jeff and i used to live in seattle (we met there) and haven't been back since we left in 2001. we've talked and talked about going back but the kids were too young to take on a cross-country trip. we finally bit the bullet a few months ago and booked a trip to come out, figuring at ages 4 and almost 6, the kids were old enough to roll with both the long flight and the time change. we might have been a bit presumptuous.
(kate, after she got wet - unexpectedly - at the fountain in seattle center)
and jack, crying that he didn't want to walk down the hill to the pike place market because his legs hurt (which is what he always says when he doesn't want to walk. which is all the time)
cranky kids aside, i had a great time walking around and remembering being a young 20-something living in the city.
the pike place market:
one of the fish stalls in the market (jeff and i got these huge scampi here, once, and when we saw them today, jeff insisted i get a picture of them)
overlooking the viaduct and elliott bay beyond it:
(interesting tidbit: jack's middle name is elliott - as in anna elliott - and we chose that name because we both loved elliott bay so much)
kate, resting outside the pike place market:
(kate, after she got wet - unexpectedly - at the fountain in seattle center)
and jack, crying that he didn't want to walk down the hill to the pike place market because his legs hurt (which is what he always says when he doesn't want to walk. which is all the time)
cranky kids aside, i had a great time walking around and remembering being a young 20-something living in the city.
the pike place market:
one of the fish stalls in the market (jeff and i got these huge scampi here, once, and when we saw them today, jeff insisted i get a picture of them)
overlooking the viaduct and elliott bay beyond it:
(interesting tidbit: jack's middle name is elliott - as in anna elliott - and we chose that name because we both loved elliott bay so much)
kate, resting outside the pike place market:
