On Sunday

3.26.13

We drove to North Seattle. Jacob was told from someone at work about Golden Gardens Park which is in Ballard, a neighborhood in Seattle.

It took us about 45 minutes to reach this park.

It was 54 degrees and obviously when you're by the water it gets a lot colder. Jacob and Nathan wore shorts and I wish I would have worn my jacket. We were freezing at first.

He had a blast! It was so cute watching him have fun.

He's still a bit afraid of swings ... even swinging by himself. He wanted off right away.

But then the wind died down and we were no longer cold plus walking helped keep us warm. After Riley played at the playground for a bit we then walked across this grassy field, past the wetlands towards the shore.

The Puget Sound is such a giant body of water. It's hard to believe that the Sound stretches out so much. Just discovered that the Puget Sound goes all the way down to North Olympia and up to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is the Salish outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The international boundary between the U.S. and Canada. Truly amazing!

There were quite a bit of seagulls. Sydna also found parts of crabs as she walked on the rocky shore. Several different kinds of birds live or migrate here. You will see: mallard ducks, red-winged blackbirds, Canada geese, wood ducks, eagles, and seagulls.

Although this isn't the beach it was very therapeutic to hear waves crashing against the rocks and wooden stumps.

Didn't realize this until I was editing pictures just now that Sydna and Riley were dressed the same. That's funny.

The Olympic mountains look fake. Isn't this pretty!

I took a picture of these crazy guys playing beach volleyball in 54 degree weather. I told Sydna that I would totally play beach volleyball. Not with them but with my family against another family. That would be a lot of fun!

I do like taking pictures of artsy stuff whenever we're out and about.

Found a table and had a small picnic.

This was the very first time that Riley ate a sandwich that wasn't in bite size pieces. Yeah I know. I'm paranoid about him choking. This was a big step for me {us} ... and we did it.

I was telling my friend that since moving here I had never been to so many cool parks before in my life. From the playground equipment to the beautiful scenery.

We drove through Bellevue again on our way back home. Sydna wanted to drive across the floating bridge. I just think it's awesome! This is Lake Washington.

My mom is on her way here.
She has about an hour left of flying.
Jacob is headed to the airport.
Hope her flight was smooth.
Kids are a bit antsy.

I've already showed Riley a picture of her to bring back memories of when he last saw her which was in September. Do toddlers remember that far back? Not sure.
Oh well. He smiled when he saw her so maybe he does.