The youngers were pretty adament about not traveling over Break, so Dwayne turned the focus to doing local Christmas adventures, which I very much appreciated.
He researched several options and I never would have found Willowbook Manor Tea and Chamomile Farm on my own. Kyla, Dwayne and I headed up on a blustery Saturday afternoon for a holiday tea. I loved that they had small samples of their teas to smell before ordering a pot. I think Dwayne and I will spend our next anniversary up here for tea and summer bike tour.
The girls and I went to the high school Bazaar, which is one of my favorite places to find excellent gifts…for myself. Piper brought along her emotional support dragon.
We took Kyla, her friend, and Wes to Snowflake Lane. Wes was less than impressed by the crowds and noise of the parade (and I couldn’t blame him!) but the Thai food afterwards made up for a lot.
We did an afternoon (okay, an hour) of ice skating. Oh, yeah, another activity that Piper prefered to sit out and freeze on the bleachers in a light sweater rather than partipate.
We tried to find something that all five of us would enjoy and we were about 90% successful at Seattle’s new Christmas Market. We were there on a rainy (ahem, we call it “warm snow” when we are trying to be Christmasy) day and rather than dress for it, some of us found it better to just complain about it (and not just enjoy the lack of crowds). But we all found yummy food and fun gifts to enjoy. I’m not sure I’d go back every year, but it won’t be my last Christmas Market.
Dwayne and I checked out Molbaks as it might be the last Christmas at this Santa favorite. I LOVE Dwayne being a polar bear–he makes me so happy.
I won’t do the final tally of which kids did how many events (cheerfully), but Dwayne and I get the 100% Participation Award and Best Attitude Life Achievement. I’ll take it!
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