As Jeff had to go back to work I was flying solo with my two kids for Friday's final outing. We headed out with all 10 of us for a ferry ride to Seattle.
The kids were super good on the ferry. Grandma brought some travel games and most of the kids were all into them. Andrew spent some time topside with Papa or looking out the window as we travelled along. When that got boring we used the tried and true DS game to keep him occupied.
As the view was so awesome we took a trip all together up to the top to look around and a nice photo op. As you can tell from the picture below it was so windy we didn't spend much time up there at all. The kids were all a giggle as clothes and hair was flying in all directions.
Once we docked in Seattle we found a park and had a nice lunch at McD's before heading downtown to the Pike Street Market. Little did we know that chaos was about to hit as the market was packed with tourists. I think I heard someone say that a cruise ship had docked for the day so it was unusually busy. I have to say it was a bit stressful making sure we had all kids accounted for. A huge fear of mine is losing Andrew in a crowd so he was not allowed to just walk next to me without holding my hand. He didn't like this so much but ya got to do what ya got to do sometimes.
It was seriously wall to wall people. We walked the strip up and then back and it took a bit of time. There was some cool stuff to look at but not so easy to buy anything with such a large crowd all around. It was fun to just go and see. We headed back to my place to rearrange kids and say our goodbyes. We had a blast this week and are sad to see it come to an end. I don't know how I'm going to match the fun we've had for the rest of the summer but I'll give it a try. It is times like this that make me wish we lived a little closer. That 14 hour car ride is a killer. I guess it makes the times we get together all the more special. Look forward to the next visit.
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