We spent 5 days doing everything we could. This was our visit to the aquarium. Very cool, but wished that I had my Millerman with me to see it. He would have gone crazy with all the fish.
This is the night we were supposed to go to watch the Mariners play the Oakland A's. Well, it was raining like crazy and Angela and I wanted to see Wicked again if we had the chance. It was completely sold out and we couldn't find any tickets online. We thought we would drop by the theater to see if they had any cancellations. No such luck, but they do hold what they call the Wicked lottery. 2 1/2 hours before the show, they collect entries for a lottery to buy tickets that they didn't sell. $25 bucks a piece and you can buy up to two. This night they had 22 tickets available and they would be drawing 11 names out of the witches cauldron. Our odds weren't very good, because there were about 200 people who put their names in the lottery. Go figure, they pull ten names and we had all but given up. The last name was drawn, and it was mine!!! Yeah!!! Angela and I bought the last two tickets for $50 bucks, (way cheaper than what we paid for our tickets to go 3 nights earlier) and we were on the fifth row!!! The boys went to the game in the rain and we had the very best time seeing it for the second time. I never win anything, so this was big in my book!
We bought tickets to see Wicked about 2 months ago and they were worth every penny. It is my favorite Broadway musical I have ever seen. Incredible!
I gained about 10 pounds on this trip, I swear. I am certain that the red velvet cheesecake we ate several times throughout the trip had nothing to do with it!
We went to see the Seahawks play the Chicago Bears. A very exciting game, but the Seahawks lost. We still found crazy fans with smiles on their faces even with the defeat.
At the Seahawks game. Lots of fun...very loud....and the chowder from Ivan's was the best part!
Miller's preschool class offered a cooking class for kids and their families. It was so much fun. They had the kids do everything...including cracking the eggs! Miller had the best time.
He loved making the biggest mess.
Teamwork!
We got to take some of the cookie dough home to share with Daddy. We had the best time.
It's hard to get all that energy out when it's too cold outside to play. We have a great warehouse full of inflatable slide that does the trick. We just throw in a couple of cousins and it makes for a great afternoon!
Miller loves the ball pit. Mom just hates having to collect all the balls he throws out of the ball pit. On a previous trip to this particular ball pit, Miller was put in time out by a staff member for throwing the balls out of the pit. In one ear and out the other! Or maybe it is just his selective male hearing?
I celebrated my birthday the day after Halloween. We had a nice dinner with all my favorites at my parents house. I was truly spoiled by all of my loved ones. I only had one candle because I didn't want 31 candles. Fire hazard! My mom has started a tradition of each kid getting a cupcake with their very own candle to blow out so no one fights over the birthday cake (plus I think it eliminates the spit from all the kids on the birthday cake)!
Miller decided that if he didn't use his hands to eat his cupcake, he wouldn't have to wash his hands when he was done.
He forgot about having to wash his face, too!
This was the first year that I got a taste of costume hunting. I have picked what Miller would be dressing up as but this year he had his heart set on Spiderman. At the third store we went to he found this really great skeleton costume that he had to have. Great. Found his size, took it home, try it on...it doesn't fit. Take it back, buy the next size up, bring it home, try it on...it doesn't fit! Take it back, no skeleton in the next size up (which is a childrens size 7-8, Miller wears a 4T) and after looking at everything several times, we finally settle on Captain Rex from Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I stripped him down in the store and made him try it on before I bought the dang thing! This was him and Darth Vader riding on the bus to go trick-or-treating at CSI with his preschool class. 
Trick-or-treating at CSI. The first stop was the dental hygiene program. They handed out toothbrushes and toothpaste (of, course!). Miller walked out of the room, looks up at me and says "You said we were getting candy!" He wasn't disappointed. The rest of the place filled their bags full of sugar. Halfway through I had to carry Miller's bag because his hands were getting tired!
I have to admit that the green pumpkins turned out awfully cute. Miller really enjoyed the carving. He wanted to saw into those pumpkins all night long. Memories like these are my favorite!
