My husband had to work over the 4th, so I decided to take the kids on a camping trip solo to Washington DC. I had never been camping solo so it was an adventure! Three other families we are friends with were there as well. In total we had 7 adults and 21 kids! It was so nice to be around other large Catholic families. All of the parents were completely unphased by the kid chaos and all of the older siblings were obviously used to helping care for the younger kids. When we were all at the campground it was like a big Catholic kid compound. The kids would just run around in hordes. It was awesome.
The campground we stayed in is at Greenbelt Park a few miles outside of DC. On the 4th we took the metro in to downtown. We saw the parade, attended Trump’s speech at the Lincoln Memorial and then stayed for the fireworks. The kids were exhausted by the end of the day but it was a good experience. The next day we toured the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and went to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum out near Dulles Airport.
Wild and Free 