As you can see, her listening skills need some brushing up on.
We stayed here a while and admired the monument, let Gracie run wild and be a child, and just relaxed as we strolled around the place.
My little baby who just wanted to be put down on the ground, so she could run into the fountain again and again.
We started walking towards the Lincoln Memorial (one of my favorite places in DC), and Gracie wanted to run ahead and explore and wave to all the doggies along the way. I asked her to stop and pose for the camera and this is what I got.
As expected, Gracie was in love with the geese, who returned that love freely, only because Grace was willing to feed them.
With a toddler on the move, it is imperative to have a camera on continuous shooting mode. I managed to catch a couple of fun shots of Gracie as she explored the Lincoln Memorial.
This is one of my new favorite picture of these two loves of my life.
As we were leaving, Grace was getting quite cranky and stubborn, and took off running down the stairs of the monument into the oncoming crowds. As she ran by the spot where Martin Luther King delivered his infamous speech, I yelled out to Gracie to show me the letter M. She stopped abruptly, turned around, and slowly walked over to the place. She just sat right down and started pointing out the different letters, much to the amusement of the passersby.
I was grateful for the opportunity to teach Grace about this beautiful country, about freedom, about sacrifice and to have the chance to do things together as a family. I am never sure if anything sinks into her baby brain but I will do my very best to expose her to that which is good and praiseworthy all the days of my life.
