Great Big 21st Birthday Shout-out
to my niece.
Moving on...
So, we planned this secret outing, my beloved and I, for his mother and our children.
THEM: "Give us a hint!"
US: "You'll need your tennis shoes and your scooter."
THEM: "Give us another hint! How long will it take to get there?"
US: "About a half an hour."
THEM: "Oh. So, it's not Disneyland."
My mother-in-law just never gets tired of Space Mountain....ever....
9:27 a.m.
The kids and I in the back of the car, Daddy and Grandma in the front of the car, Daddy calling me a fly, me telling him to shut it because these are my sunglasses and I like them, Daddy going "Buzzzzzzzzzz", the kids and Grandma laughing 'cause he's just soooo funny.
(And P.S....An artistic note here ~ I love, love, love that you can see the front seat of the truck reflected in my glasses, which, you would not be able to see if my glasses were smaller...Just sayin'...)
9:28 a.m.
Officially on the road.
Let the super-secret fun begin!
9:50 a.m.
We're in the city.
9:53 a.m.
Here's where the Mariners loose all their games.
Okay...they don't loose loose all their games here. They loose some in other ball parks, too.
I'm kidding! I'm just kidding!
Sheesh!!
10:05 a.m.
Know where we're going yet?
10:17 a.m.
Parked on a side street in front on some guy's house because there was, like, no parking ANYWHERE!! and walked across to the park.
Green Lake!
10:28 a.m.
Beginning our motor around the lake
"Stay right on the line!"
"Watch out. There's a lot of people around you!"
"No crowding!"
"A little more space, please!"
"No, get back over the line!"
"Don't run over my foot!"
"Get out of the way!"
"Wait. Grandma! Why are you running ahead?"
Sooooo much fun.....
10:36 a.m.
Enjoying the sights around the lake.
Ahhhh.....No, I'm fine. You guys just go on ahead.....
Really....you don't have to wait....I can catch up.....you know.....later.
10:42 a.m.
Turtles.
I wasn't going to photograph these. I'm not a turtle virgin. I've seen them before. Taken pictures of them. But, then this woman standing there on the edge of the path turned and saw me and she said,
"Oh! You have a zoom lens. Take their picture!"
So....I did.
10:52 a.m.
Walkin' the scooter. Man this is getting tiring....Anyone else feel like sitting down?
10:57 a.m.
Taking 14 pictures of a crane.
"MOM! Let's go! You don't need to take 14 pictures of a crane!"
"Yes, I do. I've never seen one of those in real life before. You don't see that everyday, you know.....Oh wait. There's a duck. I need to take some pictures of that."
"MOM! That is soooo not funny!"
It's a little funny....
11:13 a.m.
Made it 2/3 of the way around the lake and had to stop at the park. Sent Daddy on ahead to get the truck and bring it back to pick us up.
Phew! A bench....and evidently, a wait for the see-saw....
11:18 a.m.
Played 147 games of Where's Waldo with the children and all the other masses of people at the park.
Can you see him?
There he his!
The fun never stops......
11:24 a.m.
Discovering that the spinning thing is actually a lot harder to hold on to than it looks.
"Look! I totally got a picture of you falling off!"
"Mom, that's not funny."
It's kinda' funny....
11:25 a.m.
Trying to trick his sister into falling off.
"Come on. I'll spin you. It'll be great."
She didn't fall off.
He was mad.
"Mom, it's not funny!"
Come on! It's funny!
11:42 a.m.
THE KIDS: "Dad, can we go out for lunch?"
PC: "No."
THE KIDS: "Please?"
PC: "No."
THE KIDS: "Pleeeease."
GRANDMA: "Of course we can!"
11:56 a.m.
Driving, a little crooked, across the West Seattle Bridge....
On our way to lunch.
We had to. Grandma said.
12:14 p.m.
Spuds at Alki
Nice view. Good call on the second floor table.
1:00 p.m.
Playing on the beach after lunch
1:03 p.m.
Admiring the view on the beach
Whoa! How'd that get in there?
I don't even remember taking that.
Grandma must have taken that.....
1:06 p.m.
This was my picture.
Admiring the view from the beach....
1:12 p.m.
Finding out that beach combing is beach combing no matter what beach you're on....
1:26 p.m.
Back in the car.
Heading home.
The End.
"Mom, can we go to the park?"
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