DC

We don't always appreciate where we live. 
We celebrated two years of living in Maryland by taking advantage of the gorgeous Autumn weather and going to the Museum of Natural History and exploring the National Mall. 
Every time we go, we see something we haven't seen before! 
The kids were extremely proud because they turned in their chore chart stickers for money and had enough to each buy a little stuffed animal at the Smithsonian.  Cool to see them begin to understand that there are good things that come from their hard work and chores - in fact, the best part of each of their days (each reported independently) was using their own money to get their "prize". 
It was a good day. 
We are grateful.