This weekend we decided to take advantage of the cool weather and get out of the house! We had grand plans to go to the National Zoo, take pictures in front of the White House, and see the Declaration of Independence at the National Archives. We took the metro into the city because driving and parking is a pain.
However, once we got to D.C. I realized that it was colder there than at our house and I had not dressed warmly enough, so we had to stop and get me a jacket from Loft. James says I planned the whole thing since Loft is my favorite store and he's partly right - I did actually look up where the nearest Loft to the zoo was just in case we happened to have some extra time, but I did not try to underdress on purpose!
After grabbing some lunch and walking around a lot, we finally found the store, but that little stop took up about an hour, and by the time we made it to the zoo, we were already getting sore feet and it was the afternoon. We didn't make it to our other two planned stops, but that's ok! We had fun at the zoo.
The pandas were the highlight since neither one of us had ever seen a panda in real life before. They are so furry and cuddly looking that they could be giant stuffed animals, and they really do sit on their behinds like the pictures show. I could just picture them sitting on the couch eating potato chips and watching TV.
We also saw anteaters...they are so funny looking.
And this funny gorilla and his antics made us laugh.
After the zoo, all of our walking around the city, and going down the longest, steepest staircases you've ever seen to get to the metro, we both had aching feet and legs - I am still sore enough two days later that I can't run today! But it was fun and I think it is so cool that we can go to D.C. any time we want. And most of the things there are free!
Unfortunately, today is Monday and James went back to work, so today is clean the house day for me! I have no idea how two people can create such a mess in such a short period of time. So, time for me to crank up the music and get my clean on. Maybe I'll throw some periodic jumping jacks in there and call it my exercise for the day since I'm too sore to run...:-)
Hey Kari! Just did some catching up on your blog. It looks like life in Maryland is going well! And it's awesome you are so close to D.C with all the free stuff there. Way to go on the running! Lindsee and I did a 5k last year and it wasn't so bad! I was also super impressed with the jewelry hanger. Hope you have great visit with your mom!
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