Tuesday and Wednesday in DC

Not much to report from Tuesday.  It rained so we elected to go shopping… you know an inside sport. ;)  Mom and I had never been to Bloomingdale’s, so we had to stop in.  And wouldn’t you know it, I found a cute hat I splurged on since I’ll probably never be in Bloomingdale’s again.  After that we went to Neiman-Marcus, just to say we did.  The escalators were draped in thousands of feathery butterflies so we had to take a picture… sorry for the poor quality, iPhones can only do so well in low indoor light!

My tired Little Peanut!

On Wednesday we headed out to check out some of the areas churches.  We started at the National Cathedral, a beautiful gothic building that you’ve probably seen on TV, since they hold many big political memorials and funerals there.

 

I have intentions of splicing these photos together but I haven’t gotten there yet!

Everywhere we looked there was something beautiful to be seen!

In a quiet side chapel, up high on an inside wall was this moving tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.

The children’s chapel was darling, and Lily loved it!  I tried to get her photo sitting in one of the chairs but she is just too fast!

What an amazing cross-stitched kneeler!

And then we headed around the building and out to the gardens.

Lily… giving Lucy a little worry, running so close to the edge.

Lil and Gramma in the garden.

My Cutie again!

Then we headed on to find Trinity Church, where JFK attended before he was president.  We couldn’t get into the main church but we could get into the original chapel that was there before the second, bigger church was needed.  The Chapel of Saint Ignatius Loyola was simple and lovely.

I love this statue of the Madonna and Child!

The tabernacle.

And then as we made our way back to the car, Lucy thought she recognized the house we were parked next too.  After a quick call to Charlie, we confirmed it was the home the Kennedy’s lived in before moving to the Whitehouse.  Or as Mom referred to it, “Caroline Kennedy’s house when she was a little girl.”  So we had to have a picture. :)