Washington DC and a show

We went to DC with Meeps.  We were able to park at a Metro lot and take the Metro the rest of the way in.  We first went to the Ntional Gallery of Art to see their exhibit about Pompeii and some of the treasures found there.  It was fascinating.  We were also very excited to se some paintings by some artists we know from school as we walked through the galleries.

We enjoyed lunch at the Cascade Cafeteria and then went to the newly re-opened Museum of American History.  That was a disaster--there were long lines for everything we wanted to see and they don't seem to have the heat quite right yet so it felt over heated.  We did wait in line to see the White House copy of the Gettysburg Address writeen in Abraham Lincoln's own hand.  It was neat to see something that was written by him, especially to notice how beautiful his handwriting was, but you could also tell that he probably rushed a bit in most things that he wrote.  Given what he accomplished in his lifetime I am not shocked that he would rush a bit.  Dorthy's shoes from the Wizard of Oz had a much longer line and will be on display later, so we will go back to them one day.

We walked to see the White House and the Christmas trees.  The kids were shocked at how small the White House looked.  Then we tried a new restaurant for a snack before heading home.  We went to Founding Farmers, a farm to table restaurant with a co-op of 42,000 "family farms".

We went over to Riley and Logan's for dinner.  After dinner Teagan and Riley put on a show for us.

Teagan in front of Calder's Red Horse at the National Gallery of Art's sculpture garden.
Teagan at the inside view of the waterfall.
Braeden going from the East wing to the West wing and enjoying the changing LED light art piece as he travels the moving sidewalk.
Braeden and Teagan on the way back to the East wing.
Braeden in front of the Massachusetts tree.
Braeden and Teagan in front of the Vermont tree.
Braeden in front of the National Christmas Tree.
Braeden and the South Lawn of the White House.
Braeden and Teagan and the front of the White House.
Teagan playing the drums.
 Logan playing the guitar.

Braeden playing the drums.
Uncle John giving Braeden a lesson on drum playing.
Trying them out.

Teagan and Riley's show--first instruments and some dancing from Logan, then singing.