Last Trip as Non-Parents

A couple of weeks ago Martin and I took our last trip as non-parents.  It was a last minute thing.  We decided on a Wednesday night that we would leave the next day for a little weekend jaunt around D.C.  (Thank you Chinatown Bus for making the trip between New York and D.C. so affordable and convenient for those of us without cars!) Martin hadn't been since middle school, so it was pretty much a whole new experience for him.  The weather was perfect and we were able to do and see a lot in our short time there. Below are 

pictures of a few of our trip highlights.

We visited the National Zoo.  This is Martin being a good sport when I insisted on taking this picture because of his uncanny resemblance to the panda statue.

This is a picture of Martin's favorite thing at the zoo--watching the construction of the new elephant habitat.  Who wants to watch animals when you have the option of watching big machines push dirt around?

We visited many a museum.  Museum highlights include seeing the Star-Spangled Banner at the Museum of American History (I had no idea it was so big!), the new Wright Brothers exhibit at the Air and Space Museum, and our visit to the Museum of the American Indian, which I had never been to before.  

And this is me being a good sport when Martin insisted on taking this picture because of my uncanny resemblance to this statue in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden.  (Yes, I know...the purple shirt is not flattering at all.  I haven't worn it since I saw these pictures.  Sometimes it's just to late to go back and change things.)

Overall, it was a good trip...as you can tell from our happy smiling faces.  My only complaint is that pregnant feet don't like to be walked on for 10 hours a day.  As I told my parents on the phone, it was "really good to get out of the city for a few days."  I quickly realized what I had just said and wondered at what point does Washington D.C. stop qualifying as a city in one's mind? Oh the things that living in New York can do to a person perspective!