Unfortunalty the 'mall' was rained out, so poor GMC still didn't get to see the monuments!

But we did get to the zoo, and we got to see the smithsonian for a little while and we made it to the science center, plus mount vernon.

Plus I got to see my cousins newest. Absolutly adorable 7 week old .

I havn't totalled up everything, tbut my initail WAG is underbudget by a lot, which means after I find the suprises I should be underbudget by a bit .

We ate all the convenience food we brought and ran out of fruit by the last day, but had more water than we needed. Oh yeah and we fogot some essential stuff so we had to buy lunch out every day...not so cool, but we will live.

Managed to get souveniers, without breaking the bank, found a store that was going out of buisness, gotta love stuff at 40% off, makes the DC prices downright reasonable. We also found stickers on sale at the smithsonian store, and a reasonably priced book.

And I discovered something, my kids didn't knwo they could spend money! I had to mention it to them or they would have come home without anything! which is sorta a good thing, I don't want them asking for things all the time, but also I was so busy looking at the cool stuff I forgot to go near a store till the last day!