friday morning date, the capitol

every friday morning, my two-year old and i have our own special date. we've done this since he was mobile and every friday is a new adventure!

i asked where he wanted to go this friday--he wanted to visit the state capitol.
(what every two-year old wants to do, isn't it?!)
we went and had a blast! (are you allowed to have fun at major government institutions?)

our highlights:
--we jumped off of steps together
--had a lemonade in their restaurant (lunch looked good...but we had stuff to do!)
--rode the elevator to the top
--tried to find our house looking out from the top
(couldn't see our house, but found the zoo and the hospital and fountains and our car)
--laid down on the floor and looked up at the beautiful detailing on the ceilings
--ran around the top floor like it was a giant race track (colin crashed a few times :) )
--went down to the main levels and observed beautiful works of art
(colin was picking out shapes and numbers and i was enjoying the abstract today)
--got a free souvenir from our trip!
the gal who does the tours gave colin a cool poster of the capitol and his reply: coooooool!
i put this on my door in my room!
--we did the steps on the front of the capitol and had a 'rocky' moment
--we walked along the upper walkway to get back to the car, but could only walk on the dark colored squares, not the light ones
--we ran into a few senators on our way back to our car--they were all smiles and said that it was great to see such a young one interested in government :)

all in all, an enjoyable trip that could only be topped off with pb&j and a nap
(wondering if i need to start saving for law school...)