Washington D.C. Weekend

This weekend we were in the Washington D.C. area for cousin Gabriel's Bar Mitzvah. The weather was nice on Friday when we went down so that we were able to walk around Georgetown and visit some of the sights on the Washington Mall before heading to Northern Virginia for the family event.




Helena has picked up her mother's love for baking and cooking. DC Cupcakes is featured on a show of the same name on The Learning Channel. Of course, we pre-ordered our half dozen cupcakes for pick up the day we arrived!




Johnny Rockets for lunch!




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We promised Helena's teachers that we would get good pictures of her with the sights. This is a shot from the top step of the Lincoln Memorial east toward the Washington Monument.




Helena with Abe




Helena posing with the Capitol in the distance




Yes, we did bring Jonathan while we toured the sights. He napped during our 2 hour walk.




Helena asked whether she would get to see Obama while we visited the White House. I explained why that wouldn't happen, and later that night I learned that he was actually in Florida anyway.




Sara, Jeff, and Jonathan




Helena with "the two bubbes"




Sara taking a picture of Joey taking picture of Helena taking a picture of balloons




Jonathan and Daddy watching people dancing the hora




Bowling Saturday night. Sadly, despite all the handheld technology at the bowling lanes, nobody has video of Jeff hitting a behind-the-back-and-through-the-legs strike.