Mothers' Day

Started the day with Mothers' Day presents when the kids woke up. After some arguments (which they were sent out to sort out) Donna opened her new diamond and gold bracelet (see the Macys' story from during the week) and 'The American Quilt' book.

To celebrate Mothers' Day, we Metro / bussed down to at Sequoia restaurant in Georgetown: http://www.arkrestaurants.com/section_home.cfm?section_id=1&location_id=2&restaurant_id=15. Malcolm had been there before courtesy of an IMF colleague. Our attempt to book an outside table failed but we ended up with a window table which, given the cool wind on the day, was probably a better proposition anyway. Sequoia offers views over the Potomac River and the Watergate Hotel (yes, that one!). We had a reasonably good meal, some ordinary service (should I have to send the waiter back three times to bring the correct wine??!!), and a good time.

Exploration of the Shops at Georgetown shopping center and Big Wheel Bikes finished our day out.

Kieren managed to leave his favourite new orange hat on the bus coming back which led to more tears when we realised ...

Malcolm