Getting Ready To Roll

Carver trying out Lily's favorite birthday present. Is it just me, or is he reeaeeaaaaalllly starting to look like a teenager?

We leave for Washington, D.C., in three days. David is still up to his neck in end of the year hoopla, and I confess I have not thought about our trip for more than three seconds. David is the master planner around here when it comes to travel. I seriously scored big time when I married that man, because he can make taking a trip to the gas station feel special. He knows how to plan. However, he's been so busy that this trip more or less snuck up on us, and the main goal at this point is to just make it to the airport. To be honest, it's D.C. You go to museums and memorials while you're there. We know what we're doing. We have our list of top 10 must-sees for our family, and I have no doubt we will make it to all of them in one way or another.

Carver is all about getting to the spy museum. Lily wants to see horses in any medium--the museum of transportation or postal service should fit the bill. Zinabu is looking forward to seeing money being printed. David and I are eager to do it all! I'm looking forward to making some new memories there with my kids. We finished reading Jimmy Carter's biography and we're halfway through a biography on Abraham Lincoln. We are all still coming off our high of seeing President Obama last week, so I feel like we're in a good frame of mind to get this history par-tay started.

But first, get through the next three days.