Yep…they are!   This is what we learned today :-)  

No- it’s not because dad got arrested.  We had our Washington Monument tour this afternoon and we decided that we LOVE the park rangers that take you on the tour.  They were absolutely hysterical!  The first one was an older man that cracked lots of jokes for us while we waited and then the next two were younger guys that reminded us of Jim from The Office.   

While we were waiting to take the elevator down to the bottom Caroline said something like, “what do you guys want to do for lunch?”  and before any of us could even respond the park ranger says, “I could go for some tacos!”   We just kept talking from there and he was really funny.  There was a group of annoying high school students (I think they were from an “alternative school”) taking the elevator down with us and the park ranger pretty much made fun of them the whole way down without being completely obvious about it.  It was one of those things that in order for me to tell the story and make you understand how funny it was, you would have to be able to hear to tone and sarcasm in my voice.  He really was exactly like Jim off The Office.  

We actually wanted him to go to lunch with us….but we forgot to ask :-) 

Before we did the Washington Monument, we took the Trolley Tour to the National Cathedral.  It was GORGEOUS!!!!  I could have spent a good 3 hours taking pictures, but we had to leave in order to make it to our Monument tour on time.  

After the Cathedral and the Monument, we headed the Smithsonian Museum of American history.  Honestly, the only reason we picked that one first was because it was closest and we were HUNGRY.    That museum was very cool and we spent the rest of our day there.  I didn’t take a ton of pictures because I don’t like using my flash (I feel like it annoys people) but I did get quite a few cool ones.  

After that we made our trek home, ate all our leftovers for dinner & now we are watching The Bachelor Wedding………we aren’t big fans :-)    We all need to get to bed early because we need to be out of the house by 6:45 AM to make it to our White House Tour by 7:30.  Say your prayers that dad keeps everything in check!!!  He got a little taste of the White House earlier today when we walked past it to get to our Monument tour…don’t worry, we all took lots of pictures :-) 

Here are some pictures from today! 

Molly rockin an ear warmer. She had an ear ache from all the wind the day before

Our Trolley tour guide Teddy Bear! he was funny :-)

massive!

The whole place was glowing with all the light! It was beautiful

Caroline & Woodrow Wilson's wife

And there it is

ohhhhhh no!

juuusstttt creepin' :-)

po-po that wouldn't let us or anyone else cross the street. He just stood there (not saying anything) and pulling up his pants by his belt, looking all huffy puffy and we could not stop laughing at him. He was so serious.

wayyyy up high!

Not so pretty when it's drained :-)

Her exhibit was fun :-)

Mom & Dad were so excited when they saw this. Of course me, Caroline & Molly had no idea what it was.

This one's for you Autumn :-)

Archie Bunkers chair. Dad was excited :)

Lincoln's top hat he wore to the theater.

His cast. Very cool!

George Washington was tall

World Trade Center beam

"Some thought he was inappropriately dressed" hahaha

anddddddddd good night!  I don’t think I will have many pictures tomorrow because I can’t bring my camera to the White House and we won’t really have time (or want to walk) to get back to the house to get it.  We shall see! 

Waiting 45 mins for the Trolley! It was a tad bit chilly this morning :-)