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Unfortunately, the girls were just wearing their flip flops, so weren't terribly equipped for walking far. We did, eventually, find a sub shop, where we all tore into our food like wild animals. The girls wanted to take a taxi back to the car, and I told them that if they found one and hailed it, we could take it. So they did, and we did, and they were very excited, as they'd never ridden in a taxi before.

In all the excitement of getting into DC, (and we were all so excited when we saw the Washington Monument for the first time!) I'd sort of forgotten about mundane things like getting gas, but we managed to coast out to Margaret's on what gas we had left.

Then the girls got to meet their cousins, Nicole and Alexa. They're all pretty close in age, and they have been having a great time. Alexa and Katrina watched a movie, and Abby and Nicole got involved in an art project. We all stayed up way too late! The girls have all been having big slumber parties in the living room, which doesn't help them go to sleep any sooner, but they are having so much fun together.

The next morning, (where by morning I mean shortly before noon) we took the metro downtown to DC, and went to the Natural History museum. We were planning on also seeing the American History museum, but even in three and a half hours, we didn't see everything in the Natural History museum.

After that, we came back to Margaret's, and then we all went up to Harper's Ferry, to go on the myths and legends of Harper's Ferry tour. The kids all adored the ghost stories, and I was completely captivated by all of the old brick buildings. I think I could spend three days just there, wandering around and taking pictures.

We are planning on going to the fireworks display downtown today, but it was thunderstorming earlier, so we're not sure if it will still be on for the day or not. If it's just raining, though, we will definitely go!