The White House Easter Egg Roll

Our day started out bright and early. We had to wake up get ready and head to the metro station in greenbelt. Logan was really excited to ride the metro, it kind of looked like the Disneyland Monorail...

It was fun for the first few stops cause the metro is above the ground and it is fun to look outside at everything. There was a little airport at the college park stop, Logan loves airplanes.

Once we arrived, we still had to wait for our time to go through the gate to the White House. There were many tents set up in the ellipse, some served breakfast burritos, drinks, and raisins. There were also a bunch of toys for the kids to play with. Logan was so excited, especially after we bumped into Jeffy and Ethan, he just started running around and dancing.

When it was our time to go, we were herded into a big tent and led across the street to the entrance. It was set up a lot like airport security, there were a bunch of cops and metal detectors and bomb sniffing dogs, they sure worked a lot faster and more thorough than airport security.

On the back lawn of the White House there were tons of activities set up for the kids, and several stages where you could find exotic animals, circus clowns, magicians and the Jonas Brothers ( thank goodness we don't have a 13 year old girl) you would have thought they were the Beatles or something, girls screaming and chasing them around... There were also sections set up for kids to listen to stories being read by important people.

The egg roll was a lot of fun. Logan thought it was great that he could hit an egg around with a spoon with everyone cheering him on.

Amber is so funny, we had half a dozen people take our picture till she was satisfied with the final product. It still wasn't that great. It was funny how many people don't know how to take a picture. There we are standing in front of the White House and people would take our picture, totally cutting out the white house, and in one case, cutting off our heads... This will just have to do:)

The Marine Corps band was set up on the back patio and they were playing the music from Pirates of the Caribbean, The Incredibles, and The sound of Music. We loved listening to them play, we could have stayed all day. while we were enjoying the music, we caught glimpses of Laura Bush and Barbara Bush. On our way out, we came down a little hill and once he got down it, Logan decided that he wanted to go back up it and roll down it. Now just imagine there are 5,000 people trying to come down this hill and there is our son just pretending like he is the only one there, rolling down the hill. We were cracking up.

The blossom festival starts next week but there were already a few popping on the tree. Logan kept saying he wanted to eat them. We kept telling him that "popcorn popping" was just a song...

Last week when we checked the weather, it was supposed to snow today. It was a little cold, especially in the morning but it was a beautiful day.

Amber is a trooper. I cannot believe that she walked all that way, chasing a crazy kid and didn't give birth to Addy right there on the President's back lawn...

Here is a picture of our spoils. Pretty good prizes, books, recipes, eggs, a book mark...

Here is the wooden egg with the president's and first lady's signatures.