Riley's Trip To DC: Day 1

I don't even know where to begin...we had such a good time in DC.  I wish we could have stayed a couple more days to see the entire city.  Brett and I decided that we'll definitely be making a second trip to DC when Riley is old enough to truly appreciate all of the history.  Let's start from the beginning...

Day 1:

Wednesday morning we left our house around 8am in route to the Kansas City airport.  Our flight left at 1:45 pm, but we wanted to give ourselves enough time since we were traveling with a toddler.  Riley did great on the three hour car ride to KC.  I'm pretty sure the three hour loop of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse helped out a bit!  Getting checked in for the flight was much easier than we anticipated.  They let us check Riley's car seat and stroller free of charge for $60. It supposed to be free and they said that it was, but after getting home and checking our account there was an extra $60 charge.  So, calling Delta is on Brett's to-do list!  Thankfully, we didn't have a second extra charge for our flight home.  Riley did great on the plane ride.  She slept most of one entire flight and then watched Backyardigans and looked out the window the rest of the time.  No freak outs! 

We landed in DC around 6:40 pm.  Since our flights were so small we were able to get our baggage in about 5-10 minutes.  One of my best friends, Maria, and her family, Kevin and Maxx, drove up from West Virginia to join us on our trip.  Since they had their van they picked us up from the airport.  We decided to head straight to dinner since everyone was getting pretty hungry.  We chose a Cheesecake Factory that was near our hotel.  The kids loved sitting together.  There were plenty of high fives, back pats, thrown food, and even a broken plate (by Miss Riley)!  After a great dinner and conversation we headed straight to the hotel to get some sleep before our big day of sightseeing!

  

To be continued...