17 February 2010

Getting Out

With the exception of a few fabulous play dates with some neighborhood kids, we really didn’t get out much last week. Tim went to work a few days, but Georgetown was closed Monday through Thursday, so I didn’t go to work at all.

By the weekend, we were feeling like the roads were more clear, so we took Reagan to the pool for the first time. I think she enjoyed it, but the pool was a bit cooler than I expected. We called it quits once she was shivering for a while and had blue lips!

Sunday, before a fabulous dinner of Hungarian Beef Stew with some friends, we spent some time at the National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum. If I haven’t mentioned it before, this is my favorite museum in DC. It’s a beautiful building – the original Patent Office – and always has cool special exhibits. The best part, though, is the atrium. When the building was renovated a few years ago, they covered the atrium with a wavy glass ceiling. The water features, which were not turned on when we were there Sunday, are flat features that run across the ground. The darker stone where Reagan is crawling usually has water just running over it. Though it may be the only museum she has been to, I think it’s Reagan’s favorite, too!

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