DC Fun: Day 5

Our last day with the Rivers was a good one.  It started off like this.

I realize Brady's eyes aren't all the way open.  After I took the picture, I told Brady his eyes were closed and Will yelled, "Keep your eyes open Brady!"

We also enjoyed some frozen yogurt.  I definitely wish Jasper or, even better, Celestine would get a Yogiberry!  I realize I'm kind of dreaming here.

Will enjoyed his yogurt.  He got original with some kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, and, of course, gummi bears!  It is an essential ingredient to any frozen yogurt sundae.

I tried the Oreo with Reese's Pieces, peanut butter chips, and Heath pieces.  I considered mine to be extra healthy.  :)  Brady tried the cake batter with an assortment of sprinkles.  They were all delicious.  

After we ate our frozen yogurt, Will and I slipped into Best Buns to pick up a dozen cupcakes to go.  I can tell you that they are just as delicious the following day!  Some lucky friends of ours will get a delicious treat!  

When dinner rolled around, we walked down to Johnny Rockets to get a burger.  The burgers are delicious there!  On the walk back to the apartment, we took a few pictures outside of the building.  

We are now back home, and I know Brady is really missing his friend, Will.  We are glad it will not be very long until we get to see him and his cool parents soon!

DC Fun: Day 4

We spent the day inside today playing cards, watching a little TV, and playing with Will.  I am pretty sure this next picture sums up our day.  

I'm pretty sure it is one of the cutest things I've ever seen.  

We ventured out around dinner time and made a pit stop at Best Buns so I could finally experience one of their cupcakes.  It did not disappoint!  I chose a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese icing, and Brady chose a vanilla cupcake with vanilla icing and sprinkles.  He's so original.  :)  

We actually ate these after we went to Capitol City Brewing Company for dinner.  We enjoyed half priced appetizers since they have Happy Hour every day from 4-7.  It was delicious!   

We had a great day.  Will told me earlier that Brady is his friend, but I am not.  :)  I didn't take any offense to it.  It's pretty hard to be upset when this is what you see.  

Tomorrow is our last day in Arlington with the Rivers.  We'll be sad to leave them, but we'll be happy to spend more time with them when they move to St. Louis in May.  

DC Fun: Day 3

Day three of our visit came on Tuesday.  Jodi dropped us off at Arlington National Cemetery again so that we could catch our Tourmobile back into DC to visit three of the Smithsonian Museums.  We decided to see the Air and Space Museum, Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of American History.  I had never been to any of the Smithsonian Museums before.  (This was my first trip to DC.)  Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the Air and Space Museum.

We had lunch at the Air and Space Museum and then walked over to the Museum of Natural History.  I loved all three of the museums that we visited, but I have to admit that the Museum of Natural History was my favorite.  I loved that as soon as you walked in there was a life size elephant.  

Brady and I enjoyed the movie Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which I'm not sure if it is something we should fully admit to, and the movie takes place in this museum.  There were a bunch of cool exhibits here.  

Jodi and Will love this museum, so she had some good tips for us.  She remembered that on Tuesdays, the Butterfly House was free!  We went to the second floor, and we were not disappointed.  It was beautiful!

I only posted a few of the photos that I took.  I could have stayed in there longer, but it was a bit warm.  The butterflies love the warmth.  Speaking of warm weather, remember when I said that I got a nice sunburn the other day?  Well the picture of Brady and I in the butterfly house pretty much shows you why I was disappointed that I forgot my sunscreen. 

Needless to say I will never forget sunscreen again.  :) 

After the Museum of Natural History, we walked about a block to the American History Museum.  I was really looking forward to this one.  I could not wait to see Dorothy's ruby slippers, the original Kermit the Frog, and the exhibit on First Ladies Inauguration Gowns.  I was not disappointed.  

The dress belonged to Michelle Obama during President Obama's inauguration.  

Our plans for tomorrow are to stay in Shirlington Village and play with Will.  I'm pretty sure it will be a great day.

DC Fun: Day 2

We had beautiful weather for our second day in DC.  Jodi found a great bus tour that we could hop on at Arlington National Cemetery.  We had breakfast at Jodi and Nathaniel's apartment and then Jodi dropped us off so that we could catch our bus into the city.  

We took the bus into the city to see the monuments.  We had a great weather.  The temperature ended ended up around 85 or so.  Me, being the fair-skinned, easily burned person that I am, forgot sunscreen, so I am sporting an awesome farmer's 'burn' now.  It was worth it though to see all of the history that Washington, DC  has to offer. 

We've seen a lot of awesome memorials, statues, and pieces of history so far, but my favorite (and by a landslide) was the Changing of the Guard at Arlington National Cemetery.  We watched this twice, and I honestly think I could have watched it again.  It is amazing.  I am so glad I got to experience this.  

While we were waiting to get back on the bus at the White House Visitor's Center (which is about one block from the White House), we saw police officers closing the streets.  A lot of people stopped and were standing by the intersection.  We looked down to the intersection and saw about three police officers on motorcycles come through with their lights on.  We knew something had to be going on.  About the time we realized this, we saw the President's motorcade come through to go to the south lawn of the White House.  I happened to be on the phone with my Dad, and I bet he was a bit surprised when I said (rather loud), "Oh my!  There's the President!"  

Even though we have seen a lot of great sights, I think I still like this one even more:  

See you soon with the events of day three!  :)

DC Fun: Day 1

Our long awaited trip to Arlington to visit Brady's cousin, Jodi, and her family has arrived.  They were very generous to let us stay with them in their apartment.  We arrived in Arlington on Saturday evening after about an eleven or so hour drive, and we were greeted by Jodi, Nathaniel, and Will.  We were so excited to see them!  :) We brought a few goodies for Will, and it turns out the Color Wonder Toy Story 3 set was a big hit.
  

Maybe Brady needs one for his birthday, too.  :)  

On Sunday we visited Georgetown University.  We attended mass at the chapel on campus, and we were then treated to a great Campus tour by Nathaniel.  

We had a great lunch at The Tombs.  I highly recommend this restaurant for both the food and the atmosphere.  It was delicious.  After The Tombs, Jodi, Will, and I walked to Georgetown Cupcake to see if we could get some of their delicious cupcakes.  Turns out everyone else was thinking the same thing, and the line was about a block long and the wait to get in was about one hour.  I decided that a cupcake was not worth a one hour wait.  Here's what the line looked like:

We are having a great time visiting with the Rivers and are definitely looking forward to having them back in the Midwest soon!  

Today we went to see the monuments in DC.  I'll post about that soon!