Andina

The first few days of Aunt Andy's visit

we just hung around the house, 

allowing time for me to recuperate from my cold

and letting Andy readjust to life back in the first world

(she has been living in Haiti for the last year and a half).

But yesterday was so beautiful, 

we knew we had to get out of the house,

so I took her to my favorite hiking spot right across 

the Washington line.

Today, another beautiful day called us outdoors,

this time to visit the Japanese Gardens.

It was Casey's first time at the Gardens and, as usual,

he showed his enthusiasm for the experience by doing wheelies. 

Even though it is the middle of February, the Gardens were beautiful

with broken stone walkways, waterfalls,

and bamboo fountains.

After the Gardens we headed to our favorite restaurant 

in the city for some Peruvian Tapas.

Orin was so excited about the new food, 

it was hard to keep him contained.

Occasionally, when I would take too long to get him a bite,

he would resort to eating the table.

I was always one second too late 

to catch this particular act on camera

but, as you can imagine, it was quite amusing. 

Orin had chicken, bread, sweet potato, avocado...
and maybe a few too many habanero-infused martinis

because we had barely enough time to savor dessert

before he started babbling about not getting a fair

share of the octopus dish and we had to leave.

Until next time.

When I will remember to order two desserts.