More Fun in DC

This past weekend we made it up in the Washington Monument to check out the view.  It was definitely a fun thing, especially for the kids who love spotting the "Momument" on our trips around Alexandria.  We picnicked on the Mall, remarking how you really can't do picnics in Mobile in the middle of July without being completely miserable, but here in VA this summer you can.  It was around 86 degrees and sunny, but the humidity was low and there was a light, constant breeze.  After the monument tour we walked back to the van and then realized we had left the key at Security!  So Jay got his exercise running back down the Mall to get it.  Meanwhile Mac decided he needed to go potty.  "No prob," I thought, noticing a huge line of portopottys across the street.  They were all locked so we walked to the National Gallery.  By the time we got there he magically no longer had to go potty, which was great because the National Gallery was closed.  I got a few pictures of the boys having fun on the prodigious stairs there, however, and that occupied them until Jay made it back to the van.  Whew!  We then drove to Gravelly Point, which is right on the Potomac at the end of runway 19 at Reagan National Airport.  They say it is one of the most difficult landings in the US. Incoming planes skim right over your head and land and taxi a stone's throw away.  The boys loved it!  (No pics because I was nursing the babe.)