I love my day off. During the school year I take Wednesdays off because our kids have a half-day of school. Lora and I usually hit a coffeehouse and hang out. Yesterday it was Firehook on the Senate side of the hill. And it was so beautiful we just walked around the Capitol. Felt like tourists! A ton of class trips during this time of year. I wonder how many pictures we inadvertently ended up in yesterday.

In the afternoon, we took the kids to the National Arboretum. Pretty cool “sanctuary” in the middle of the city. Josiah must have ridden his scooter about a mile yesterday. And Summer and her friends rode in the back of our mini-van with the back hatch up and legs dangling until we got pulled over by a very zealous security guard who told us we can’t do that.

Last night I went to Parker’s Lacrosse practice. Honestly, I’ve never played Lacrosse and I don’t even know the rules. But I might get a Lacrosse stick so Parker and I can play catch. Pretty cool game.