Saturday started out overcast and our first event of the day was to attend the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade. We met up with the entire Coleman clan on the steps of the Archives. One would think that would be a cool destination to view the parade--up on the stairs, above the street crowd--but one problem: Strollers. Good idea, but not easily executed. So we sat on the lower six stairs and our view was obstructed by the crowds up along the street.From left to right: Colleen and Cate Coleman, Kyle and Cate Jensen.
It's just like being at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade--big balloons! To the right is Bob the Builder, popular cartoon character on PBS.
After a couple of scattered showers enough to put a damper on our group of spectators, we decided to move along to our next destination--the National Zoo. This zoo is expansive. I wonder if we covered half of it. The Giant Pandas, a very popular exhibit, were out sunning themselves, despite the absence of sun. "Short" Cate is a huge fan of giraffes. This zoo has giraffes. However, they were on a "vacation" as their habitat was being reconstructed. She was disappointed, but was consoled as the zoo had her second favorite animal, zebras. We got up close to zebras as a couple of zookeepers fed them and educated us about their particular "breed". Here is a prairie dog "posing" for the camera.
The highlight had to have been the pizza playground. It's a nifty stop near the farm animals which demonstrates all the pizza ingredients that are mostly, or in part, produced from the farm. The kids tunneled through black olives, mounted a wedge of cheese, balanced on the crust, piled the pepperoni and mushrooms and stirred the pot of sauce. We parents caught our breath while the kids vented some of their energy.
After the zoo, we parted ways. Robert, Cate and Max sat together on the Metro for one leg of the trip home. Robert was sad we were splitting up, but was okay after we told him we would see him again the next day.
Once back on our "home" turf, we enjoyed dinner at the The Post Pub, got back to the hotel, where the kids unwound for a little bit. Once into bed, it didn't take long before they were truly out and in some extremely odd positions as evidenced here...
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