At the bottom of the falls

A nice man at the bottom of the falls offered to take a picture of grandma and grandpa and it turned out really nice.  Let me know what you think about this picture.  

Snoqualmie Falls

Today we spent the day at Snoqualmie Falls.  Before we left mommy packed a picnic lunch and took it with us.  We drove out there during my morning nap and I slept the whole way.  I wanted to be awake to enjoy the water fall and all of the trees and flowers in the park.  

We parked in the 90 minute lot and took a short walk to the upper observation deck which is near the top of the falls.  Grandma and grandpa didn't stay there long once they found out that there was a 1/2 mile hike that would take them to the bottom of the falls.   Mommy and I stayed in the park and waited for them to come back.  We set up the picnic blanket and had the food and water waiting for them when they came back up.  Grandma said the kid in her was stronger than the adult because once they got to the end of the boardwalk they jumped the rail and climbed down to the big rocks at the bottom of the falls.  Grandpa said that was really fun because they were close enough to feel the spray.  

Grandma and grandpa were both really sweaty when they met us back at the top of the trail head.  Mommy moved the car to another lot so we could stay a little longer and enjoy our picnic.  This is a picture of all of us as we sat under the trees.  

On our way back to the car we stopped at the gift shop and grandpa bought grandma a pretty stone necklace and a ring carved out of wood.  Her ring had little flowers painted on it.  It was really pretty.  I took a really long nap on the way home because I was exhausted.  It was another fun day.  

Where has Grandma and Grandpa taken me today?

Another exciting adventure with Grandma and Grandpa.  Today turned out to be a beautiful day.  The morning started out kind of cool, but around noon the sun came out and the sky turned blue.  It was a perfect day to take a ferry ride and spend some time at the beach.  

Around lunch time we hopped on the Kingston ferry and took grandma and grandpa to the crepery that mom and dad ate at a few weeks ago.   They got grilled chicken crepes and a veggie crepe and then for dessert they split a chocolate, coconut and almond crepe with a scoop of ice cream.  I napped while they ate.  Afterward we walked around a little.  Grandpa pushed me in the stroller, but the walk didn't last very long.  Sounded like they were all sore from their long walk yesterday.  (Six miles, up and down hills, my goodness!)

On the ferry ride back grandma, mom and I went upstairs to the solarium deck while grandpa watched the cars and trucks drive onto the ferry.  (As we were waiting to catch the ferry on the way to Kingston we watched three full logging trucks and a few other large trucks along with many cars get off the ferry.  I think grandpa liked watching to see how they can get so many vehicles onto those ferries)  The solarium deck was nice and sunny.  We could see the outline of Mount Baker to the north and Mount Rainier to the south.  It was windy up on the top deck so after watching the water over the side of the boat for a while we  stood under the sun roof and enjoyed the warm temperatures for the rest of the trip.  

On the way home we decided to stop at the beach again so grandma could take her shoes off and walk in the sand.  All three of them ended up taking their shoes off and wading in the water.  There were some kids actually swimming in the water but it was too cold for me so I kept my socks on.  The tide was coming in and grandpa had to keep moving his shoes away from the water so they wouldn't get wet.  At one point a wave snuck up behind grandma and grandpa and splashed them.  Mom caught grandma's reaction with the camera.  That was funny.  Where oh where will they take me tomorrow?

What a day

Today while daddy was at work grandma, grandpa, mommy and I decided to walk down to the Edmonds waterfront.  It was quite a walk.  Grandpa pushed me almost the whole way there and back in my stroller.  I liked the ride up and down the hills.  I liked it so much that I fell asleep on the way there. Eventually I woke up and wanted to be carried.  The first thing we did when we got there was walk down a pier where people were fishing and catching crabs in nets.  Grandma and grandpa stayed there to watch while mommy and I sat on a bench to eat.  When we were done we walked through the marina and watched some people load a couple of boats into the water with a crane.  Grandma was carrying me at this point and I got so comfortable in her arms that I fell asleep again.  I don't remember this, but apparently we walked to the beach and mommy took this picture.  I am asleep and because grandma is holding me she wasn't able to lean over to feel the sand with her hands.  Grandpa picked some up so she could feel it.  I think that they eventually laid me down in my stroller on the way home because I woke up again when we were almost there.  It looked like they had stopped at Starbucks because they were all carrying coffee cups.  Grandma and grandpa had never had Starbucks so they were initiated into the gourmet coffee world with a mocha frapaccino for grandpa and an iced vanilla latte for grandma.  They both thought their drinks were awfully yummy.  More about our adventures tomorrow.  

by popular demand

By popular demand, here is the picture of grandma and grandpa with green tongues.  Grandma says they have Puppy tongues.  She tells me that Puppy is their chow/german shepherd mix and he has a purple chow tongue.  Hee Hee.  I haven't met him yet, but one of these days I will visit and meet him along with the rest of my mom's family.  

Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa are here!  This week is going to be an awful lot of fun.  I will have to write more and let you know what we get to do with them. Yesterday was a REALLY long day.  We drove to a Bavarian town called Leavenworth.  The drive THERE wasn't so bad.  I was sitting in my car seat between mommy and grandma and when I wasn't napping, they kept me nice and entertained.  When we got to Leavenworth we stopped at a German restaurant and ate lunch.  Like usual, dad played with me while mom ate her food.  They said they liked the wiener schnitzel dishes that they ordered.  Grandma had some goulash soup but it wasn't like the goulash they were all familiar with.  It didn't have any noodles in it, but she said it was still good.  

After lunch we visited a fudge shop and they handed out samples of fudge.  The special of the week was buy one pound and get half a pound for free, so we walked out of there with a pound and a half of fudge, six different flavors:  Peanut butter, blueberry cheese cake, coconut almond, lemon, pistachio and regular chocolate.  My favorite part of the trip was the Kris Kringle Christmas shop.  It was full of sparkles and lights.  Daddy carried me through the shop and at one point I almost fell asleep under my floppy sun hat until a woman who works there lifted my hat to see my face.  She thought I was cute, but she woke me up.  

On our way back to our car we stopped at an ice cream shop.  Mommy got a scoop of rainbow sherbet (no milk for my tummy).  And Grandpa got a scoop of licorice ice cream.  He shared it with grandma.  You should have seen their tongues.  They were the darkest green color I have ever seen.  Mommy got a picture of them with their colored tongues sticking out.  She wanted me to post the picture, but I didn't want to do that to them. 

On the way home we were going to stop by a big waterfall, but I was getting really tired of sitting in my car seat.  I wanted to get home and I made sure that everyone in the car heard me.  I screamed for a long time.  I accomplished my goal because we didn't stop.  I am sure they will drag me out again, but hopefully the next trip will not be as long.  Other than sitting for too long, I think we all had a good first day.