Dulles Air and Space Museum

This post comes up over and over again because we just absolutely love this place.  While Seth was out of preschool for a while we were looking for things to get us out of the house.  I found out that some friends of mine had NEVER been to the Dulles Air and Space museum so I thought it was my responsibility to introduce them.  It was love at first sight, right Mary and Maricel?  Every time we take someone to this museum they end up coming back very soon after with their entire family.  So if you are ever in the DC area find some of the museums off the beaten path.

Anyway, so us along with the Ellsworths, Morgans, and Killions headed to Virginia for a day of planes, shuttles, helicopters and McDonalds.

Lizzie and Seth.  Aren't they cute!

This we the best we got for a group picture.  It actually says a lot about this group.

Part of the Transformer 2 movie was done here.  The kids had fun watching it on the tv.

Kate and Andelyne decided to get themselves stuck.

Andelyne loved the space to run and I loved that there were no people here, I could see her from very far away and there was so much ambient noise that the kids could be as loud as they wanted and it didn't bug anyone.

Once again an attempted shot.  Andelyne loved the freedom and would stay still.

You see where Andelyne is headed?  Well that roped off section around the shuttle means nothing to a one year old who just walks right under it.

This is a picture of her under the space shuttle!!!!  I am quickly snapping shots while coaxing her back to me.  The picture is bad, but I had to put it in.  I finally got her out and a few minutes later and gentleman came up to me to tell me Andelyne had set off the silent alarms.  They had watched the whole thing unfold from a security room.  That's my little girl.

Yeah, she was under that big thing!

There were helicopters to look at too.

This is pretty much what the museum is, but for this age group this is he perfect place.

There is a little plane the kids can get in and pretend to fly.  Here are pilot Desmond and Seth.

  

At the end we headed up to the observation/control tower.  I was kind of an overcast day, but the views were still nice.

What completes this prefect museum is the McDonalds they have.  What a wonderful way to end the trip.

On the way out.

Andelyne and Kate we exhausted at this point, but both handled their exhaustion very differently.  Andelyne just wanted blanky and binki and Kate just wanted out.

Thanks for another great day Dulles Air & Space!