NJ "W" family visits DC!

NJ Wimmers came down to visit and we had a great time even if a little disciplining had to take place at times. (-: Of course, that is to be expected when a sister, an aunt (me), five nieces and one nephew try to go see sites around DC.

We were able to go to the old Air and Space Museum on the National Mall, go by foot to the Lincoln and FDR Memorial, visit the playground at Haines Point, drive down to the new National Harbour where "The Awakening" statue from Haines Point has been relocated to and last, but not least, swim in the hotel pool and have a continental breakfast. That was pretty much Friday.

Saturday, after the swim, we were able to go enjoy the DC temple grounds and visitor center until it was time for them to head back up north.

It was great to see everyone...though I think I need to be a better aunt on their next visit. I was plum tuckered out even before they came and we had a few interesting moments. Shall I name a few?

• Renaye bought a frozen pizza. To our dismay, there was no oven in the kitchen. Hmmmm. Microwave it is with a follow on cooking in a frying pan. Think of it as a pizza pancake because we did flip them just to make sure they had a little crisp.
• Choral Crying - I forget that if you let one little person cry, others will join in for no apparent reason.
• Rogue Escape Artist - Not sure if she is three or four, but she found a way to subtly just keep walking (in the wrong direction) just to create a scene or test us or ? All I know is that these three and four year olds KNOW what they are doing when they run away from you. The craftiness is written all over their face.
• Food - don't ever think you have enough in the van. We ended up in a two hour traffic jam on 495 at dinner time. Efforts to find anything took at least another 15 minutes and by then the "choral crying" (above) had begun.
• Sick - if they say they are going to throw up, but then say maybe not - tell them to get out of the van anyway. My sister did this and it was a good thing. Just don't follow them after they have completed the task...unless you have a strong gag reflex. (I'm having a problem writing this now).
• Sponge Bob Square Pants - I've never seen this show until now. It was the prime attraction on both tvs in both rooms at the hotel. I do have to say - it was fairly entertaining.
• Red Shirts - great idea! They all wore red shirts and it was easy to see all of my nieces and nephew when we got separated. It was surprisng how few people were wearing red.
• Little moments - it's these that make up for all of the other stuff. A little huge, a little smile, a "look Aunt Rebecca, look at me."