A Lovely Day in DC Town

Last Sunday was gorgeous. High of 70, breeze, clear skies.  We got out and enjoyed it.  Admittedly, this first picture is from Saturday, but I thought it fit in nicely anyway.  There is a new coffee and crepe place on 14th Street, so we tried it out.  Here is Ellis enjoying hers, and Anders trying a bit of one.

On the actual beautiful Sunday, we hit the park at Bancroft Elementary with the Freedkopfs.  Ellis, Anders and Nora were all over the place, but Jack was pooped and rested on his mom's lap.  He had been partying the night before and lost an hour of sleep, so it is totally understandable.  ;-)

Here Ellis is showing off her new shirt which we got along with the new jeans.  Ellis had taken off her jacket and her sweater because she claimed to be hot.  This seems impossible to me, as it was quite breezy. 

I have a very clear memory of being about 7 years old at Pontchartrain Beach and it was quite warm, but my mother kept pushing me to put on a sweater.  I insisted repeatedly that I was too warm to wear a sweater, and my mother blurted out exasperatedly, "It could be snowing out here and you wouldn't want your sweater!"  Thing is, I totally see it from her perspective now.  But I am trying to also remember the kid's side.  I really was warm and didn't need the sweater.  So I let Ellis tell me when she needs the darn sweater and only override her if she is clearly demonstrating signs of being cold.  Not saying it doesn't drive me nuts.

We also went to the trolley park with Gabby (our neighbor) and met up with Neil, a fun 4-year old who shares my mother's birthday. Ellis always has so much fun with Gabby, but the end of fun is always traumatic.

Here is Ellis after we dropped Gabby off.  To be clear, Ellis had been playing with Gabby for about 4 hours and, yet, still fell apart when it was time to separate.  We are working on trying to appreciate the fun had, rather than feeling miserable because it is over.  This is going to take some time.