March on the Mall

Last weekend, Eric and I brought the babies downtown so they could meet some relatives for the first time (Eric's mom's niece and her family). It was so great to meet some new family and for them to be able to see the babies. Here is a shot of the whole group.

After some quality time with the fam, the four of us strolled out onto the National Mall to enjoy the warm weather, where we had our first ride on the carousel. Piper and Fletch were not that excited about it because that thing moved fast. Can you see the look of sheer terror in Fletch's face here?

After that apparently horrifying experience, Piper and Fletch got to walk on the Mall for the first time. Here is Piper scoping out things.

Note the Washington Monument in the background on this one. While I still am always in awe when I'm down on the Mall, Piper was more interested in the wheels on the stroller.

After a few minutes though, she decided it was time to start her march on the Mall.

However, the march was short lived, and here she is saying, "See ya later, alligator."

While all this was going on, Fletch was enjoying his time on the Mall as well.

This included taking in the sights, such as the U.S. Capitol here in the background.

Fletch is still a little unsteady on his feet, so he also took a few breaks to just sit and enjoy the scenery and collect his thoughts.

After a few minutes of sightseeing and quite contemplation about our political system, Fletch started to get worked up.

And then he too said he had enough, and signed off with, "In a while, crocodile."

A very fun way to spend an afternoon.