Family Vacation, Days 3-5

After two whirlwind days in Washington, D.C., we decided to take the next few days for a little down-time. First we finished out our D.C. part with a trip to the National Zoo. It was hard to believe it was free for all we got to see! It was a ton more walking than we thought!
We saw elephants.

We saw lots of monkeys. (Or we acted like them...)

Pandas were a favorite, even though we only saw one, and it was far away.

And one last family photo before Grandma & Grandpa headed back home.

Then we drove about an hour to a new Air BnB, in a city near Baltimore. It was a good deal and we thought it would be nice to get away from the bigger city for a few days at the end of our vacation, and see different things. This house was really kid-friendly and they even had out toys for the kids to play with. They had a huge bedroom of their own, tons of Legos, and even movies to enjoy.

We spent a whole day not doing much. We did enjoy fast food lunch at Chick Fil a and then went to a playground, but mostly just played around the house. Then the following day we went into Baltimore, the Inner Harbor area and went to a Science Museum. The kids really enjoyed this even more than the one in D.C. that we went to. There was many hands-on exhibits here.

Andrew enjoyed being a paleontologist.

Jacob sat in a dinosaur footprint.

Abi lay on a bed of nails! 

And then built a giant tower of foam bricks.

Of course Jacob always loves the water table and played there at least half an hour. There was a lot of other fun things they enjoyed, too!

And we spent a little time taking in the sun on the Harbor for the last part of our epic family vacation!