Vacation Recap Part 1!

So I have been on vacation for exactly 5 days now and it has been a blast! The weather has held up every day long enough for us to do just about anything we wanted outside before it started raining. Phew!

The first few days were spent local and practically free! We went for a LONG walk around town and were able to see some horses along the way. Isabel loves horses! It was breezy and cold, but I bundled them up and away we went.

If you haven't learned yet, Todd NEVER goes anywhere without Thomas. :)

Isabel later asked why they looked hungry...... I told her they were just cold.....

Later that day we had hot chocolate and colored on a massive piece of white paper. We had to come up with fun things that were free that day and the kids seemed totally content just being at home.  So I went with it. I am very pleased to say that we have successfully taken a nap every day this week with the exception of today as we were at the zoo all day. This baytation has been sooooo awesome!

Anywhoooo....... Days 3 and 4

Day 3 was spent prepping and planning my moms birthday dinner. My mom is now 29!!...... Hahahahaha, rounding down. Far down. It was great, but in typical my mom fashion she asked that I not take pictures. Much less blog about her, so there is not a single picture from her birthday dinner :(

Thanks to everyone who came over for a very welcomed surprise for my mom! She loved having the dinner be about her and not having to be the hostess! Amen!

Day 4 the kids and I found ourselves at the beach in Mukilteo :)

By the time we hit the beach, the sun had come out!

.....She didn't to touch it for fear it might bite her, but we had a good look.

Again, Thomas in hand. :)

The Mukilteo beach has changed quite a bit from when I was in school. Yes, the Diamond Knot brewery is still within walking distance from the Ivars and the ice cream shop, but they added a HUGE play area where a grassy field used to be! It so great! Covered picnic tables and it's right next to the train tracks..... which means.... yep. You guessed it. My little man didn't want to move a muscle when a train went by!!

See the clouds rolling in behind her?!

Didn't want to swing, just wanted to watch the train go by :)

Ok, ok, So the beach was wonderful! The kids were in total kid heaven! Running around, feeding birds, splashing in the water and playing on a very nice playground! 

Day 5 took us to the Woodland Park Zoo!!

 Yipee!

It's always nice to take the kids somewhere farther from home, yes, even just to Seattle. I think if the drive were any farther, they might have started down the "what of" and the "when are we there" paths and that never makes for a pleasant ride to anywhere! So we got up this morning, had breakfast and got ready for a fab day at the zoo with Auntie Jessica :)

Again, we got up and the weather looked like it was going to be gloomy, but once we got to the zoo the sun had come out and it was hot out! Thank the sweet Lord! Isabel was set on seeing the tigers and Todd wanted to see the pigs and dinosaurs.... hahahaha, need less to say we started with the penguins.

Scratch that, we started at the drive through Starbucks in Everett. Hahaha

To be continued...........

XOXO