first Seattle Center visit

The Saturday before school was out we decided to skip the usual chores and take our first "touristy" trip downtown Seattle. It was a very cool day but very sunny so there was nothing to complain about. We went to the Seattle Center where the Space needle is and where there are several museums and also lots of fun things to do. Our first stop was the International Fountain that looked like a lot of fun. There were lots of wet kids around from playing near the fountain but our kids swore they wouldn't get wet. They watched at first...


more watching....but they had to get a bit closer...

The fountain was so fun to watch because it did so many fun things...spouting out huge for a while then cutting back with a little pressure...doing different patterns and stuff. At times it would cut off completely and all the kids would run up to the 1/2 dome and try to touch it before the water came shooting on again...trying to do it without getting wet. It didn't take long before our kids couldn't be watchers anymore. They started playing the "touching" game and stayed mostly dry doing it. That was the game they played for the next 2 hours. We didn't expect to stay there so long, but it was relaxing and the kids had fun...and that's all that matters.

The sidewalk around the fountain is lined with different kinds of benches. There were a few that caught the eyes of the Slichta kids.

We also had fun riding some of the rides around the area. Ady and Kaden are waiting in line to the bumper cars.

Kaden had a little fit getting into the bumper car because he did NOT want to be driven around. He wanted his own car and he let the whole park know it with his screams. Finally Maryn worked her magic on him and he went for a really fun ride.

He also wanted to drive the ship and was so cute to watch as he drove that around and around in circles with his sisters yelling his name and waving every time he came around.

Emmy riding the Merry-go-round.

Ady and Maryn rode the Ferris wheel and loved it. Their car got stopped at the very top of the ride. We sat waving at them for a long time until I realized what their background was as they were way high up there...the Space Needle. Pretty neat shot I think.

We also enjoyed climbing on the shapes of the sculpture park.

Jeff looks so handsome with the space needle. I think we needed a picture of me lying on the ground taking this picture of Jeff. I got some laughs but also saw some people thinking my idea was a good one.

More of the sculpture park...would 'ya look at that blue sky.