Better Late than Never.....

Merry Christmas

from the Renshaw's

Free Fun!!!

Has anyone ever seen that Lowe's does a workshop on Saturday's? It's for kids and their parents and its FREE!!!

(we brought Abbie Grace along to watch!)

Today we headed over to the Southside Lowe's (this is also offered at the New Lowe's) and signed up for the class. I believe that it is held every other weekend.


They had these cute little aprons for the kids to wear and they both got patches for completing the project. (Which of course I have already sewn on.....and am way more excited about than them!)



This week was Halloween themed. Each station had a kit and a hammer. They also had safety glasses. Tom helped Lucius while I took pictures and helped Maggie. The kids had a great time using the real hammer and nails. I can't believe that they do this for free!



After the class, we took the kids over to the firetrucks. The police, state trooper, and fire departments were all on hand giving out kid safety info.

Seattle Aquarium

Today we left the small comforting town of Sequim and headed to the hustle and bustle of Seattle. Tom and I have been planning on taking the kids to see the Seattle Aquarium since the plans to head to Seattle started to surface. The plan was to head out early and grab a ferry (I kept my eyes peeled for McDreamy!!) over to Seattle.



We finally made it to the landing at 11, just in time to miss the ferry and had to wait 45 minutes for the next one. This was the first ferry ride for both Lucius and Maggie. When I tell you that they were excited, you just have to imagine them running around screaming in circles!!!
They were also very impressed with the mountain in the distance (Mt. Rainier). Lucius kept telling me it was the top of dragon mountain (some of you might recognize as a Backyardigan show....and now I have the song stuck in my head!).

And of course I couldn't resist taking a picture on a Seattle icon: The space needle.


Finally we made it across and set off on foot (and stroller) to find the aquarium. After making a couple of u-turns, we finally found it on pier 59.

The first thing that we HAD to go see was the octopus. Lucius is learning about the letter 'O' in pre-K and they are drawing/coloring octopus' just about everyday.



The highlight of the day was seeing Nemo, Marlin and Dory all in the same tank!!! The movie Finding Nemo comes in a close second behind her ultimate favorite, Tinkerbell.

The kids had a great time looking at all the sea life. There were a couple of exhibits that had divers that would feed the fish. The kids really got a kick out of waving to him and high fiving the diver through the glass.

Afterwards, we wanted to grab a bit to eat. Of course this was a little bit of a struggle. I felt like the kids would do better with something like McDonalds. BUT Tom and I both wanted get some AUTHENTIC seafood. (I mean, we can eat McD in Dothan!). End the end, we chose a very over priced restaurant on the bay. I'm sure that we would have enjoyed it more without our wonderful hungry, well behaved no nap children. Maggie is just started on that lovely stage called the terrible two's. And I just not really sure how to handle her. We will def be rethinking the entire eating out situation for a while!

After lunch, we hightailed it back to the ferry, and OF COURSE, missed the ferry. I mean it was still sitting there, but full so we couldn't get on it!!!!! Another hour wait. So Tom and I amused ourselves with the camera and the self timer! All in all it was a great day. The weather was amazing and the kids had several firsts!

Washington, Day Three

Can you believe that Abbie Grace is five months?

We have been in Washington now for three full days. The kids are having a blast. Today was very low key. We stayed at the house and the kids played outside most of the day. Tom and I tried to take a short sight seeing trip to Port Angeles, but the weather didn't agree with us. So we ended up heading to Wal-mart to pick up some items and came back home.

Who needs expensive toys when there is a plastic cup and rocks around?

The weather is so nice......In the upper sixty's most of the day.

Everyone took a turn wearing Grandma's gardening hat.