Washington DC: Smithsonian National Zoo

DC is very different from Williamsburg.  We were staying in the middle of the city, everything was busy and noisy, and we had to walk through crowds to get to our meals and anywhere else we wanted to go.  Hurry and I love walking through crowded cities when it's just the two of us, but it's definitely a bit more stressful with three littles in tow!  The kids did an awesome job overall, and aside from one night of throwing up (by our eldest who never gets sick), and one morning of snow, everything went pretty smoothly.

Since all the Smithsonian museums and such are free, we wanted to try and do as many things as possible. Our first day in the city the kids and I went to the zoo.  We got there around 11:30, left around 4:30, and aside from a quick lunch break were on our feet walking the entire time.  And...we just barely had enough time to see everything.  It was very well laid-out, and we especially enjoyed the reptile and bird houses.

The next morning in our hotel room we did some nature notebooking, and this was my attempt at a peacock :)