Play Time!

Millie and friends Violet and Aliyah at the National Building Museum

It's cold outside so we've been hitting the museums HARD these past two weeks. Today was a great outing with Wendy and Reagan to the National Gallery of Art to see the Edward Hopper exhibit. We survived the entire two-level exhibit without a single melt-down or cying fit and were rewarded with a great lunch in the cafe afterwards. Last week we met Wendy and Reagan at the Natural History Museum -- home of that famous giant elephant with huge tusks. Millie was terrified so we headed outside to the Mall to do some energy burn-off and an awesome carousel ride.

Reagan at the National Gallery of Art

Millie & Mom on the carousel on the Mall

My pack of mom friends met up at the National Building Museum last week for lunch and play. It has a great indoor space for lots of running (or fast crawling in Millie's case) along with oversized soft legos, soft building tools and this great giant playhouse. It's as if I'm on some kind of frantic "check-off before we move away" spree, because we also made it over to the National Geographic Society exhibit (not spectacular) and the Post Office Pavillion (which had a very cool tower that overlooked most all of the city).

Millie and Grace climbing the playhouse steps