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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Hillwood Mansion

Today we drove to DC and spent the afternoon at Hillwood Mansion.  The mansion was impressive, and the grounds are beautiful.  I had never heard of this before, but it is definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.  Don't miss the Japanese Garden!

Our afternoon started out with a picnic at Rock Creek Park (because we couldn't get to Hillwood due to an accident on the bridge that led to the mansion).  It was a lot colder and windier than we thought it would be.  Even hubby was cold, but Quinn didn't seem to mind:


We walked to the Hillwood grounds, and started our tour in the mansion, where they have 2 Faberge eggs.  We then went to the greenhouse, where we saw some beautiful flowers, and Quinn had a blast running through the plants and smelling the flowers
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My fave was the Japanese garden.  It was beautiful.  I could have stayed there for much of the day.  I wish I had taken more pictures of it.





They also had a pet cemetery:



And here are a few random videos for you to enjoy.  Yesterday, we found some ducks just outside our house.  Quinn enjoyed chasing them until I pulled out the camera and he wanted to see the video:


And what's up with this weird eye thing?  I think he's trying to roll his eyes at me:


Much to hubby's dismay, Quinn's Elmo radio has resurfaced:


Quinn loves his "new" (to him) animal fridge toy: