What we did this summer

We have spent the summer so far in a breathless rush. Friends and family came to visit, Peaches and Popcorn's room got a complete makeover, Peaches took a dance class, Popcorn settled down at preschool and finally, we tried to improve ourselves by visiting some of Washington D.C.'s great museums. The Natural History Museum with its alluring dinosaurs was a hit, lots of questions were asked, it was declared the "best museum ever". With some trepidation a visit was made to the National Gallery of Art. Other than being asked to leave an exhibition because Popcorn demanded food in her loudest voice and started nibbling some raisins she found in her stroller tray, that went well too. Peaches actually enjoyed looking at the paintings. Mommy felt a warm glow. The long train ride punctuated by monotonous chants of "how many more stations?", the trudging around a baking Mall were all worth it. Till the day the girls were asked to recount their favorite part of the trips. "Museum gift shop" said one. "Pepperoni pizza" said the other.