festivities.

 yay fourth of july!

we had a good day, though it was kinda sad not to be with family and friends.

 first we went to the parade.

 then i wanted to capture d.c./america!

so i did this by: 1. getting some photos of this cool umbrella haha.

and 2. trying to creep on all the cute little kids dressed in american clothing.

it sorta failed, i only got a few. i didn't want people to be worried.

my idea was to capture children of different ethnicity.

 the easiest were clearly babies on their parents shoulders.

 we then walked around a bit, d.c. was packed.

 we then ate lunch.

which included tiny american cookies.

ultimately anything tiny is good by me.

 cute husband.

 silly excited wife.

 see! cute and yummy.

 oh did i mention i bought tiny pinwheels because they were cute.

 white house.

i'm told that when kyler becomes president will get to stay in the basement!

 drew was going to back-flip off.. but they had a fence around it.

 oh, and every time we come into the city i want an american popsicle, but it's usually sunday.

well not today.

and what better time then to enjoy one :]

 toward the evening we headed to the capital building.

 I've never been so close, it was cool.

and packed because we decided it was prime firework watching area.

little did we know the fireworks would have been better a little further down.

but none the less it was great!