Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday

Things are getting a little busy, and now there's no time to post every day.

On Tuesday, Sophia and I had a little neighborhood outing with a trip to the post office to mail some paintings to Auntie Jen in California.  Then, we had a Metro ride to Harris Teeter, the local supermarket.  It was fun.  When you'r just almost four...everything is interesting and worth talking about.  Sophia loves to learn things, so we always have a topic of conversation.  Louisa picked us up and drove us home.  We had too much to carry on Metro. 

Griffin and his friends came home from the Tae Kwon Do Day Camp and hung out with us until it was time to go to Mr. Henry's for dinner.  Every Tuesday night is Kid's night at Mr. Henry's and lots of other families in the neighborhood participate.  A good time was had by all.  The kids watch a movie with kid-sized chairs lined up in for them in what would have been an upstairs bar area. The grownups get to talk with each other and catch up on neighborhood doings.

Wednesday was another Metro trip--this time to the Museum of Natural History, where we saw dinosaurs, the Hope Diamond, a reef with some fish that look like Nemo, lots of animals, and a live butterfly garden.  Here's Sophia in the garden:

We were pretty hungry by then and had some great crab soup and a not-so-great cheese sandwich in the museum cafe.  Before heading home on Metro, we had to catch a ride on the carousel.  Sophia had a beautiful blue horse.  After we were home, Griffin and his friends had a birthday celebration for his friend Jeremiah at Starbuck's and they invited Sophia.  Then, Sophia and Griffin had a play date with some other friends while the adults had a "grown-ups" only dinner at Ba Bay on Pennsylvania Ave.  I had chicken with lemon grass rice.  It was the best rice I have ever had.  I shared some with others at the table and everyone agreed!   Louisa's friend Chantel joined us for the dinner.  She and I stayed late while everyone else went home.  We had a great visit.

Thursday was supposed to be a trip by Circulator bus to the American Indian Museum.  Sophia and I got on the wrong bus, though, and had a bus driver who wasn't too helpful.  I need to do a little more on-line research.  We made the most of it, though, and went back and hung out in the neighborhood.  We had a quesadilla lunch at a Salvadoran restaurant on 8th St called "Las Placitas."  Then we came home to catch a favorite tv program, "Angelina Ballerina," and took it easy for the rest of the day.  Sophia has been taking ballet and really identifies with Angelina, who is a beautiful little mouse in a pink tutu, tights and ballet slippers.  What's not to love about that?