Last week, my mom and Ali joined me in Washington DC. I was there for work, but they made it a pleasure! We had a good, if rainy and chilly, week and Ali is a stellar traveler, so I am bringing her with me again this week to Hawaii! I should be packing right now since we have an early departure and it is supposed to be raining very hard during our early morning drive, forcing us to leave even earlier!

It made my trip so much nicer having these two blue-eyed babes with me.

At first Ali was nervous about riding the Metro. “All done, choo choo” she told us. After the first couple of trips she got the hang of it though, and she became quite the metropolitan girl – riding the metro and eating in a restaurant for every meal like she was made for it.

We visited the Museum of American History and got to see some very cool history, my favorite was the display of former First Ladies’ dresses. Mostly though we hung out in their hands-on kids area. A very good thing when it is too cold and wet to play outside!

I know the weather was not that bad, we are just wimps from Oxnard where it is almost always a good day to go to the playground! Regardless, we were happy there was so much to explore indoors.

We stopped by the White House and saw the National Christmas Tree and Mrs. Obama’s vegetable garden.

The rest of the week I was working while Mom and Ali explored the zoo. It made the week much better for me, having them there.
Tomorrow – Ali and I will be off to Hawaii and Matt starts his first day at his new job! Yea!
Aloha,
Amy