TGIF $1M

Where can you go to stand next to a stack of $1M dollars? This first Friday of Spring found me headed to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing where I did just that. Why not be a tourist in your own city? Kid 1, Kid 2, and I managed to snag 10:00 tour tickets and unsuccessfully tried to redeem them at 9:15 and 9:30 (we spend a lot of time waiting next to the $1M). After touring where our paper currency is printed and my purchase of a gigantic fake penny we were hungry.

We began walking across the mall leaving the cherry blossoms fading in our tracks. Kid 1 was craving a big slab of flesh and his vegetarian momma directed them towards Fuddrucker's in Chinatown. After feasting on "the best cheeseburger eva" Kid 1 was truly feeling himself and announced that we could rent Segways and really act like tourists.

Fortunately for me eleven year olds can't rent Segways. Keeping true to our $1M theme we headed to Georgetown. Kid 2 browsed in every women's shoe store she could find (she's only six). Kid 1 had bigger plans, he needed to find a Gucci or Louis Vuitton store to find out how much a wallet costs. Our only purchase- a kite!

Just another day in the nation's capitol...