national harbor

Today was our first day of Christmas break and we had a fun day planned!

We drove up to National Harbor for the day and found some fun things to do until our main event!  We started off at the Peep store and bought lots of fun stuff!

We saw Air Force One as we drove in and Bryce and Jason were immediately attracted to it so we checked it out.

This plane has been retired and a portion of it has been turned into a museum.  

It was a self guided tour that you could listen to, but Jason just read us the highlights as we went to each station.

I was surprised how dated the decor was and it wasn't as fancy as I would have expected.  I can imagine the newer Air Force One is a little more updated than this once since it is retired.  

We paid for the overpriced souvenir picture! 

We had a yummy lunch at Succotash and then headed to the Gaylord for our scheduled tour of ICE! 

I have always seen fun pictures of friends who have gone to see ICE so we decided to check it out this year.

Peanuts was the theme this year.

All of the ice sculptures were so cool.

We knew it was going to be a cold 9 degrees so we dressed warmly.  Even with the parkas they provide, it was down right cold!

The kids enjoyed going down the ice slide.  It was not crowded at all when we went so the kids were able to slide as much as they wanted.

I just lolved all the ice sculptures.  

This was a great way to start our Christmas break!