the end of midwinter break
we sure did a little of everything this past week while the kids were off school: traveled to vancouver, stayed home sick, and went on some outings in seattle. here are a couple pictures from the snow day we had on thursday. in true seattle fashion, it was gone by the afternoon.
friday thatcher went back to work after staying home sick on thursday. both kids were feeling good, so i took them to one of their favorite places, playdate seattle. it's an indoor play area in south lake union that has tunnels, slides, balls, etc. it's pretty expensive, but we bought a punch card which makes it more reasonable. my favorite thing about going there is that i can park myself at a table for 2 hours while the kids run around and have a blast. of course my invoicing week (this month) for work landed on a week with no childcare, which made things tricky. luckily i was able to finish it at playdate seattle while the kids played. a win-win. and know what else was a win? as i was sitting, doing my work, i glanced up and MACKLEMORE walked by with his daughter. i knew he lived in seattle, but in almost 3 years i had never seen him in public. we made eye contact and i smiled at him, then they were out the door. so fun! i even geeked out with another mom at the next table about it. in the afternoon, the kids and i went to the greenwood library and the grocery store. it was a busy, fun day! we made pizzas for dinner and hung out with the kids the rest of the night.
saturday we didn't have any plans. we hung out at home all morning and by lunch time, we were all going a bit stir crazy. there's a new ice cream shop that opened in our neighborhood last week called salt and straw. it's based in portland and gets rave reviews constantly. we had not tried it yet, despite taking multiple trips to portland over the last few years. now that it's made it's way to seattle, we decided to try it out - but we wanted a longer outing than walking a few blocks, so we decided to check out the capitol hill location that also recently opened. we took the bus to the university and then hopped on the light rail. it was busy at salt and straw, but not terrible.
i'm usually a chocolate/caramel/cookie ice cream sorta girl, but i've heard so many good things about their honey lavender ice cream, so i decided to try it. and it did not disappoint! so delicious. i can't wait to have it again (perhaps in ballard next time, haha).
thatcher ran some errands in the late afternoon and i hung out with the kids. we ate leftovers for dinner and got the kids to bed.
sunday we also had no plans. i was in need of a little rejuvenating "me time" so thatcher took the kids to the zoo for the morning. i spent my time at the ballard farmers market, sold a couple things to buffalo exchange, got a cafe vienna from java bean, and read my book. a perfect morning! we had lunch at home and then i took the kids to the salmon bay school playground because the sun was out! it was a super weird weather day. cloudy and rainy in the morning, sunny for a couple hours in the afternoon, and then a mix of sun and hail multiples times in the late afternoon/evening. so strange! i got our groceries for the next few days and we made a stir fry with peanut sauce and sticky rice for dinner. yum! we watched the olympic closing ceremony, gave the kids baths, and said goodbye to midwinter break!
friday thatcher went back to work after staying home sick on thursday. both kids were feeling good, so i took them to one of their favorite places, playdate seattle. it's an indoor play area in south lake union that has tunnels, slides, balls, etc. it's pretty expensive, but we bought a punch card which makes it more reasonable. my favorite thing about going there is that i can park myself at a table for 2 hours while the kids run around and have a blast. of course my invoicing week (this month) for work landed on a week with no childcare, which made things tricky. luckily i was able to finish it at playdate seattle while the kids played. a win-win. and know what else was a win? as i was sitting, doing my work, i glanced up and MACKLEMORE walked by with his daughter. i knew he lived in seattle, but in almost 3 years i had never seen him in public. we made eye contact and i smiled at him, then they were out the door. so fun! i even geeked out with another mom at the next table about it. in the afternoon, the kids and i went to the greenwood library and the grocery store. it was a busy, fun day! we made pizzas for dinner and hung out with the kids the rest of the night.
saturday we didn't have any plans. we hung out at home all morning and by lunch time, we were all going a bit stir crazy. there's a new ice cream shop that opened in our neighborhood last week called salt and straw. it's based in portland and gets rave reviews constantly. we had not tried it yet, despite taking multiple trips to portland over the last few years. now that it's made it's way to seattle, we decided to try it out - but we wanted a longer outing than walking a few blocks, so we decided to check out the capitol hill location that also recently opened. we took the bus to the university and then hopped on the light rail. it was busy at salt and straw, but not terrible.
i'm usually a chocolate/caramel/cookie ice cream sorta girl, but i've heard so many good things about their honey lavender ice cream, so i decided to try it. and it did not disappoint! so delicious. i can't wait to have it again (perhaps in ballard next time, haha).
thatcher ran some errands in the late afternoon and i hung out with the kids. we ate leftovers for dinner and got the kids to bed.
sunday we also had no plans. i was in need of a little rejuvenating "me time" so thatcher took the kids to the zoo for the morning. i spent my time at the ballard farmers market, sold a couple things to buffalo exchange, got a cafe vienna from java bean, and read my book. a perfect morning! we had lunch at home and then i took the kids to the salmon bay school playground because the sun was out! it was a super weird weather day. cloudy and rainy in the morning, sunny for a couple hours in the afternoon, and then a mix of sun and hail multiples times in the late afternoon/evening. so strange! i got our groceries for the next few days and we made a stir fry with peanut sauce and sticky rice for dinner. yum! we watched the olympic closing ceremony, gave the kids baths, and said goodbye to midwinter break!
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