Benjamino's Life: Trip back to our nations capitol

As if a weeks vacation in Townsend wasn't enough, we decided a long weekend tirp to DC is what the doctor ordered. The lovely and amazing Guilia was tying the knot with her beloved John after 10+ years of intercontinental and transatlantic long distance love. You know it is for realz when it can end be long distance for 8 years and keep going right?! We arrived just in time for me to sneak out to the Bachelorette Party.

I realized just how Midwest Mom I had become after rolling with these ladies for a night. It was fun. And DC has laws that rival Nevada.
The next day, after some Ibuprofen, we headed out. I really wanted to see the gravestones for Nana and Poppop matching everything else in Arlington. After quite a walk and a bit of an argument as to how you enter the graveyard we made it.

It just so happened that John, Emily, Jack and ELOISE were in DC the same weekend so we convened on the mall for a quick "Hey Girl" and food truck lunch. Ben and Jimmy loved pigeons. It is a start to the world of birds.

Amazingly both Ben and Jack had Ninja Turtle shirts on, so they were immediate best friends.

Jimmy was obsessed with Jack Jack because he was a fellow curly mop hair head.

Thanks to networking and the internet I found a realiable trustworthy stranger to watch the boys so that we could go to Giulia's wedding. I had no idea, there were only 40 or so people there. I was beyond flattered to have made the cut for such a special day.

It was hot but we managed to do a lot, the boys went to the Monument and to see the Lincoln Memorial while I was out hear the ballpark.

The highlight for Ben, for sure, was the trip to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. He recently found Night at the Museum and fell in love. He wants to be a night watchman when he grows up. He spent most of the time looking for the tablet and wondering if we would be there when it gets dark to see everything come to life.