Ottawa

 Celebrating Canada Day (July 1) in Ottawa at a Vietnamese restaurant.

 Exploring University of Ottawa

 Balance beams are her thing!

 Parliament Hill

 She has to try a Tim Horton's donut! (and a green tea icy for me)

(out of order) playing on mattresses

 at Fort Belvoir PX

Niagara Falls, Canada

 In late June/early July, we drove to Canada.

 Ariel got to experience Niagara Falls, the Canada side.  She also had her first Tim Horton's meal.

Friends

 Steven and Ariel's other classmates, teachers, and parents came for an end-of-school play date.  Steven likes the Fisher Price Village and house (mine when I was a kid.)

Rama, one of our respite care providers, came to stay with Ariel for a few hours.  They have a good rapport.  We appreciate Rama!

scenes from downtown

 In June went downtown to the Air & Space Museum, then walked around Capitol Hill.  It's actually a very grassy and park-like area.

 Library of Congress

 The Great Reading Room in the Library of Congress

 Supreme Court (near Library of Congress and Capitol Building)

Inside the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts