Staycation!

We had a little staycation this past week. Jeff had originally planned to see some family but it didn't end up working out but he kept his days off and we did some fun things around the area...a staycation! On Friday we headed up to the Mountlake Terrace pool that had an indoor activity pool and lazy river...so fun and even more fun for the price - $15! The kids swam and played all around. Just in the past couple of weeks, Madeleine has started to swim on her own! We are very proud of her! She can kick underwater for quite a ways and come up for a breath of air and swim some more. She is now working on floating on her back. Swim lessons have definitely paid off!

Braden also enjoyed playing in the water and really liked the lazy river...despite his face in the picture below. He became quite 'lazy' in the lazy river...he laid back and relaxed while he floated around. The latte stand and cookie/popcorn treats on the way out topped off the fun trip!

Friday night we headed to the YMCA for a pirate treasure hunt. We are enjoying the YMCA very much because of their family friendly environment. Madeleine did a pirate craft, some pirate games and then headed out on the treasure hunt!

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo with my family in Fremont. We ate Mexican food at a yummy restaurant and the girls danced to the band...good times!

Jeff surprised us with a little outing to Golden Gardens afterwards. Madeleine squealed with delight, she was sooooo excited to play in the FREEZING water and sand. The kids had fun at the playground too and then we stopped for gelato on the way home...yum! Braden got totally soaked in the water so he rode home naked :)

This was Braden's first time in salt water and being in the puget sound. He loved watching the water come up over his feet. He didn't seem to mind the cold water...I'm not sure he knew what to think of it but smiled a lot!