Day 3

We didn't quite get enough of the museums, so we headed back to the Natural History Museum. First exhibit - Butterflies!

A little freaked out, but Lillie loved looking for the butterflies. Can you find the butterfly?

We moved on to the gems. Here is the famous Hope Diamond. It was originally 112 carats. After passing hands and being recut, it now shines at 45.5 carats. It's pretty stunning.

We walked through a photography exhibit and Haliaka and Kamakea took some funny pictures.

Bugs, bugs, and more bugs.

After the museum, we took a drive to the monuments and memorials

Here's Haliaka "pricking" her finger on the Washington Monument.

After driving around D.C. we headed to National Harbor for some dinner. We found Grace's Mandarin, which we heard a lot about, but were a little leery.
Dinner was actually FABULOUS. We had crispy beef, chicken lettuce wraps, kung pao chicken, and lo mein. Lillie had a feast of chicken dumplings, lo mein, berries, and cookies.

Here's the 2 story buddha that took it's place in the stairwell.