Castellaw Family Visit

 My family came to visit this last week and we had a wonderful time! I had a hard time knowing what they would want to do, so we planned as much as we could into their week long visit. We started out seeing the National Mall and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. We stopped for lunch by the Washington Monument. You may be wondering why Calder isn't in the above picture.

 He was off doing this. The weather was amazing and he could run around in short sleeves. This hasn't been true since, but it was sure nice while it lasted.

 Then he did this. Thankfully Jayme was a good sport and didn't mind that Calder wanted to eat his lunch on top of him.

 We scheduled a Capitol tour for my parents and Jayme. Calder and I went to the Library of Congress while we waited for them. The Capitol is great but not something Calder wanted to do twice. He would rather run around and I had food in my bag that I didn't want to throw away. (The Capitol is the only place we've encountered where you are strictly prohibited from bringing food or water.)

 Calder and Jayme sitting on the Supreme Court steps waiting for Jason to come out.

 We ran daddy to lunch at Good Stuff. Oh and it is good stuff! I can't wait to go back and try the milkshakes! This is just a warning, if you come visit us I may drag you to Good Stuff. It is also nice that it's close enough that Jason can meet us for lunch and then go back to work.

 We went to the Air & Space Museum.

 Read a lot of books. Curious George (the complete set) still being a favorite.

 We celebrated my mom's birthday with mandarine orange cake. It was amazing.

 This is at the Kensington Antique Row. It was a fun place to look around.

And of course we went to the Building Museum. I think the security guards know us by name.

I am so glad my family could come and experience this great city and the nation's capitol. Calder was thrilled to have so many people willing to read to him and play with him. I wish they could have stayed longer and we could have done more, but I guess they'll just have to come back!