A Tour Of Washington D.C.

We all had a fabulous time at the wedding!  Once the festivities ended we spent a few more days in the city to see some of the great monuments and sights.

I wasn't so sure what Will would think of the monuments.  My initial thought was that he was a bit young for this tour, but we would give it a shot.  Well, I was wrong!  He really enjoyed the entire city.  The Lincoln Memorial was our first stop.  When we started to approach the top of the stairs, Will stopped and look up a few times, turned to me and said,  "Hey Mom, that's the guy who is on the penny!"   He was so excited!!!

It was a beautiful day to see all the sights that we see on T.V. in person.

You can't see it here, but as we were taking a little break by the Washington Monument, a man was in the grass field flying a huge kite.  Will (who just can't sit still) headed down to watch him.  Well, the man was an expert kite flyer and was able to manipulate the kite as if it was a puppet to play with Will.  Will would chase the bouncing kite for awhile, and then the kite would turn and chase him!  Will just giggled and laughed the entire time!  And he drew quite a crowd watching him run around and having so much fun!!

The National Zoo was on our list 1 day.  Unfortunately, it was a really rainy day.....Fortunately we virtually had the whole zoo to ourselves.  We bought some rain ponchos and umbrellas and got moving :)

The monkeys are always a hit  as they are so human like.

A little out of order, but I like this cute pic of Brett :)

From this shot you would think he was having a horrible time!  He just wasn't really wanting his picture taken at that moment.

Once again, my son never stands still!!

On our final night,  Jill and Stephan took us to a fabulous Farm to Table restaurant just down from the White House.  We had really yummy dinner and then took a walk down to see the White House.   Ironically, while we were there, something must have gotten security excited as all the spotlights turned on the front lawn and they cleared the area.  We never did figure out what it was, but kind of excited to watch all the action!

We had a great time in D.C. and are excited to go back again to visit Jill and Steph!!