A Fun Fall Day!!

I love Washington, D.C.!! I mean, I love the museums, the fun things to see and do. ;) On the spur of the moment this morning, we decided to go to DC for the day, and I'm so glad we did. It was a beautiful drive up. Having never really seen seasons before, I really enjoyed all of the fall colors...deep reds and bright oranges...and even lemon yellows. It was better than the pictures. I am going to miss fall when we move because I'm not sure we'll get to see this again. Drinking it up has been a lot of fun, but today there was just that extra special something that made it breath taking.

Tate slept and Ev watched a movie, so Ethan and I listened to Skip Ryan on the iPod together. That was nice, too. We've downloaded his whole series on Romans and...let's just say Skip cuts to the quick and doesn't mind pounding toes. It's good.

We got to DC, and at the Natural History museum, the new Ocean wing was open. It is amazing! Just gorgeous with more things to look at in that one wing than you could take in during a whole day. Everett LOVED it! We ate lunch (which we had bought at Bodo's that morning: bagels with peanut butter!) and made our way to the dirt and rocks and bugs. WOOHOO! I love having a boy who is interested in such fun things. :)

After that we took a few minutes to see the National Gallery and the Air and Space museums. It was so great, as usual, to see Everett's face light up. He's so much fun...and thankfully, Tate is so easy going that he had a good time being pushed around in the stroller and getting out now and then to look at fun things.

On the trip home, Tate made friends on the Metro by flirting with the two women who were next to us, and as soon as we were in the car, both boys were out. I mean, completely OUT! :) So, we got to listen to more Skip...so good for us. I can't think of a more fun day.

To top it off, when we stopped off for burgers, Ev woke up out of his deep slumber and said in a groggy voice, "I had so much fun at the new-seum, Mommy. I wuv you." :) Can't beat that.