Tuesday May 6, '08

DAY 2 of our Exciting Adventures:
Tuesday morning we all took the metro into Washington DC and starting being tourists. The first building we visited was the Library of Congress. This is one of my favorite buildings, inside and out. I love the huge columns and the ceilings and the mosaics, etc.
After the Library of Congress we headed next door to the Supreme Court Justice building. There really isn't too much to see on the inside so we spent our time on the outside of the building. My SIL took pictures of the huge columns...check out the size of these things.
After the Supreme Court Justice building...I kept the group walking and we went to see some of the United States Capital Building. Once again, we stayed on the outside and just observed. Wow! What a big building!
Next, we went off the beaten path to another favorite of mine. The National Botanical Gardens. My SIL and I both took lots and lots of pictures of flowers. I'm sure between the both of us we ended up with close to one hundred pictures only of flowers. But I'm sure glad we got this picture of the kids playing in the water.
And to end out day, we went to the National Museum of Air and Space. This is a picture of G-man in front of a helicopter. He actually wanted a picture in front of all the planes and space ships stuff. He'd even pose so that we could get the right picture. And after his mother put away her camera, he'd come up to me and beg me to take his picture in front of something. He absolutely loved the Air and Space Museum. He literally came alive when we entered the building.

The rest of the day consisted of riding home in the metro with all the adults about to fall asleep...searching for about an hour for an Urgent Care because Little S was still burning up with fevers and feeling pretty awful...and dropping off the kids to a friends house so that we could go out for sushi. Phew! What a busy day!