Boys Like Planes, Trains, & Space Stuff.

I’m just getting around to some family photos from a few months ago and ran into this of Dino riding the Metro in Washington DC. It was from a quick trip the Air and Space museum. He was so content as we took the 30 minute ride from Franconia-Springfield into the heart of the city.

We had borrowed a two-seater stroller from our friends that live in the area, but upon arrival at the Metro station we learned it had a flat tire. I convinced Heidi that we should still proceed with the trip because I was certain that they would have some type of stroller available for rent like they do at the Virginia Zoo – they don’t.

The following hour at the Air and Space museum was chaotic and stressful. Dino didn’t understand why he couldn’t climb into the lunar lander exhibit and play with “Buzz Lightyear.” I didn’t realize that there wasn’t plexiglass under the bars setup around the exhibit and he made a break for it. Luckily, I am quicker and smarter than our 2 year old…or so he let’s me believe.

We pulled our family off to the side to regroup and then decided that the hands-on area was much safer for us. Dino was really excited about walking through the partial innards of DC-7 and I tried to tell him about how I flew on a DC-3 owned by MFI out of Haiti after the riots last December…he wasn’t impressed and ran around to get back in line to go through the plane exhibit again.

Looking back at the few photos I took and remembering the day made me glad we went. It was pretty stressful, but we survived and learned quite a bit about how toddlers behave in museums. I leave you with the following photo and a quote from the popular children’s movie, Toy Story.

“Reach for the sky!” – Woody