Washington DC Birthday Trip

Shawn wanted to celebrate his 30th birthday by taking a trip to Washington DC.  We actually went there last year, but Shawn enjoyed it so much he wanted to go again.  It was a busy trip, but we really wanted to do a whole bunch of things in only a weekend.  We actually saw a ton of things and our feet are a bit sore from all the walking, but it was worth it.

First picture of the day, and Kiley was a grump.  She did not want to smile.  Not only did she refuse to smile, but she made a point to look grumpy in the picture.  gotta love her.  If you look really hard, you can see the capital building in the background.

In front of the White house bright and early.  We saw the 1st dog on the lawn doing his business.  Shawn spotted him and even informed other White house visitors about the dog sighting.  haha.  some people we actually pretty excited to see the dog.

Also at the White house, we were able to witness a man asking White house security where he could go to make a formal complaint against President Obama.  love it.

We went to the Museum of Natural History.  We also went to the National Aquarium (no pictures, it was pretty dark inside)

We went to the National Zoo.  Shawn and I might have enjoyed it more than Kiley.  She was tired and a bit grumpy at this point, but we liked it!  You can see the elephant behind us.  Kiley refused to take a picture with us in front of the elephant.

 

We saw the Lincoln memorial.  Initially Kiley didn't want to go to the Lincoln memorial because we told her Lincoln was a vampire hunter.  Kiley sometimes thinks she's a vampire.  But we convinced her that Lincoln was a vampire hunter turned vampire, so it was OK.  She's so gullible.

 Last year the reflecting pool was under construction, but it's all finished now and looking lovely.  

Here's Kiley and me at the WWII memorial.  

The next day we went to the Marine Corps museum in VA.  Really great museum, interactive and quite large.  Kiley says this museum was her favorite museum of the trip.

The museum is shaped like the famous photograph of the 6 marines raising the american flag on Iwo Jima.  (the museum has the actual flag that was flown, but you cannot use flash photography in that area)