Nanny’s Birthday

As it was Nanny’s birthday we thought we’d better honour the day by doing something fun!

Fun thing number one was singing happy birthday to Nanny. Skype was playing up a bit so Nanny couldn’t see us but we saw  a glimpse back to England! Harry and Toby were their usual sociable selfs – standing there, saying nothing and looking completely gormless – probably a good job Nanny couldn’t see! To be fair though, they did sing happy birthday so I suppose we can’t expect too much in one call.

Straight after this, we set off for fun thing number two – picking up my new car! Harry and Toby joined me in the PT Cruiser for the drive home while Tracy headed off to do her driving theory test in Bellevue. I’d been and done mine yesterday and passed with 91%. I have my driving test in 2 weeks – ooooo! Unfortunately, after sitting there for a couple of hours, they informed Tracy that she couldn’t do the test as she didn’t have a social security number. You’d think they would tell you that on the website, or the relocation assistant might think it was worth sharing with us. Either way, nether of them did so 2 hours were wasted. Tracy needs to schedule an appointment to have an interview and prove that she does live in the state of Washington. What nonsense. Anyway, that was the only non-fun part of the day!

Next stop on our fun filled spectacular was the Space Needle. We got an annual family pass so we can go up everyday until Nanny’s next birthday. We also get 50% off two other peoples ticket each day, so if anyone wants to come over we can take you up the Space Needle! Toby was (and still is) very excited about the Space Needle. Wherever we are, if he catches a glimpse of it the cry of “oooh, space needle” goes up. He never tires of this!

It was with much excitement that we travelled up to the top of the needle – all 590 feet up in the air. It was also somewhat predictable that for the second time that Toby has been up the Space Needle he wanted to stay inside the Needle and not go out onto the observatory deck. Just to be clear, it’s not because he was scared. Oh no, it was because it was a bit cold. Which I suppose is a valid point however it wasn’t that cold! I may even go as far as saying it wasn’t cold at all. Anyway, cold or not – I’d like to make it clear that it wasn’t because he was scared.

The views from the observatory deck were amazing. Probably the best I have ever seen from up there. Hopefully the pictures below (and the others on Flickr) do it justice. Beautiful views on an absolutely beautiful day. Let’s hope we have a summer like this!

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Most of the photo’s are above but check out the full set on Flickr.

After the boys scoffed a kobi beef hotdog each we took the lift back down and headed to the international fountain. Not sure why it is called that – in fact I’m not 100% sure that it is actually called that, but I think I saw a sign calling it that. The fountain was spraying water far and wide and was surrounded by screaming children running in and out of the spray (and a few over enthusiastic parents). Harry and Toby joined in and thoroughly enjoyed themselves with Harry being a bit braver than Toby and managing to reach/touch the middle.

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After sitting at the side and drying off, we took the monorail back into Seattle and did a spot of shopping – snapping up a few bargains in Gap. We drove back to the Eastside and and stopped at Safeway to get some food, including this amazing $5 cake. Grampy would love it in the supermarket cake sections!

After dinner and some Top Gear, two tired little boys went to bed (in separate beds these days). Another day of sunshine is forecast for tomorrow, so we’re heading to Alki Beach.

This is the life!