Day 2 in DC

 

 Yesterday while we were site-seeing we found out that the Parks and Recreation Department were giving out free tickets to tour the outside grounds of the White House.  Since there were limited tickets we had to be in line at 8 am.  Once again Spencer was a trooper and stood in line in the cold with us.  After we got the tickets we rewarded him with a venti vanilla cinnamon dolce steamer from Starbucks.

It was so early that only a few tourists were around so we took a quick family shot in front of the White House knowing we would have a closer shot later in the day. 

We had to wait about 15 minutes to enter the National Archives building, but seeing the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and the Constitution were well worth the wait.  We only have a picture of us waiting in line because we weren't allowed to take pictures inside.

 

We had a little bit of time before our tour of the White House grounds so we stopped by the Smithsonian Museum.  Spencer loved all the animals and wanted to touch them so bad.

 

Spencer's hand is the same size as a koala bears - so cute!

Spencer with Mommy at the entrance of the mammals section of the museum

  

Family photo on the south lawn of the White House

 

The First Lady's garden.  It was interesting to see how excited other tourists were about the garden.  To us it was just a large garden.

Looking at the Washington Monument from the White House

 

We purchased tour tickets to see the monuments at night, but Spencer got a fever and wasn't feeling well so we did our own quick tour.  We picked up our rental car from the subway station and drove into the city.  Casey got out at the State Capital for a photo but the rest of the photos were taken from the window of the car.  We'll post those another day.