Goodbye, Seattle

I know it's been a while since we left Seattle, but at the end of our stay there, I felt a little under the weather (for obvious reasons), so I'm just catching up now. We did so many fun things in Seattle, but we really tried to pack it in in the last few weeks:

We saw a 3D movie at the IMAX Theater at the Pacific Science Center. It was called Under the Sea. It was an amazing theater and Elly kept her glasses on almost the entire time. It was the first movie theater she's ever been in. She did great, but ended up on Brandon's lap for most of it. She also had a hard time using her "movie theater voice" and kept saying things like "Where's the shark, Dad?"
 


We also went to the Butterfly Habitat at the Science Center. It's this huge greenhouse looking area with trees and rocks and water and flowers. And butterflies everywhere! They just fly around you and land on the plants right in front of you. There's even a check point at the exit, so that you don't walk out with a butterfly on your back. I caught this funny picture there. This girl could not have been more than 9 years old, taking a picture of a butterfly...with her cell phone. Crazy.
 


On the 4th of July, we took a little road trip to Snoqualmie Falls about 40 minutes away. The waterfalls were amazing. It was so beautiful we didn't even mind the huge crowds of biker groups and tourists.
 


This is Elly at her most favorite place in Seattle, The Children's Museum. That membership was the best thing I bought all summer. She absolutely loved painting there and constantly asks when we can go back and paint again. She would sit there for 20 minutes on one sheet of paper. Today, we went to Ikea and bought her an easel.
 



More to come...