Saturday, December 6, 2008

Nutcracker and Space Needle!

I took Erica to see the Pacific Northwest Ballet's performance of the Nutcracker again this year. Our seats were MUCH better than last year! Last year, we were the 2nd row from the back in the highest balcony. This year, I arranged for a group to go and we ended up in the middle orchestra, Row M!
We saw some of the cast rehearsing when we walked in to find our seats.



Here are Erica and Kennedy!

Erica, Meghan, Kennedy and Aria


Mommy and Daughter

Erica found a bar to show me some ballet.
After the show, Greg brought Kyle, Caroline and Trevor up to Seattle to enjoy the rest of the day with us! In the Seattle Center House, the kids had the opportunity to operated the trains.


We had some tickets for the Space Needle that were going to expire soon, so we took the kids up the 520 feet up to the top! Here's the carousel from way up high!

McCaw Hall, where we saw the Nutcracker and the parking lot where we parked!

Fun rollercoaster!
Here are some beautiful shots of the city with Mt. Rainier in the background as the sun went down...
We live in a beautiful state!
View from below...
...and everyone looking at it!
After our trek up high, we took the kids back to the Center House for dinner and to burn off some energy.

Caroline set up this movie theater for the "show!"
1-2-3 JUMP!
Our final stop was the candy store, where the kids each chose their own candies for the ride home.
Trevor was adorable in his big jacket and mittens. Here's a short video of him practicing his Rose Parade wave!


Caroline was enamored with the outdoor carousel!
This is what we found when we returned to the parking lot. Argh! There was no note left at all. It suddenly became a very expensive day!

2 comments:

Victoria said...

Hi Stephanie,
It looks like a GREAT day until the end. I sympathize with you...the exact thing happened to my Odyssey this week last year. No note...and in January I had a nice $900 fix. I'm so sorry you have to go through that...it just isn't right! Have a great holiday season...be glad you're all fine and it's only the car!
Victoria

Rebecca M said...

Beeyootiful sunset pictures, Stephanie! Sounds like a fun day excluding the crunchy car ending. I had forgotten that there were fun Christmas things to do at the Center House!