weekend lessons learned...

Friday night, Ben and I ditched Amelia for a few hours for some quality time at Lowes. I needed to pick out flowers for my rock garden planters and Ben needed to do some serious calculations in the lumber department to purchase materials for my next project idea.
Lesson learned: Trying to make decisions at a store is so much easier without your child trying to "wash her hands" in all the fountains in the garden center.


Saturday we took the metro downtown with the Webbs to check out a baseball game at the new Nationals stadium. My plan was to get the cheapest tickets possible and enjoy the game as long as the kids could last. I didn't realize the cheapest seats would actually sell out. I was just too cheap to fork over the cash for the better seats so we quickly formulated a plan B. Amelia was not pleased when we left the ball park. We had been talking it up all morning since she really had no idea what a baseball game was. We decided to go to the National Building Museum instead. The kids (including the husbands) had fun building and playing in the kids zone and Ben and I were excited to check out an exhibit there about the architect Eero Saarinen.
Lesson learned: Buy tickets in advance or go to weeknight games.






Before heading home, we decided some food was in order. We walked by Chop't in Chinatown and it smelled so deliciously fresh. But the crowds and lack of seating forced us next door to Fuddruckers, where a chocolate milkshake sounded refreshing.
Lesson learned: Chop't = good for the stomach, Fuddruckers = not so good.
Bigger lesson learned: Don't leave your bag hanging over the back of your chair while you eat. A man who, in retrospect, was acting very suspiciously managed to steal all my cash ($25) and my debit card out of my bag, which he quickly used to charge over $500 at various locations (including $40 at Five Guys...that man likes himself a burger).

Final lesson learned: You might be better off just paying a lot for a baseball game.

We had a babysitter that night so we decided a cheap date was in order. We postponed our viewing of Iron Man and checked out the new National Harbor (new home to "The Awakening" statue). It was a lovely evening to stroll along the river and discuss the injustices of life.


We finished off the weekend with a quiet Sunday evening stroll through Huntley Meadows. Everything is so green there right now. By the time we left, it was dark outside and the trail was covered with gigantic spiders.