Seattle

Last Saturday, we went to Seattle for 4 nights.  Jim had a conference, so the boys and I tagged along.  We were happy to get a non-stop flight, although it was still 4.5 hours in the air.  We left a little after 6:00 p.m., and didn't get in to Seattle until after 10:30 p.m. St. Louis time.  Did the boys sleep on the plane?  Not at all. 

On Sunday, we went to Safeco Field to watch the Mariners play the Rays.

It was a nice stadium and we had good seats.  We got to see a few former Cardinals play (Brendan Ryan and Adam Kennedy).

A view of Mt. Rainier from the stadium:

Jack with Ichiro Suzuki:

After the game, we went to the waterfront for dinner and a harbor cruise.

A view from our cruise.  The first picture in this post is also from the boat.

While Jim was at his conference on Monday, the boys and I walked down Pike Street Market. We didn't get any fish, but did enjoy some tasty cookies and fresh fruit.

We also visited the Seattle Aquarium.  Below is a picture of the jellyfish display the boys liked.

I think their favorite part of the aquarium was playing on this dorsal fin.

Monday evening we took the monorail to the Space Needle with a group of Jim's co-workers.  We found a nice restaurant nearby for dinner.

How many neuroradiologists does it take to read a map?

Jack's lack of sleep caught up with him at the restaurant.  He fell asleep before eating dinner.

During the day, while Patrick napped, Jack and I occupied ourselves with Uno, Go Fish, television, and blowing bubbles on our balcony.

On Tuesday, it was a bit chilly and rainy in Seattle.  After Patrick's nap, the boys and I walked to the Central Library, which is a pretty impressive building.  They have a great children's area on the first floor.  We took the elevator up to the top floor to see the view as well.  Jack liked that the elevators were encased in glass so he could watch them go up and down.

The children's area had books, games, and puzzles.  They had little puzzles...

...and big, floor puzzles.

Jack also enjoyed playing games on the computer at the library.

Our flight home Wednesday was nice.  We ended up having two whole rows (of three seats each) to ourselves!  Jim was able to rock Patrick to sleep, so we didn't have such a cranky kid.