Aunt Sherri goes to Washington (...and Baltimore, too) with her Aunt D!!

Last November, I took a much needed vacation to visit my two youngest cousins and their parents in Laurel, MD. I had such a good time. I arrived on Halloween night and got to raid their candy stash I mean watch them joyfully eat their candy (they were 14 & 10 at the time). Since I went up during the school year, I got the pleasure of seeing some sights just my aunt and I.

My first day took us to Baltimore or Bawlmer, Hun as the locals would say... I had a few things in mind that I wanted to see. Being a huge Ace of Cakes fan, I had to at least get this shot!

 

I was pretty excited :)

Next we visited the Young Visionary Museum which was really cool... though I was only able to take pictures outside... 

You know me, always making strange friends wherever I go!  

Our duck face pic!

Then we CLIMBED up Battery Hill to get a view of the harbor... (seriously hated my shoe choice for the day at that point... oh well, I looked CUTE!) 

My only other trip to Baltimore was when Aunt D and Uncle P were married (I was 5) and I have memories of climbing this hill with my brothers!



Day 2 of sight-seeing with my aunt took us to DC... (Washington DC that is)
I wowed my aunt with my urban transit skills on the Metro and enjoyed a FREEZING day in our nations capitol.
Our first stop was Arlington Cemetery which I had not been to since I was 5 years old!

 

 

Since both my roommates at the time of this trip were in the Army, I had to check out this exhibit

 

A quick Metro ride over to the Mall... 

 

It was really cold day (and for 2nd time in my life I lost a glove on the Mall), so we spent some time warmly checking out the National Art Gallery...
I snuck in some pics to keep us laughing (which helps keep you warm)...

 


I really enjoyed my two days sight-seeing and talking with my Aunt. I want to be like her when Blueberry and Tator Tot (and the others to come) are grown up. She's such an encouragement to me how she loves her family and our family (she married into our group of crazies!!). I really look forward to spending more quality time with her in the future :)