First of all- We LOVE Seattle! Last year we attempted to make a trip up, but that failed. This year we decided it was a must. Everyone else in Kev's family decided to make the trip up too, so it was a GREAT big Andrus family get together. I LOVED it and so did the girls.
For weeks before we left, I started planning and strategizing on how to keep the girls happy and busy on the LONG car ride. I prepared about 3 bags of games, books, worksheets, videos, dolls, etc. in an effort to prevent whining. Thankfully, it paid off pretty well. The girls traveled like champs! So, here is the play by play...
Saturday: We decided we were going to get up 5am and hit the road. But, Kevin was so excited and couldn't sleep, so we ended up leaving at 3am. We thought for sure that leaving at 3:30 am the girls would crash immediately once we got on the freeway. How wrong we were. Despite being totally dark until 7am, the girls were up and happy for 2 hours! Bismal failure. By the time they fell asleep, it was getting light and they woke up shortly thereafter. We stopped for a potty break, breakfast, and to change out of jammies and hit the road. We tried to only stop for the potty and meals, but had to stop a couple times for puking! Tilly got carsick and we had to stop 2 times along the ride up to get her cleaned up. By the time we arrived in Seattle, we had been on the road for 16 hours. SO very long!
Sunday: We really wanted to have a full day to recover from the road trip and knew Sunday would be the perfect day. We went to church with Kevin's Gparents and Aunt Janice then relaxed and hung out at his Aunt's house the rest of the day. Peter's family came up on Saturday, too, so we had lots of company.
Monday: We went to the Pacific Science Center. My cousin Amy lives in Puyallup and was able to bring her kids to meet up with us. We spent the morning there and had a great time. I highly recommend this place to anyone who has kids or is a kid at heart. I could have spent all day there -- unfortunately, my kids could not. Then we were off to Aunt Janis' house to see Don and Karen who would be arriving.
Tuesday: Our adventure for the day was going to the community center. This place has an indoor water park, climbing wall, gym, etc. We only used the pool (and I used the steam room -LOVED IT). I guess in a climate like Seattle, it helps to have a lot of indoor play/rec activities.
Wednesday: Tilly and Charlie were spent. Kevin wanted time with his Gparents. So, I took Chloe with the others and we rode the ferry to Vashon Island. HEAVEN. Seriously, the pacific northwest is gorgeous. I just kept looking out my window and saying, "I could live there... I could live there..." It was a great day trip.
Thursday: A laid back day. We went to the movies (or tried to- the girls didn't like the 3d glasses!) and went to Black Angus for dinner. Juliet and Scott arrived this morning too. Family pictures together after dinner.
Friday: We headed for home. I called the doctor and was able to confirm it was okay to give the girls dramamine on the ride home - Thank goodness! We made it home in 13 hours and only had 1 puke session - 45 minutes from home. So close.
Overall, it was a GREAT trip full of happy time, lots of memories, lots of time spent together and soaking each other's company up. We can't wait until next time!
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