Trip to Seattle

Well, I was driving in my car the other day with my soon to be 4 year old, Emily, and I mentioned the space needle. Emily asked, "What is the space needle?" I was surprised that she didn't know what it was so I made a promise to myself to take my kids up to see the sites in Seattle. We spent a few hours up there this last Saturday and had a great time. We ran around the needle, took the monorail to West Lake and then walked down to pike place. My kids danced to the music on the street and Tyler even parted with $1 for a guy who was playing his homemade drum set. After our monorail ride back to the needle we decided to go and eat some dinner at Ivars on the peir. The kids were in heaven and we all had a great time. I actually don't remember hearing any of the kids fighting the entire trip...even in the car ride up and back! That was a great start to our mid-winter break. The kids have all of this next week off and we are thinking of fun things to do. Any suggestions?

Daddy-Daughter Time

Marshall took three of our girls, and a friend, to a daddy-daughter dance that the rec department puts on every year. This is the first time my girls got to go and they LOVED every minute of it. The girls had a fashion show as they tried on the dresses that they wanted to wear. Sara learned the running man, and boy was I proud. She held out a string the next day and spun it around and said that is what dad did to her on the dance floor. What a fun tradition.

Tyler was invited to go roller skating and he didn't get back until quarter to midnight! His friend stayed the night, but they fell asleep quickly. How spoiled my kids are.