Deja vu, for me anyway.

I could have sworn that I published this post a while ago but it doesn't exist so I guess I didn't.  It really is just for the sake of my own records and it was a fun day so I just had to.  Not that that makes it any more riveting but, just thought I'd explain a little.  Aren't you glad I took the time to do that?
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The busy of our Spring has passed and so we are back onto our normal routine, mostly.
The Mondays that Haley (and now Abby) don't have Activity Days for church we like to head downtown.  It's nice to go during the week because it is pretty empty (with the exception of a few Spring Break stragglers.) and we get the places to ourselves.  It means we can also find parking close enough to walk.  This week we decided to try out a couple of places we hadn't seen since living here.  We started with the Smithsonian Museum of American History.  We typically default to the Natural History Museum because it is so PACKED with stuff to see that the girls love.  However, that one also tends to be the most PACKED with people on busy days....smaller spaces, not laid out as well for a lot of people traffic.  So we tried something new and saw lots of fun and interesting things.

Dresses and personal belongings of the first ladies.  Seriously, what girl wouldn't love this? It is so fun.  Who knew Mary Todd Lincoln was such a tiny lady- I mean seriously tiny.  I certainly didn't.

An amazing dollhouse kept by someone I had never heard of and still can't remember the name of.  Obviously someone very memorable.  The dollhouse was amazing but considering the details she kept of everyone "living" in the house, a little creepy.

The ruby slippers.  THE ruby slippers.  So fun to see though obvious that in the late 1930's there was a tragic lack of interest in crafting because I am pretty sure I could make a better pair.  They were a little shabby, that's all I'm sayin'.

Kermit.  Need I say more?  How could that not be awesome?

Stopping to find four leaf clovers.  They were unsuccessful.  However, we did find a plethora of six leaf clovers.  My daughters apparently believe that I was born yesterday.  The rips down the center of each leaf was a dead giveaway.

Every time we saw grass,  Hazel had to lie down.

Get up Hazel...

We visited the Old Post Office Pavilion after getting the recommendation from a friend.  It did not disappoint.  There was no one there, and the views were incredible.  You can see everything from up there.

Including the pentagon across the river.  I called Clark that we were staring at him.  He waved....from deep inside it's belly.

Hazel found more grass.

Mia was cute.

 Our little budding Republican.  "What do you mean the government won't match my Daddy's TSP?!"

More of our favorite doors except these belong to the National Archives.  We went to check out the Declaration of Independence.

I have suddenly lost all interest in finished off this post with any kind of flair.  Especially because in my post edit I feel slightly mad, as in, insane.

**Post Edit.  OK, I am almost 99% sure that I already posted this.  I can remember some of the comments because I mentioned Gouverneur Morris from Pennsylvania and the fascinating story of why he has a peg leg.

Am I losing my mind? Clark seems to think so.