Washington DC

Darren went to the ACP convention in DC and we tagged along and played tourists. This was the first trip to DC that the kids could remember and we crammed in as much as possible in our 4 days there.

It was a lot of fun to see recognizable sites with the kids.









We visited the National Cathedral. The girls stopped to pray at every altar and kneepad. Who knew I had latent Catholics.(though the Cathedral is an Episcopal church, I believe)









Bea's class had just talked about the Natural History Museum the day we left, so she was looking for the jumbo elephant.















Darren joined us at the Library of Congress, after meetings. We then walked behind the Capitol to Union Station.











Everyone wanted to see the Lincoln Memorial.





Trying to do photo tricks with the Washington Monument.









We visited the Supreme Court Building after hours when no one else was around.--I thought it was great to get pictures without lots of strangers milling about.













The kids thought it was great fun to ride the subway. We also did the double-decker bus. Annabel was a little disappointed that she didn't get to ride in a taxi.


















The highlight of Darren's trip was seeing this stealth bomber.























Noah and Annabel bought handcuffs at the International Spy Museum (big hit) and spent the rest of the trip playing with handcuffs. I just wish I could have really locked them. It could have solved many of my problems.