Diary of a vacation: the end
I was going to go into the last day and a half in more detail, but I just don't have the energy for it. When I got to the part where Aislinn spiked a 104 degree fever (axillary, which means technically it was probably 105) and we had to take her to the emergency room at 3 a.m., and that today, two days later and at home, she's still sickish, you would have understood.
Let me just hit highlights:
National Museum of American History. Always MY favorite. Audrey loved seeing Kermit the Frog and especially Dorothy's ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz.
I liked pretending to be FDR and reading a portion of his inaugural speech behind the presidential podium.
The carousel on the Mall: Audrey and I were first in line for our ride, so I made sure Audrey got the coveted lone dragon. It's appropriate: she's half Chinese and born in the year of the dragon, and it's a very Asian-looking dragon.
We also hit the National Air and Space Museum. We got a few pictures there, but I'm running out of time to post them right now. Audrey touched the moon rock. I went shopping in the museum store. Yadda yadda yadda...I didn't really like this one so much. I'm a bit spoiled having the best children's museum in the country right here in Indianapolis, so any other museum that tries to cater to kids automatically gets judged by its standards. I know Air and Space is supposed to be a hit with kids. Audrey did say she enjoyed it, but I didn't see that she really understood the "hands-on" things she was doing (or maybe it was just that I didn't understand them? Maybe it's just that I'm not a science person? Maybe...). Anyway, we finished that day with a seedy restaurant in Chinatown, very authentic and yummy. I'd tell you where to find it, but it's quite literally a hole in the wall, and did not seem to have an actual name.
And that night Aislinn got sick, and we flew home the next day.
Yesterday Aislinn seemed better, and she was fever-free last night, but this morning she was puny again. Attached to my breast ALL FREAKING MORNING. I'm not exaggerating. She's a little more chipper at the moment, but starting to get fussy. It's nap time. So off we go.
Let me just hit highlights:
National Museum of American History. Always MY favorite. Audrey loved seeing Kermit the Frog and especially Dorothy's ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz.
I liked pretending to be FDR and reading a portion of his inaugural speech behind the presidential podium.
The carousel on the Mall: Audrey and I were first in line for our ride, so I made sure Audrey got the coveted lone dragon. It's appropriate: she's half Chinese and born in the year of the dragon, and it's a very Asian-looking dragon.
We also hit the National Air and Space Museum. We got a few pictures there, but I'm running out of time to post them right now. Audrey touched the moon rock. I went shopping in the museum store. Yadda yadda yadda...I didn't really like this one so much. I'm a bit spoiled having the best children's museum in the country right here in Indianapolis, so any other museum that tries to cater to kids automatically gets judged by its standards. I know Air and Space is supposed to be a hit with kids. Audrey did say she enjoyed it, but I didn't see that she really understood the "hands-on" things she was doing (or maybe it was just that I didn't understand them? Maybe it's just that I'm not a science person? Maybe...). Anyway, we finished that day with a seedy restaurant in Chinatown, very authentic and yummy. I'd tell you where to find it, but it's quite literally a hole in the wall, and did not seem to have an actual name.
And that night Aislinn got sick, and we flew home the next day.
Yesterday Aislinn seemed better, and she was fever-free last night, but this morning she was puny again. Attached to my breast ALL FREAKING MORNING. I'm not exaggerating. She's a little more chipper at the moment, but starting to get fussy. It's nap time. So off we go.
posted by Andrea | 1:55 PM
4 Comments:
So sorry Aislinn got ill! I hope she's on the mend now.
Kaylee was our "whiney-walker" this summer in DC. The motivation of seeing the stegasaurus kept her going the first day. She was fightened of escalators at the beginning of the trip, but the Metro cured her of that.
Love the carousel picture!
That merry-go-round dragon is tops! Good mom, you, for getting her on the best-looking ride around.
Yes, we've been to the Children's museum in Indy, and it is the best, no comparison.
Seems like you need a vacation from your vacation. Ain't that the way it goes too often?
Carissa, I remember you once commenting on how you liked to imagine Keithen enjoying himself on the carousel at TCM, and this one of Audrey made me think of that. Such delight!
MrsDOF, you've been to TCM yourself! Way cool. So you know. And yes, a vacation from my vacation would be just grand. Unfortunately, life calls...
Thanks for sharing your vacation pics! Sorry they were tainted with sick kid. That's the worst.
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