Zoo Lights

riding the carousel,
girlie rode the fox, mister rode the rhino

sleeping Gorilla. It was interesting to see them sleep all tucked in, resembling humans. Most of them had several blankets to sleep with.

beautiful lights

Merry Christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting the President

Thanks to a connected Grandpa we were able to attend a holiday party at the Blair House. The Blair House is home to visiting chiefs of state and heads of government while they are in Washington. In essences its the president's guest house.



Look Who I got to shake hands with!


This was taken in the Lincoln Room at the Blair House.

The Truman Study 

The courtyard

 

 

A train ride and battle fields

We took a special train ride and ran into Santa!

The kids were speechless, "....uh, Hi.......list?......"

afterwards we snuck in some battle fields:

 

It was a great day!

Christmas town

kiddy rides

 

Her first "real" roller coaster ride. She started saying "I'm done, I'm done..." about half way through. Afterwards she told me, "I'll try it again when I'm 15 or 9 years old."

Happy Turkey Day

 

Happy Halloween

The Butterfly Queen and Puppy Dog 

They love to go on this walk/hike

and this little guy is always giving these away

Visitng the pumpkin patch (with lil miss's preschool)

posing with friends

 

We found some good ones!

The haybarn rope swing. Tons of fun!

The large slide

The large bouce area (size of a basketball court.)
Can you tell we had a grand time?

visiting the White house

 

Beach trip 2012

Feeding the segulls. They would catch it in the air, almost right out of your hand. 

Family picture


Visiting a local muesum

 touch tank

large aquarium

The outdoor exhibit had a lot of animals, including these injured Bald Eagles.