The Space Needle

We are enjoying a few days in the Seattle area this week because Daddy had some training in the area and invited us along for the free hotel stay. Even though we won't get to see much of him the next three days, we left early Sunday morning and spent the whole day together as a family seeing some of the sites.


The first thing we did was visit the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, where the Komodo Dragon exhibit was the kids' favorite. We let the kids ride the carousel at the zoo, but only if they picked a horse that actually moved up and down. Believe it or not, this is the first time he's done that. You can see the fear in his eyes in this picture...poor kid. He lived to tell about it, and he said next time he will choose the horse that moves.


Ryan practiced his photography skills and took this picture of Mommy and Daddy. It's a little blurry, but he centered it nicely.


After the zoo we went to the waterfront for some dinner and to see what Ryan has been most excited about...the Space Needle. We were too late to let the kids see the famous fish throwers at the market and all the neat things there, unfortunately, but they did get to walk the wharf and see the ferries and ships and craziness there.


We drove to Seattle Center, and while Daddy found a parking spot, the kids played hide and seek and other games in and around this piece of "art." Each ribbon must be about 25 or 30 feet tall and kind of looks like a field of grass or something.




Two years ago when Daddy and I went to Seattle for a weekend getaway, we brought Ryan back a miniature of the Space Needle. Ever since then he's been dying to see it. So all day while he was enduring the zoo, he kept asking when we would go see the Needle. At last when Daddy met us after parking the car, we walked to see it. Ryan was amazed at how huge it is. He kept saying, "I didn't know it was that big!" He was disappointed that we didn't actually go up into the tower, but since it would have cost us $48 (is that ridiculous or what?), we decided to wait until they are a little older and more able to appreciate it...oh, and once we're confident he won't flip out once he gets up there!