Washington DC - Days 3-4

On Thursday Tayson, Ryan and I went to the pool. I loved sitting by the pool reading my book while the boys swam and played. Then Christine brought Allen and Eric to the hotel to swim for a few hours and Tayson went home with them. It was so nice of Christine to take Tayson for the night so Todd and I could hang out together. That night we went out to eat at a really nice Steak House then went downtown and walked around for a bit.

Todd and I on our "date" downtown

The next morning we got up and out by 8:30 for a long run. We went 10 miles on the most beautiful trail (Capital Crescent Trail). At one point the woods next to us looked exactly like my back yard growing up. The run was brutally hot and I've never sweat that much in my entire life.

The trail

Then after our run we met Tayson and went downtown to the museums. We went to the Air and Space Museum first. They had a great hands on section for kids. I'm not sure if Tayson or Todd had more fun.

Tayson and Todd at the Air & Space

Then we went to the American History Museum. I loved the Star-Spangled Banner exhibit and the First Ladies dresses the most.


After the museums closed we went out to dinner and then walked to a little park to catch fireflies. We caught 2 but they were injured and didn't light up much. It was fun to see fireflies - I've missed them.

Tayson with his lightning bug

The little guy escaped just as a I was taking a close up picture.