Seattle Day 6: Wild Waves

 Camille became best friends with Dexter. This is Isaac's dog, but he took pretty quickly to Camille.

My girls insisted that we go to Wild Waves. I was a little hesitant because overall they aren't very big amusement park fans. In the end, though, it was a perfect day. Olivia, Alicia, and Makenna joined us for the fun.

The KangaBounce is my favorite ride- it just makes me giggle as it goes up and down!

The Timberaxe.....It goes upside down and around and around. I am super proud of both Claire and Camille who went on it, and LIKED it! They are both typically pretty big whimps when it comes to thrill rides, but they wanted to keep up with their cousins so they were very brave. This may be a turning point in our amusement park adventures!

Camille and i went on the bumper cars. Camille said, "I'm a little better than I was on Tomorrowland Speedway!" When she was 4 she and I rode together on the Speedway, and I may have gotten off felling a little nauseaus. At 11, she is a much better driver.

Seattle Day 5: Redondo and Shakespeare

Redondo is my absolute favorite place in the world. I love it. So we went and walked down the boardwalk. They also now have a small aquarium so we checked that out as well. It was lovely and perfect, as always. We saw a lot of seagulls and hawks and it was really great.

Their favorites were the Tubeworms. They aren't pictured here, but you touch them and then they crawl back into their tube. They're really cool.

Claire and Camille fell in love with my mom's typewriter. They had never seen such a cool contraption ;) They spent hours writing stories- it was pretty funny.

We went to Pick-Quick for dinner so Olivia could make us some shakes. I got blackberry oreo- YUM!

                                                     
                                                       

Then we went to Shakespeare in the Park. They were doing The Tempest. It was a perfect night for- the weather was extraordanry for us the entire trip.

This is what Camille thought of Shakespeare in the Park:

                                                               

I learned that if you don't already know the play, having the synopsis pulled up on your phone and following along helps.

Seattle Day 4: Five Mile Lake

It was a perfect day to go to a place near and dear to my heart. We went her all the time as kids, so it is always fun to take my girls here to enjoy. Melissa and her girls joined us, and it was simply perfect.