Fall in DC

This week, we stocked up on supplies for our next year on the island,  and then took advantage of the wonderful fall weather! We met up with friends for dinner each night, went to museums and shopped 'till we dropped! I love DC more every time we go back! This was a wonderful time of year to visit.

Work is done! Time to play!

 I♥DC

 Shopping with mom

 Money from Yap!

Is this accepted at vending machines?

 Butterfly garden

Kylie's favorite / most terrifying exhibit!

 Beautiful butterflies!

 Oh no! They're attacking!

 Ok, they're friendly!

 It wouldn't be DC if they weren't trying to construct a grassy lawn...

 It's a swamp. Just give up!

 Dinner with Naomi in Chinatown 

@ Ping Pong Dim Sum

 Fall splendor

 Swings!

 Playground fun

 Ladybugs!

 American rose!

K: DAD! DAD! DAD! Can I throw a coin into the fountain?

E: Yes.

K: I wish Aya was here!

K: DAD! DAD! DAD! Can I throw a coin ....

 Kylie's prize for being good at the National Gallery

Whew! What a week!

Jacquelyn Visit - Part 3 - Day of the DEAD!!

Before Jacquelyn flew home, we went into DC to the Museum of American History. Later we had brunch at Oyamel, our fave Mexican restaurant here, and then went back down to the National Mall for a carousel ride!

 Tinkering with a tot!

 LOVE

 Family selfie!

 Eyes-closed selfie!

Wheee!!!

Thanks for a great visit Jacquelyn!

Majuro to North Carolina!

Kylie and I tagged along with Autumn to DC for some training and a quick family vacation. After 24+ hours of traveling, we made it to Virginia! The first day was a whirlwind of buying warm clothes for the trip and catching up with V&S. The next morning we drove through Shenendoah down to the Smokey Mountains in North Carolina (a state that I love more each time we visit). It was a long drive, but totally worth it for the beautiful fall foliage! After being in Majuro, everything seemed HUGE! I'm pretty sure that the Capitol Beltway is bigger (and wider) than the whole island!

 Cupcakes with V&S!

 If there's a carousel, Kylie will find it!

No matter how tiny!

Stopping in to the Southern Inn for some southern food!

First glimpses of fall foliage

 

Say family vay-cay!

Instagram Round Up: DC Edition

Here are highlights from Instagram in DC this time around.  We've had a great time in DC over the past few weeks.  It was too short, and we will miss everyone so much on our new adventure!

To me, the rounded roof of the metro station is iconic DC.

A night out at the Irish Pub.

The Ravi Special, Ravi Kebob, Arlington.  The best, as always.

Orange lipstick for girls' night fun.

All my favorites, all in one pile, all pretending to sleep.

Oh, America...land of the correctly spelled names without even asking.

Tamarind margarita, I may love you best of all.

Goodbye DC!

We squeezed in a last minute weekend date and a few more play dates with Aya before we said goodbye to DC and hello to our new adventure.

Goodbye teenage babysitters and dates in the city!

See ya later, best friend Aya!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today we all got up, dressed in matching shirts (thanks Eric!) and made our way into DC to watch the St.Patrick's Day Parade.  We had great seats in the grandstand looking across at the White House.  It was a beautiful sunshiney day...with a windchill of about 10 below.  It was so cold.  I thought we would turn to solid ice.  Seriously.  Next time I am wearing snow clothes!!

 Top o' the morning to ya!

Washington Monument looking great this morning.

Our matching shirts (dad is too cold to show his!).

Brrr, let's snuggle up!

Daddy's turn!  At least we remembered to bring a blanket for K.

And the parade begins!

Bagpipery, very important element.

I like this picture.

Falls Church representing.

Irish Dancing.  There about 20 different Irish Dancing Groups in the parade.  Also, if I am cold, they must be freezing!!

And then this happened.  Right...

Fun day at the parade!!

Visit with Aunt Jacquelyn

Jacquelyn came out to visit for a long weekend. Unfortunately it coincided with some awful winter weather. But I always say that if you let bad weather stop you in DC, then you would never be able to do anything here! haha! We faced bitter cold and a blizzard, but visited the National Mall twice. Otherwise, we just laid low, braved a typical NoVa power outage and had a great time!

 Ridin' the Metro

 Say brrrr!

 A beautiful, but cold day for visiting the Mall

 Cutie cheeks!

My first attempt at using the veggie noodler

 Braving the storm...

 Honest Abe

 Blizzard cam

 Korean War Memorial

 Pretending to be happy in the snow...

 ...actually happy to be out in the snow!

 WWII Memorial

Back home safe and sound to bake cookies!

Kylie's "helpful" method for adding the chocolate chips and M&M's is to put them in one at a time!

Thanks for a great visit Jacquelyn!!