Vacations

Well, we finished our vacations over a month ago, so I guess it's time to write something down before I forget.
We went to Niagara Falls over Memorial Day weekend. We stayed in Canada and had a great time. The Falls are awesome! We got there Fri. night just in time to see the fireworks over the Falls. They are also illuminated at night, so that was cool too. The boys were very impressed! We drove by the Falls several times and Hudson became very enamored with them. That was when he first started saying "Waah!" for "water". We also drove to Lake Ontario, which was beautiful! The first time we went was on Sun. and they're were a ton of sailboats out. The water was so clear! We had a picnic and the boys threw rocks in the lake. We also visited Marineland, which is a watered down version of Sea World, but they had great kids rides. The boys had a blast! Even Hudson got to ride some rides. We watched the whale show and got drenched from standing in the soak zone. I never knew you actually got that wet! It was unbelievable!
Our second trip took us to NYC, Philly and DC. It was a great trip! Hard to believe, but I think we enjoyed ourselves the most in NYC. I was terrified of trying to keep track of all 3 of them, but they were great and it wasn't a problem at all. We took a boat tour around the island and saw the Statue of Liberty. The boys loved the boat and they enjoyed seeing the Statue of Liberty. We also visited the Intrepid, Central Park and The Museum of Natural History. We stayed across the Hudson, so we took the bus into the city via the tunnel and then took the subway.
Philadelphia was a little more challenging transportation wise, but we figured it all out for day 2. We took a horse drawn carriage around Liberty Park and the surrounding historical area, saw the liberty bell, visited Independence Hall and the Ben Franklin Museum, and rode the trolley around the city.
DC was our last stop and by then we had some weary travelers. We rode on an open top bus tour the first day and visited the Lincoln Memorial and The Air and Space Museum. The second day, we started at The National Archives. What a nightmare! We stood in line for 2 hours, to get in, and then spent about 30 seconds looking at the documents. Then we went to The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and left the city around 5:00 pm. We had dinner with one of Tony's aunts and then headed back home. We stopped near Shanksville, PA for the night, so we visited the United Flight 93 Memorial the next morning before heading home. It was a busy week, but the boys did great! We were all very tired and happy to be home.