Go Fly a Kite

The classic pillow mint shot has now become a vacation tradition.

Probably won't be as cute when she's a teenager.

Last weekend we went down to Washington DC to see the cherry blossom festival and the kite festival. Our first stop was the National Mall.  From our parking spot Bridget spotted the carosel across the mall and B-lined it over there. She didn't really want to go on it she just wanted to look at it and wave at everyone.

Washington monument

We let Bridget run all over the place, around the monuments and the the White House.

She insisted on climbing on all of the fences around the White House. The secret service had their eye on her.

Watching the ducks on the way to the Lincoln Memorial.

She insisted on climbing all of the steps herself.

Then once inside the the Lincoln Memorial she made herself comfortable under the Gettysburg Address.

So if you've noticed we haven't put any pictures of the cherry blossoms up that's because there weren't any. Because of the warm winter and spring the blossoms were out 2-3 weeks ago despite the best predictions.

Well, at least the kite festival pulled through. The festival takes place on the Washington Memorial hill and everyone brings their own kites to fly. There were a ton of kites. Once the kite is in the air it doesn't do that much but there is something so fun about flying a kite.

The highlight of the festival was the rokkaku kite battle where teams flying large rokkaku kites tried to use their kites to cut the strings of the other kites. It was pretty exciting to watch and one of the best parts was watching the teams run around the field trying to circle their line around the other kites.

It was a pretty windy day so there was a steady line at the kite doctor.