1st Visitors

Recently, we had our 1st visitors to our new home.  Our friends, Tom and Christi, and their kids made the L.O.N.G. trip from Texas and spent almost a week with us.  We were able to catch up with them and also do some really fun things.

Sean loves trains so we thought the Metro would not only be convenient but would also be enjoyable for him.  It took a little muscle to get the double stroller to the platform...the elevator just wouldn't do!

We took the Metro (a favorite of Sean!) to the National Zoo.  The Zoo is free...you just walk right in.  Some of the highlights were the pandas, elephants, monkeys and the lions - especially the one that roared!!  I wish I would have thought about getting a video of this!  The lion exhibit had a hands-on area where you could push buttons to simulate different types of sounds/roars that lions make.  When we hit one button in particular, it really riled up the lion and he would stand up and roar.

We also checked out a local working farm which is just a couple of minutes from our house.  We rode on the wagon around the farm, checked out the animals and Sean rode the horse (carousel).

On Sunday, we took another fun Metro ride into the City and visited the Museum of Natural History, you know the one that was featured in the Night at the Museum movies.  It was pretty cool to see the life-sized exhibits.

Since the museum in right at the National Mall, we walked over to the World War II Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and the Washington Monument.

 

And, a 14 week shot.

We love that so many things are free and very accessible to us!  I think we will be making many more visits into the City to explore, especially now that things are cooling down a little.  We can't wait until we have more visitors!