Tourist Mode: Part 3

At the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, we were able to go into a Butterfly Pavilion.  You are not to touch the butterflies since they are very fragile.  One landed on Kingsley's shirt...

 Finn kind of wanted to grab the butterflies.  Knowing what he can do to a moth, I was extra careful that he didn't get his hands anywhere near them...
                                     
 We visited the gift shop.   Finn picked out a giraffe, a ball, and some cool new monkey socks. One thing Tosh may should have negotiated in his salary was a souvenir budget.  Although the museums are free, we never get out of there without buying an item or three.

 We took a walk out by the Jefferson Memorial.  Jennifer, Aaron, Dax, and Kings took a ride on paddle boats.  Mom and I rested  for a minute.  Pawpaw took Finn for a walk.   It was so cute when I looked up and saw this cute child waving a flag high in the sky...

 While we were out that way, we saw the Presidential helicopter fly over us heading to the White House.  Finn was talking about the helicopter. I didn't realize what it was until Aaron got off the boats and said "did yall see the presidential helicopter?"

Finn can add the Washington Monument to his "landmarks I can name" list...

 Here is the child sleeping on  the metro during 5 o'clock rush hour...

 Jennifer kept Finn entertained on the long walks in the stroller by popping wheelies.  Finn now says "pop a weeee."

 Here we are eating dinner at an authentic Italian restaurant.   This was the last meal before Jennifer, Aaron, and the kids left for home...

 The kids were feeling silly.   So were the adults...

 We were a little loud and rowdy but I didn't care. I knew it was the last time Finn could play with his cousins for a little bit...

 Here is Finn sharing a mango pineapple smoothie with me at our new favorite place...

 We tried out the monkey backpack aka "the  leash" the next day.  Finn wants to walk but he is a runner.   He did pretty good using this.  It got us one of two looks from everyone we passed  1) the "awww that is so cute! Look at his little back pack" look or 2) the " oh my gosh that woman has her child on a leash.  What a horrible mother" look.

 When he got tired of walking he hitched a ride...

We got our first noise complaint this week.   Well at least we made it 11 days.  This news did not set well with me.  I was irritated because I feel like in an apartment you should expect some noise.  I felt better after talking to the leasing agent. He was totally cool about it.  He said "it is your house, you have to live."  We also identified the "noise" as probably being our washing machine. During the spin cycle it sounds like it is going to fall through the floor.  So the neighbors below us probably sent in their complaint the morning I did laundry at 7 am.

The neighbors to our right might send in a complaint after Finn and Meme (mainly Finn I will say)  drove the scooter into the kitchen table and chairs pushing them into the wall.