Summer Nights in DC

I say it so often, but I never do much about it: we live so close, but don't spend nearly enough time in DC! We're only about an hour and change south of DC and it's relatively an easy drive to get there. Maybe now that we have a kid, we'll get some more use out of our taxpayer dollars at work :)

We were invited by some of Bobby's college friends to go to a summer concert at a park on the Anacostia river a couple weekends back! They have live music and you can bring your own picnic dinner. There's a really awesome water fountain (for lack of a better term) at the park, where kids are just let loose in the 1-foot-deep fountain to play around! It was perfect for small kids, which we all had (four in total) and it wore them out a bit before dinner. This was no ordinary picnic... Lindsay made some gourmet picnic food that's better than most of my nightly dinners! Bruschetta, chocolate zucchini cake, quinoa salad with avocados... we also had some homemade bread (still warm from the oven!), olives, cheeses, fried chicken and cookies! We drank wine out of sippy cups (minus the lids), and enjoyed great company and conversation while the kids ran around on the giant boardwalk overhanging the river! The weather was perfect, and it made me so excited for all the fun things we have in store this summer with our sweet boy!

Here are a couple pictures from our night... the park is called The Yards, and it's brand new in a nice little area of the city!

Jack LOVES to splash! It's so funny with the faces he makes!

I hope these boys will be best pals growing up... they are so cute together now!

My little, skinny boy... the water was warm, but his teeth were chattering! He didn't want to get out, regardless.

Stuffing his face with fruit and fresh bread.

Us <3

James, Lyndsay with their two sweet things!

Marie & her boyfriend - so cute!

Christina, AJ and Jack

Dancing... with the creepy baby doll!