One of the ways Valiant and I have been trying to beat the heat here in DC is by doing stuff indoors. It’s too hot for man or beast (although apparently not tourists…) out there! When the heat index is over 100 and it’s humid enough to swim down the sidewalk, we have taken to the museums as a way to get out of the house and still stay cool without living at the pool. One of my favorites is the National Gallery. We stopped to admire the Alexander Calder mobiles in the East Building which Valiant told me reminded him of his mobile above his crib. Then we made our way through the psychedelic tunnel to the West Building where we took in some of the less modern stuff.
The mobile in Valiant’s room
I think he appreciated the depictions of boyhood by Homer.
We stopped to give V his lunch in the atrium.
I love Sargent! V preferred his stroller straps to the art.
So fun to go out with just a little baby… well, more fun with a friend, I’d think. But definitely more fun than with 2 rambunctions little boys, a potentially whiny girl, AND a sweet little baby…. the moral of the story is that I should’ve gone out more when I only had one. Too late now. :-)
Litttle V is such a sweety pie! I can’t wait to see him.