While we didn’t travel anywhere during spring break (as has been the case to date for all other spring breaks), we still wanted the girls to experience some non-routine events.
Sunday: We took a ride towards Frederick, Maryland. Our first stop was to a small town Walkersville, where we took a scenic train ride on Walkersville Southern Railroad through town. 
We had a special guest appearance by the Easter Bunny. The train ride was only somewhat scenic and definitely overpriced, but the girls enjoyed it and loved the Easter Bunny. In fact, this is as close to the Easter Bunny that our girls have ever been; it was pretty cool to see their excitement, even Emerson was excited!
After the train ride, we drove to downtown Frederick where we ate a yummy lunch at JoJo’s Restaurant and Tap House followed by a little shopping! 
The town was cute and the employees of the stores were incredibly nice. It was a cold day but we had fun…and despite the cold we still ate ice cream outside from the Pop Shop!
Monday: Monday was routine mixed with some non-routine. Jana had all three girls for the entire day. The day started with homework in the morning followed by a picnic lunch at Meadownlane, where the girls played for awhile afterwards. Jana treated the girls to a donut from Safeway after the park.
Tuesday: Jana took the girls to see Sherlock Gnomes at Reston Town Center. Tuesdays at that theatre is “Super Tuesday” so movie tickets all day long are $7. There is a service charge too so in actuality the ticket price is closer to $8 a ticket, but still much cheaper than a normal ticket price! After the movie, the girls went to lunch at Ted’s Bulletin. They had a fun day!
Wednesday: My parents had given the girls a coupon to the Baltimore Aquarium for Christmas. Wednesday they cashed in on that prize! My parents picked them up at 9:15 in the morning and they spent the day at the Aquarium followed by dinner at Tequila Grande and shaved ice and custard at Rita’s. The girl’s favorite part of the aquarium was the dolphin show.
Thursday: We had intended to see The Cherry Blossoms; however, some really cold weather the last few weeks delayed the peek blossom date several weeks. The delay of the bloomed trees, coupled with the ground being so wet from the rain Wednesday, we didn’t think our picnic along the Tidal Basin was the right thing to do for the day. We decided it would be Mt. Vernon for the day! Emerson and Avery were ecstatic about going. They have been learning about George Washington and some of the other U.S. Presidents in school so they were thrilled to be able to make the visit.
I was pretty impressed at how captivated they were the entire visit. Harper had a full-blown temper tantrum at one point, but besides that, the girls were really well behaved. The whole ride home they sang together and Avery and Emerson even quizzed one another on the spelling of words. I told Justin I would definitely be interested in purchasing an annual membership if it was something the girls stayed interested. There was so much to do and see there!
After visiting Mt. Vernon, we decided to head back towards home…we went out for an early dinner at Cooper Hawk Winery followed by a little shopping and dessert in Reston Town Center.
Friday: The girls had a fairly normal day with Jana. They did homework in the morning followed by a trip to the library in the afternoon and Jana treated them to another donut from Safeway after the library.
In the evening, we went to my parents to celebrate the first night of Passover. Avery and Emerson even helped with reading the four questions. It was really cool to have them be able to read. And as always, they love to find the matzoh….one for each girl that my dad hides in the living room. Upon finding the hidden matzoh, my dad gives each girl five dollars.
Saturday: We met Mila and here parents, who were visiting from Brazil, at Matchbox in Mosiac District for a late lunch. The only other time we met Mila’s parents in person was in December 2015, almost two and a half years ago! Monday is also Mila’s birthday (her 29th) so we celebrated early with her and her parents. The girls always LOVE visiting with Mila. It was a fun and gorgeous afternoon! 
Saturday evening we dyed Easter Eggs. It was my first time ever making them….I bought brown eggs! NOT the best for dying…haha. To be fair, the stock in Target was low and I just grabbed what was left…thinking more about the fact that I didn’t need cage free and organic for egg dying but that they would suffice. It was still fun and now I feel a little smarter about the process for next year!
Sunday: EASTER! Since there are so many great pictures of our Easter, Easter is getting it’s own blog entry!
All in all, it was a really great spring break!