Kiera remembers the trip we made last November and associates Seattle with watching the movie "Cars" and eating popcorn in the hotel room at the University Inn. Since we stayed at a different hotel this time, she was asking us all weekend when we were getting to Seattle.
At the hotel, we did watch some of "Madagascar" and "Fox and the Hound 2". Since we were upgraded to a two bedroom unit, we had space to spread out. We had enough space we could each have our own bed, TV and telephone. Kiera kept using the hotel phone to 'call' her friend Melissa and her Grandma and Grandpa to give them updates on the vacation. (An odd thing to have a memory of, but at one point, sharing a bed with a sleeping Kiera, I was kept awake by kicks from both my kids.)
We went to a few new places this trip:
Sunday morning we went to Alkai Point in West Seattle. Kiera gave Ken a workout running up the hill after her and 'flying' her back down again and again and again...
and we searched for interesting rocks.
Kiera tested out the minivan's wireless headphones for the first time.
After a nap at the hotel, we went to the new SAM Olympic Sculpture Park by the waterfront downtown.
My favourite was this one by Beverley Pepper. "Stainless steel, polished to a mirror finish. The idea is that from whatever angle you view it, the voids look filled and the solids seem empty."
Kiera's favourite was this grate that made great noises when you jumped or ran on it.
Monday we went to the Children's Museum at the Center. Kiera loved it! Each exhibit we went to became her favourite and where she wanted to stay. We spent the most time at the water table,
and the market where you could shop
and ring up your selections.
Kiera was getting a little overloaded so we took some quiet time and read a few stories in a gauzy tent.
After lunch, there were more exhibits to see and Masterpieces to be created in the Imagination room.
Overall it was a great trip. We all had fun and wished we could stay longer.
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