Washington DC, USA

When you go to the WHITE HOUSE visit, be sure to eat at OLD EBBITT GRILL, it's an institution.

All the National Monuments are really cool, it's hard to choose which ones to visit b/c there are so many but we do like the FD Roosevelt memorial b/c the kids can run around to visit it.

The Smithsonian Museums are AMAZING!  Our favorite ones are the Children's Museum, the National History Museum, and for your boys they will love the AIR and SPACE museum....

The National Zoo is really cool, not far from the National Cathedral (you'd enjoy visiting this cathedral and the grounds) but of course we have the best zoo here in Singapore.

Walking distance to the National Cathedral / Zoo is one of our favorite Mexican restaurant - Cactus Cantina.

We love walking around Georgetown neighbourhood, the shops, and restaurants.....right along the Potomac river there is a place to rent canoes, it is fun to ride up the Potomac river. The Georgetown campus is very pretty (Mateo went to law school here).

Day trips in the DC area....you MUST go to Annapolis, it is where they have the Navy School, it's just a quaint lovely little port town with nice shops and restaurants, seafood etc. lots of sailing ships docked, etc.  Just lovely! Not more than an hour away.

We also like Williamsburg, Virginina three hours south of Washington DC.  There is a theme park called Busch Gardens that is fun for kids rides, fair food, etc. but it's more that Williamsburg is such a lovely historic town, people dressed up from a different era, old fashioned candy for sale, etc.

Check websites for Glen Echo Park and Wolf Trap National Park in Washington DC - they have lots of activities for kids - we especially loved the free outdoor concerts and shows and musicals.

I think a very American experience would be to take your kids to a baseball game, I'm sure they are all listed on some website, but my kids thought it was so cool to go and eat a hot dog and have a giant soda bigger than any cup they have ever seen!

We like the restaurant CHEESECAKE FACTORY, it's a chain.  They have huge huge desserts and portions of food, the menu is extensive, you will be in line at busy hours.  You would also love CHIPOTLE GRILL, another chain that does Mexican casual food.