Mr. Alek goes to Washington

Last Friday, Kevin, Alek and I headed to the Frank Foundations annual Yolka Festival at the Russian Embassy. This was the second time for Alek and I and Kevin's first. Maks stayed home with Granny during the day and then Grammom and Poppy came up to stay over with him. I know they all enjoyed it.

Alek had such a blast at the Festival, he loved the singers and was mesmerized by the performance. At the end he was out on the dance floor in a flash dancing with the performers to ABBA's Dancing Queen, he is not shy at all. One of them had him on their shoulders. He is truly a trip.
Kevin enjoyed himself and thought it was a really neat event. We hope to keep it an annual trip for our family.
Afterwards we headed back to the hotel for a swim, which of course Alek loved and pitched a fit when it was time to get out. He thought it was neat staying in a hotel and really had a good time.

The next morning we hit the town. We walked on the Mall and went and saw the Washington Monument. While there a big military helicopter flew over us close and then landed at the White House, it stayed for about ten minutes and took off again, flying right above us, it was pretty cool, we were wondering who was in there?
We also walked to the WWII Monument which is beautiful, I hadn't seen that one before and was very impressed. I took pictures for my Grammom of the whole monument, mainly focusing in on the Phillipines and New Guinea where my Pop had been stationed. I am sure she will love them.
Then it was on to the Vietnam Memorial (Kevin had never seen it), he was impressed.
We walked back down the Mall and planned on the Air and Space Museum for Alek, but due to no water pressure the Museum was closed. There were alot of bummed kiddos standing outside. Thankfully Alek is still clueless with that stuff. So we headed home in hopes to beat any Ravens traffic.
It was definitely an enjoyable trip. It was so great to see Maks again and he was all smiles. Next year he will definitely come along for the fun!

Unfortunately the night ended with the Eagles blowing it. Oh well, we are from Philly, we are used to sporting disappointment! There is always next year.....

Monday, January 15, 2007