Washington DC - Day 4

On Tuesday, we headed into DC in the morning with Jaydee and Téa to see the DAR museum. It was really lovely. They have an extensive set of "period rooms," decorated to represent different time periods and, largely, different regions of the country. They also had a couple of scavenger hunts for Maya to do. The staff was really helpful and accommodating, too.

We then met a college friend (and, briefly, her husband) for lunch at a "meaty" sandwich place. It was delicious.

After lunch, we wandered through the Navy Memorial and down to the Natural History museum. It was obviously extensive and had some rally cool exhibits. It was also really crowded. The kids enjoyed it, though. We spent the majority of out time learning about ocean life and the evolution of man. We also saw a bunch of gemstones and minerals (to rival the natural history museum in Houston).

We headed back out to Silver Spring, and Jaydee and Brian volunteered to babysit for our kiddos, while we enjoyed a dinner out to celebrate our fourteen year anniversary.