Our second day started early with a White House tour that Desiree arranged. Luckily our hotel was just a few blocks away, so we didn't have to get up too early for our 7:15 a.m. check in. As we were waiting in line outside Treasury, we enjoyed watching Secret Service walk the German Shepherd dogs one at a time. Once inside, we enjoyed finding some of our favorites: the Reagans (William's focus of his 2nd grade presentation) and Hillary! The funniest part was all the parents who described the portrait of former president Bill Clinton as "Hillary's husband."
I had to snap a shot of this woman in her "Make America Great Again" hat. I later saw many of them for sale on the street with cheap t-shirts, sunglasses (which the boys both purchases) and fidget spinners. These people were asking Secret Service about how to visit the White House, and sounded like they were visiting from a foreign country. We were done there by around 9 a.m. so got coffee and regrouped at our hotel before checking in at our highlight site - The Spy Museum! Apparently I didn't get any good photos inside of the Spy Museum - which was tons of fun - but did get pictures of the boys with their souvenirs: Aiden got handcuffs and William got bean boozle jelly beans. The picture below is him getting one of the gross flavors while we were at lunch.
We ended our day with dinner with old friends at Matchbox and then a walk around the Jefferson Memorial, the one Mall site that I have never seen. As we walked back from Jefferson, we also saw the MLK and Korean Memorials, and as we walked past the Reflecting Pool we saw Marine helicopters swooping in. The Trumps were coming back into town from their overseas travel. One helicopter flew over the Tidal Basin, one around the Mall, and the third landed on the White House lawn. It was really cool to see.
We ended our day with dinner with old friends at Matchbox and then a walk around the Jefferson Memorial, the one Mall site that I have never seen. As we walked back from Jefferson, we also saw the MLK and Korean Memorials, and as we walked past the Reflecting Pool we saw Marine helicopters swooping in. The Trumps were coming back into town from their overseas travel. One helicopter flew over the Tidal Basin, one around the Mall, and the third landed on the White House lawn. It was really cool to see.
