Botanic Gardens

Last week Jennette B. and I dodged the thunderstorms and found a nice morning to visit the US Botanic Gardens with Desmond and Kelsey. Kelsey was born two days before Desmond, so they are natural buddies. After touring the gardens we had a picnic. The kids were real troopers as their moms enjoyed hanging out together!

My favorite part of the gardens was seeing plants that grow things we eat, like vanilla (it reminded me of Madagascar!), allspice, cocoa and peppercorn.

Desmond's favorite part was definitely the fountain in the Kid's Garden.

Now that Desmond stays happy and awake for longer periods of time, I want to go into DC more. It's ridiculously wonderful how many fun free things there are to do in our nation's capital.