We got back last night from a long anniversary weekend in Washington DC visiting our friends Nathan and Blanca. Matt left last Wednesday to attend and give a presentation at the NALEO conference (National Association of Latino Elected Officials).Daniel and I flew in Friday morning. We spent a couple of hours in Matt's hotel resting and then we went (or attempted to go) to the Smithsonian while Matt was finishing up a lunch meeting. On the way over to the Smithsonian, Daniel fell asleep, so we spent two hours in the Union Station parking garage while Daniel slept. Matt met up with us and we all went over the the Museum of Air and Space. Daniel had a blast. He loved seeing all the real planes and spaceships hanging from the ceiling. Daniel rode in his first taxi and proclaimed that he "loved taxis." We met Nathan and Blanca at their apartment (which has a great view of the Washington Monument from the roof deck)! We had a great dinner at a small Malaysian restaurant and then just headed back to their apartment to catch up.
On Saturday we all walked down to the White House, the Washington Mommyment (according to Daniel) the WWII Memorial, Lincoln Memorial and the Vietnam War Memorial. Daniel thought that Lincoln was a little too big and didn't want to stay to long there. According to Daniel "That man is too big he scares me!" After going back to Nathan and Blanca's for a nap and some air-conditioning we headed to a Washington Nationals baseball game on the subway. Daniel thought the trains were great. National's Park just opened up this year so it was neat to go to a brand new stadium. Nathan let Daniel bring one of his mitts which he loved. During the game there was a 1 hour rain delay, complete with thunder and lightening. Daniel has never seen a rain delay, since it is a common event here and they built a roof on Safeco Field.
We went to a couple of more monuments on Sunday. We saw the FDR and the Thomas Jefferson memorials. The Smithsonian was putting on a Folk Life Festival. NASA was one of the main sponsors so there were a lot of tents with robots for kids to play with as well as a lot of space ships. I think we may have a future astronaut . We ended out trip with a quick dip in the rooftop pool at Nathan and Blanca's looking out over the Washington "Mommyment."
