My daughter and I spent the second day of the New Year at the NIH.

On the way to the clinic, we were lucky to catch a glimpse of the gingerbread houses, which were still up a day after the display was supposed to have been taken down:

“Dad would be happy to see this one! It’s his alma mater!”

This one was the winner…

But my daughter’s favorite was the Harry Potter castle:

There were two of them!

The Children’s Inn, where we had spent the night before:

By the time my daughter’s appointments were done, the houses had all vanished without a trace.