On Friday Abe and I spent a long time trying to find a trail along Wayerhouser Way. We finally found a good one. It was raining, and poor Clarissa was soaked in her stroller. But she slept through a lot of the run, though. When she was awake, she got to see gorgeous Pacific northwest scenery, so maybe that was some small comfort?
After we got all cleaned up, Soren, Mary, Lydia and I took the bus to Seattle while Clark drove everyone else down in the car. We beat everyone by half an hour, so the kids rode the carousel before we went to the Sheraton to get in line for the gingerbread houses.
Everyone else joined us while we were in line. We waited an hour to see the Whoville themed gingerbread houses on display:
After the gingerbread houses, we were all tired and hungry, so we headed to the nearby mall and ate at Pike Place Chowder. The food was AMAZING.
After that I took the older girls and Soren on the bus back to Federal Way. We beat everyone back, so we took another bus to the nearby Target for cocoa and cookies while we waited to be picked up.
And then we came home, ate dinner, put the kids down, and did puzzles until past 1am in the morning. They were so addictive!