Cherry Blossom Festival- Take One

The weather and our timing did not coincide this year for the Cherry Blossom Festival. We woke up on the day of the opening ceremonies and looked outside. It was not only dreary, but cold as well. We decide to go ahead and drive to DC anyway because they were having children's activities inside the National Building Museum and thought the boys might enjoy it.



At the Target booth, the boys each made a mini-kite and Mikie colored the Target Dog hat which he will never wear. We watched a dance group perform to Japanese music and got free flowers to plant from the Home Depot booth.



Since the cherry blossoms weren't even close to peak color and the weather was nasty, we decided to take the boys to look at the trains in the National History Museum. Of course, they had a great time seeing which train they would find next.

Here we are in front of "Henry". Mikie didn't want his picture taken.

Here is "Flora"


On the way back to the metro, Michael took us through a little park behind the Smithsonian. I was pleasantly surprised to see PINK trees! Apparently, the dogwood trees were at their peak bloom and we were able to get some really cute pictures. (If you can look past the winter coats and think about Spring)

There was one weeping cherry tree that was the hot spot for photographs that day. Mikie was in a very ornery mood as you can see.

Brothers are the best! Zachary adores Mikie and is always copying everything he does.

A short video that sums up the day perfectly.