Washington D.C. Part IV

We spent the morning of the second day seeing the buildings we missed the first day. Lucas was getting pretty tired by this day so we catered to the things he would enjoy. We went to the National Gallery of Art, and had to sit for a while and rest because explaining things to a two year old takes a lot out of him. I didn't take any pictures of the gallery because I had like 40 minutes to find some of the pieces I really wanted to see in the main gallery. We did get to spend a little bit more time in one of the extra buildings, the one that looks like a triangle, I can't remember its name. It was so neat to see so many of the paintings I have studied in school.

a panoramic view of part of the capitol. It was so much bigger than I thought it was.

A detail of one of the friezes.

Lucas playing in another fountain. This time in front of the Capitol Building. There were guards with assault rifles and shot guns standing on the steps, it made me a little nervous.

Lucas got so good about riding the elevators. He remembered to step over the grate, and did so good.

Chasing birds on foot

Chasing bird in the stroller

The fountain in the atrium of the National Gallery of Art, it was designed after one in Rome.

The fountain in the Sculpture garden.

The hope diamond. I really enjoyed the Harry Winston Collection in the Museum of Natural History. Lucas enjoyed all the stuffed animals at the museum.

Dinner Time! We really enjoyed our dinner here. Adam had Soft shell crab, and I got Salmon seared on cedar with a berry sauce, it was fantastic. Lucas slept through most of dinner, so we gave him part of our dishes. He really liked my new potatoes, and enjoyed the salmon too. SOOOOOOOOOO good, the best seafood I have ever had.

Afterwards we found some Ben and Jerry's Lucas was too tired and fussy to go find a nice dessert at a restaurant, so we had ice cream on the train ride home. It made waiting in the subway go by faster too. Lucas started to understand the signs that a train was coming, like the wind and the flashing lights on the platform. Here he is saying that he thinks a train is coming, and is excited.

Lucas ended up being wound up for a few minutes when we got back to our room, but he quickly conked out. He slept in for a while the next morning.