Underground Seattle

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Saturday night after my mini, unstable, laundry induced, premenstral breakdown we skipped out of town to Seattle! We stayed at the Sheraton in a parlor suite, which is one room connected to a dining room and living room. First thing on the agenda, swimming. We took squirt guns and a whiffle ball to the pool and had so much fun! Hey, I even talked to another lady there. Trying to be more social. We ended our swim time around 10pm. We were super hungry so we headed across the street and ate at the Cheesecake Factory. Ethan and Charlie both fell asleep at the table! I love it when we wear the kids out! We went back to the hotel, divided the beds and fell asleep within 20 minutes. After a wonderful breakfast courtesy of the Sheraton we headed down for more swimming, then a long game of Settlers of Catan, and a quick exit out of the hotel to get to Seattle's Underground Tour! What a fun tour. The tour guide scared Charlie by talking about all the rats underground and about some ghosties that live in the old streets of Seattle. The heritage and history of Seattle is so interesting and it was presented perfectly. I recommend this tour to everyone! It was well worth the money. The tour was an excellent history lesson for the kids. We ended the tour in the gift shop, somehow not purchasing a thing! Yeah, us! We did however pass by Rocky Mountain CHOCOLATE factory and were drug into the store kicking and screaming (not really;). The kids purchased a snack and we both bought chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick! Wonderful end to our weekend...

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