Here we are...

We took the red-eye to Dulles on Friday night. We arrived at SFO three hours early for our flight. I gave the boys their backpacks at dinner – pizza at the food court. The backpacks went over really well. They kept the boys entertained until our flight. We also visited the Kids Zone, which is a play area at the SFO airport. There were a lot of small children playing at 9 pm at night. The boys got to run around, and the time between arrival and our flight literally flew.

I had hoped that the boys would sleep on the flight, but they were too excited. They ended up falling asleep two hours into the flight and slept for two and half hours total. When they announced we were landing in a half an hour, I wished we had a couple more hours. They slept for a tiny bit on the car ride to their grand parents house… but clearly not enough.

Saturday we spent the afternoon with family. We were also able to get four-hour naps in, and then get the boys down at around 11 pm ET (which wasn’t too bad).

Now it is Monday and I feel like both of them are on a schedule, and aren’t overly tired.

Today we went to the zoo. We made the mistake in parking in Parking Lot C, which requires an uphill climb with stairs. We powered through it with the stroller, but for future visits to the National Zoo be warned when there is a sign that says no handicap access, that stroller access might also be difficult.

The weather was fabulous, and Caleb especially enjoyed seeing the animals. We were sad that the giraffe exhibit was closed, while the zoo is expanding the elephant exhibit. We were happy to see the elephants, lions, tigers, reptiles and the pandas.

The National Zoo is on a hill, so it was a good thing that we had a stroller with us. Two might have been better, but we made do. We also ran into another little boy in Caleb’s class at daycare. Small world.

Tomorrow it is off to Wheaton Regional Park which has a miniature train and carousel. Then dinner with some old friends in Frederick, MD.