DC: The National Arboretum

On Saturday the weather significantly warmed back up, so I decided to drive the kids over to the National Arboretum - just on the outskirts of town.  They were really craving some green space, and even though the ground was saturated from the rains the day before, they played and played and played in the gardens and open fields.

One cool thing about the arboretum is that a pair of bald eagles are currently nesting in the park.  We didn't get to see the actual eagles, but we did get to see their nest (from quite far away).

We waited at this fence a good while to see if the eagles would return to their nest.  Alas they did not.

The kids favorite part of the arboretum was the bonsai house.  They couldn't wait to tell Hubry all about the tiny trees so beautifully tended.

The entrance to the bonsai room

Songbird practicing her photography skills

"Mom, take a picture of me by this beautiful rock!"

Finally we meandered out to the original columns of the National Capital.  The Capital building required new pillars in the mid 1900's, so they eventually decided to move the old ones to a grassy meadow at the National arboretum.