This Memorial weekend we did a whole lot of nothing...but spend time together and love each other. Terry was actually gone for some of it so it was just Max and me hanging out and trying to fit in some outside play time in between the rain. Saturday we had big plans to go to the zoo close to your house. Unfortunately the weather put a stop to those plans. We opted instead to head to our favorite independent toy store in Issaquah, White Horse Toys. They have a huge section of Thomas the Tank Engine stuff and Max plays at the train table for hours. I swear that Thomas is crack for toddlers. I am not sure what it is about that little blue train but as soon as he hears the music he will not be distracted. The people at the store are great and know that people go there just for a little toy therapy. Sometimes we break down and get Max a new train car or something else. It is all I can do to say "thank you" for saving my sanity and not being cooped up inside the house.
Sunday we took our usual walk into town so that Max could see the real trains. He doesn't quite say train but he calls them choo choos. He gets very excited when we drive by and loves to walk on the tracks and wave at the trains that we pass. He doesn't even mind the VERY loud train horn when it goes off as it is passing by. I was plugging his ears and now he won't let me anymore, so now I plug my own.
On Monday we decided, last minute, to go to the Seattle Aquarium. Terry and I went a long time ago and boy have they made some improvements. The main building now has 3 huge touching pools and a lot more tanks. They also have a photography exhibition of BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill photos. The pictures are taken from the air and show the oil spill in brilliant reds, oranges, pinks and yellows. They are floating atop the surface being moved about by the currents. The photos were beautiful and tragic all at the same time. If you are in the area, it is well worth the admission price just for the pictures.
Max had an awesome time getting wet and touching the starfish. He would not be contained and walked or ran throughout the main building going from one thing to the next. He waved and said "Hi" to all of the fishes. Then we went over to the adjacent building and the tanks were floor to ceiling. Max proceeded to walk along the tank kissing the fishes. I tried to get some pictures but because of the glass and my cell phone camera they did not turn out well. However, some of the others did.
This dorsal fin of an Orca is life size. Yikes!
My big, proud boy! He climbed up all by himself.
We had a great day at the aquarium and will probably go back when Max is a lttle older and can enjoy more of the tanks and animals.
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