Vacation!- Henry.

While we were living it up at home, mama took a plane and a train to Maryland to see Miss Leah.

On Saturday, they headed into DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Mama was happy there was a parade with balloons.

Not as big as Macy's, but she was still impressed with the Examiner's mascot dog.

The Nationals brought out all their celebrities, including President Washington.

Kermit came.

But the real highlight was seeing Justin Guarini. You may remember his as the runner up on the first American Idol. Papa says he was also in a movie called Justin and Kelly that didn't make very much money when he worked at the movie theater.

We visited the White House. If you look closely, you can see that Miss Leah is also full with child. She's due 4 weeks before our baby is due. The main problem of getting two pregnant ladies together was that most of the day was spent looking for bathrooms. You can't take these people anywhere.

There was a Japanese festival that was really packed. Mama saw this train set, complete with Godzilla attacking the city. She also managed to get some gelato, though she was too late to get it served in a tiny pineapple.

Miss Maggie braved an afternoon of searching for port-a-potties to spend it with mama and miss Leah. We basked in the sun in front of the Washington Memorial.

And took a walk around the Tidal Basin to visit the Jefferson Memorial.

They looked for the fabled cherry blossoms, but the weather had been so warm that the blossoms were gone. Mama did spot one branch.

They spent the rest of the weekend hanging out and doing grown-up things that kids don't like. They ate at restaurants way past bedtime, shopped, and went out for ice cream.

On Monday, Miss Leah had to go to class, so mama headed downtown to do some sight-seeing. She spent the morning at the Holocaust Museum. She's been wanting to see it, but obviously it wasn't somewhere she could go with kids. It was a great museum, but emotionally draining. After that, she headed over to the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Not exactly a heavy place. She got to see Apolo Ohno's speed skate.

Kermit the Frog.

Lincoln's hat.

And Minnie Pearl's hat. How-deee!

On the way out she saw the Woolworth counter from Greensboro, NC. It was the site of the first historic sit-in that were an instrumental part of the civil rights movement.

Mama had a great time in DC, but was glad to get home to her own bed and her two non-stop talking kids. Thanks for the fun weekend, Miss Leah!