Excellent location/offers
If you have AAA, you have to stay here during your visit to DC. You get the breakfast buffet for free (including gratuity), which for my husband and I was over $50. The lobby is beautiful. Super easy access to the Metro, if you can figure out how to actually get around. 
The only ding I can give this hotel is the pool. Its small, indoor, and well, not very nice at all. Even the gym is pretty decent. Everything else is great, the staff is just super nice, from the valet (which i recommend highly) to the check in station. The valet might seem pricey at around $40/day, but you can get the car out as many times as you like, which is key when traveling w/ children. Easy walking distance to the museums and monuments. We arrived about 1.5 hrs before check in and they had a room ready in less than 20 mins for us.