Washington DC Day 3

Thursday was our 3rd day of the trip. We woke up early this day and got going. We had 2 major goals for the day. Austin got up and rented a car while I fed the kids breakfast in the lobby. Soon we were off in our car to go to Arlington. It was nice having a car for the day. Even though it was only our 3rd day it was just overwhelming constantly having to walk/ride subways/ubers/and taxis. It just felt good to have our own "ride". Anyway we got to Arlington and it was FREEZING! It was in the low 40s. We went on and did the entire tour though. I think the kids liked it. Colby seemed to get into it. Lindsay enjoyed the pretty flowers and such. It was about a 2 hour tour so once we got back I think we were all quite ready to go. We did enjoy the highlights though: we got to see the Kennedy burial sight, The Tomb of the unknown soldier, the Lee House among many other things. Once we got back to the car we drove into the town of Mt. Vernon and stopped at Firehouse Subs for lunch. Again it was nice to have that little break from the tourist action. We then made our way to Mt. Vernon. It was a beautiful day and had really warmed up by that point. We stood in line to get tickets, but were told our tour wouldn't be until like 5:30. We knew there was no way we would stick around that long. We went ahead though and bought them so we could see all the outside stuff. We probably spent about 2 hours just enjoying the grounds and seeing the sights. The kids got the biggest kick out of the live animals. Once we finished up there we made our way back into town to return the rental car. Well traffic was awful and it probably took us well over an hour to get back! We finally got there and took the subway back to our hotel. Well by that point we were all quite spent. We went back to the room and relaxed for a bit then decided on a simple dinner at Chipotle which was right next door. It really wasn't that great, but it filled an empty spot and we were able to stay close. We walked across to CVS afterwards though and picked up a few things before heading back to the hotel and getting ready for baths and bed.