Sunny Seattle

The kids and I had such a great time last week in Seattle Center for the day. It’s been a while since we’ve done anything like this! We parked and paid for the whole day so we could have all the time we wanted. We were there early and our first stop was the Seattle Children’s Museum. We started in the Imaginarium, doing crafts. It is a perfect first stop because your art can dry and you pick it up on your way out.

Making clay chocolate bars

Painting

Window art

Then we explored the fake forest. It was at this point that I had an important realization: children’s museums must be for children whose parents don’t let them do real things. My kids kept touching things and saying, “How come this isn’t a real rock?” and “How come this isn’t a real tree?”

We went to story time and learned some sign language, which was really fun. Normally I wouldn’t have taken the time to sit through that, but we had no schedule. I didn’t rush the kids through a single exhibit. It was nice.

Then we went to the marketplace for some shopping.

We ended in the construction zone. We spent a lot of time there. We were mostly the only ones using the tools. Haley learned how to use wing nuts!

Starting a project

Haley’s project: screws in every hole

Haley was done with her project before JT, so we practiced stacking, sorting, and counting the empty paint cans.  Look at her tower!

Done! JT built a cube, with a lid and everything.

Then we ate lunch by the fountain. It is timed to music. The kids were petrified of the sea gulls that were stalking our food. JT decided he should face right, and I should face left, so we could watch each others’ backs. 

Such fun!

We went down to the fountain to get close to the spray – but not wet. My kids thought the little girl in her swimsuit was nuts.

As a fun surprise, we went to the Armory after lunch and got cotton candy. This was their first time to eat cotton candy and, of course, Haley was a sticky mess.

On the way out, I asked a nice lady to take our picture. She said, “I really suck at taking photos,” but she did a fine job anyway. 🙂

Love love love them.

By the time we left, we had been there five hours. The ride home was pretty quiet!