put on a great circus and do special programs for children as well. It was the perfect size circus for Isabella and Bello the clown was really good. He was the star of their show. Apparently his family has been in the circus business for 7 generations, over 200 years!! Wow! They use dogs in their show as well and all the dogs the use are rescue dogs from shelters all over the country. Very cool I thought!










As you can see we tried to keep busy and all in all it was a good week. We have had great weather so far this week so we spent yesterday at the park and hope to do so again today!