The
temperatures were up and the rain held off today so we were able to get out since
Baileigh is on the mend. We went down to the fairly new
National Harbor area to explore.
The Harbor area has a Gaylord Convention Center and several other nice hotels as well as a lot of shops and restaurants. It's a beautiful setting on the Potomac that looks across to DC and a few of the monuments in the distance.
There is an unusual sculpture in the marina...it essentially depicts a man
buried under the sand who is trying to get out. The kids thought it was funny, the adults thought it was disturbing.
The main reason we headed to the marina was the fact that Santa and his reindeer do an annual
water skiing show. There was also an appearance by the
Grinch and Frosty on a
wave runner.
The show...a little
anti climatic, maybe I was just cold, but the girls thought it was fun.
The crowd in front of the Gaylord waiting on the show...there were several news trucks covering the show, including CNN (must be a slow news day).
We had a few hours at home for some down time and then went to church for a Christmas Eve service.
In front of "the flower tree" according to
Mckenna.
We returned home for a late dinner and to open the official Christmas eve present. The girls are at the age where they don't seem to remember that they get pj's every Christmas eve...they
genuinely seemed surprised!
The matching
jammies.
They all ripped their clothes off and were ready for bed in record time!
I'm looking forward to tomorrow morning...all the girls are at such a great age and they are so excited. Here is wishing you a Merry Christmas!
The Harbor area has a Gaylord Convention Center and several other nice hotels as well as a lot of shops and restaurants. It's a beautiful setting on the Potomac that looks across to DC and a few of the monuments in the distance.
There is an unusual sculpture in the marina...it essentially depicts a man buried under the sand who is trying to get out. The kids thought it was funny, the adults thought it was disturbing.
The main reason we headed to the marina was the fact that Santa and his reindeer do an annual water skiing show. There was also an appearance by the Grinch and Frosty on a wave runner.
The crowd in front of the Gaylord waiting on the show...there were several news trucks covering the show, including CNN (must be a slow news day).
In front of "the flower tree" according to Mckenna.
We returned home for a late dinner and to open the official Christmas eve present. The girls are at the age where they don't seem to remember that they get pj's every Christmas eve...they genuinely seemed surprised!
The matching jammies.
They all ripped their clothes off and were ready for bed in record time!
I'm looking forward to tomorrow morning...all the girls are at such a great age and they are so excited. Here is wishing you a Merry Christmas!
2 comments:
Merry Christmas!
Sherry
when i worked in Princeton we took the 8th graders to see that statue every year on their class trip - the sculptor was from Princeton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(sculpture)
hope you all had a great holiday!
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