Praise for Indoor Play Areas {and the Puget!}

The last time we went to Gig Harbor we discovered an indoor play area that is also part preschool but that day the play center was closed. Well, since it has been raining quite a bit here that's where we decided to re-visit on this rainy Saturday morning.
I just have a thing for nice looking bridges even if sometimes they can give me the creeps as we're driving across them. But this Narrows Bridge is very attractive to look at in my opinion {I'm sure I'll be in awe of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco if we ever take a road trip to that area}.

We got to the play center and Riley immediately left us to go play. They have a soft climb area then they have a "market place" where they can make pizza, work at the post office, buy groceries, become a vet and a library. It's a very cool place. There's also a cafe where one can hang out while you watch your kids play.
Here he was making us pizza with cheese and lots of fruits and veggies for our toppings. I thought his strawberry orange asparagus cheese pizza was quite interesting. He's so funny and he was so serious too when he brought us over the pizza. Apparently pretend play is very serious business, lol.

We let him play for a little over and hour then we headed out to have lunch.

On our way back home we stopped on Ruston Way in Tacoma. Happy that the rain had stopped. This place is very nice. There's already several restaurants along this street and lots of grass to cop-a-squat at. There's also condo's and apartments and more businesses along with a french bakery and a new movie theater. This area is still under construction but when it's finished it's going to be amazing because they plan on building a spray area, playground, and a park which will lead down to the water. I cannot wait!

Jacob had seen the tail end of an animal going underwater and he thought it could have been a seal or otter so we were trying to look for it intently but it ended up being a duck, lol. They can stay underwater for close to a minute at least by what we observed.

We found a rocky sandy part and stopped to have these two skip rocks. Well lately, when we hang out by the water he will look for flat rocks to hand over to his dad so he can skip them. He found a super flat one and that was a big deal .... obviously. That's what the high five was for. That makes Riley so proud. He loves to help out in any way he can.

Then Jacob found a rock and said it looked like a boomerang, I on the other hand thought it looked like a heart. Funny how the male and female mind differentiates things.

Then while they were skipping rocks a man on a kayak comes gliding by. He waves and we wave back. Then he laid back and rested for like five minutes in this position. When Riley noticed how he was laying he said, "Look, a dead guy!" OHMYGOSH! That was super funny to us and couldn't help but laugh hard.

Ah, my youngest son has quite a creative imagination more so than his two older siblings did at this age. The things he says can sometimes crack us up or embarrass us so sometimes we cringe when he talks while we're out in public. Now though, we make sure to teach him that certain things are not meant to talk about with other people. That it's only ok to talk about them with mommy and daddy and his siblings when we're at home or in the car. I'm so thankful we make sure to model good behavior {about 98% of the time} even at home because we all know how kids are like sponges. They take in everything they hear and will repeat it at one point or another. Oh, but he sure makes us laugh ... a lot!