Seattle, tumbling and Vancouver

We took a last minute family vacation to Seattle/Vancouver.  We left Thursday evening for Seattle.  By the time we landed there was only time to grab a burger from Dick's Drive- in ( a local hamburger chain in Seattle) if you go up that way it's worth the stop, then went to our hotel for a few hours of sleep.  Friday we headed out to the Public market, Pike's Place Market, on the water front.  They sold fresh fruits and veggies, fish, flowers etc.  It was fun to brows and people watch.  After eating lunch (fish and chips of course) we took Will on a ferry ride.  He really enjoyed it, but we had to seek shelter 1/2 way through.  The high temp was 65 our little one was turning blue.  I'd always heard how much it rained in Seattle, while we were there not a drop.  Will got his first real ouchy in Seattle.  While speeding down the sidewalk (he has to walk as fast as he can, no matter where he is going) he took a tumble, picture to follow. 

                                                   poor little one, ouchy

The last leg of our trip took us to Vancouver, what a fun city!  We drove up there on Friday after seeing the sights in Seattle.  It's only about a 2 hour drive but silly us, we didn't factor in customs on a Friday evening, that added another hour and 1/2.  Those of you who have small children will be able to only imagin what was going on inside or car as we sat in line, but once we arrived it was totally worth it.  We mostly ate lots of asian food, who would have thought?  My favorite was the jap-a-dog, one of those carts down town that sold an asian twist to an american dog.  Let's just say it was topped with nori instead of relish....Yummy.  Saturday morning we hit the lululemon outlet (my new found addiction), picked up a couple of things then headed to the second largest Urban park in North America.  On arrival much to our amazement there was much much more than just 1,000 acres of wilderness.  We took Will to a petting zoo which I'm totally against, any kind of zoo for that matter, but TJ assured me that the animals like it there, they live the good life......never having to hunt for food and getting there backs and bellies scratched.  Before I knew it I bought in and believed for a split second that we were doing a good thing.  Will had a great time but seemed to like the tractor more than the animals.  Truth be told TJ had the most fun and now wants a couple of goats, he's added them to the list of animals he wants once we move from the city.  After the petting zoo we headed to a little water play park, you know the kind that has water shooting up from the ground, a little stream running through the middle, water guns to shoot and rain fall to run under.  We found a parking place for out stroller, stripped Will down to his onesie, rolled up our pants and headed in....... and right back out!  You'd never know by the way little kids were darting around, in out out of the water having the best time of there lives that the water was ice cold.  We put Will's feet in it for one second and screams followed for all to hear.  TJ calmed him enough to touch the shooting water and run through a couple of times.  Will was more than ready to go after the water adventure and fell asleep right as his head hit the car seat.  Sunday we left to drive back to Seattle to catch our 4 hour flight home (after 3 hours in the car), our prayers were answered and Will did great on the flight home, what a trooper!  We couldn't have asked for a better trip.

                                                  First time on Canadian soil


                                                         view from the park

It was so nice being able to spend time together with no distractions.  I know Will really enjoyed having his daddy for 4 whole days, and so did momma.  

Ginger