All Hallows Eve

 This Halloween Grayson and Rowan seemed to have a lot of trouble deciding what to be.  Grayson had been planning for months to be an evil scarecrow from Dr. Who, but once I had the costume about 1/2 done he realized that burlap is itchy, and changed his mind.  Rowan was lacking in inspiration, and I think ultimately decided to be a knight since that would require me buying him a new sword.  Neither one came to a final decision until the weekend before Halloween.

 Grayson decided to be an old school gangster.  He said, "I'm a gangster, not a gangsta."

 We had to make him a money bag to collect all his loot in.  It only seemed fitting.

They made an awfully big haul.   I tried to talk Fuller into staying home with me and passing out candy, but he opted for going to a friends house to watch a scary movie.  Can't say as I blamed him, there were going to be girls there, and pizza.  But, it is kind of sad to have holidays go by with so little participation from him.  He didn't even want to carve a pumpkin this year.   Makes me glad Grayson and Rowan are still into all the fun stuff!

A Little Birthday Trip

 

Have I ever mentioned that I have the absolute bestest husband ever?  A few weeks ago Paul and I both had birthdays.  The numbers of our birthdays are not exactly exciting anymore, but boy was this birthday awesome!  Paul planned a surprise trip to Seattle for us, no kids included.  (Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!)

 

We visited some of the places we usually go to with the kids, but it was so different being there without them.  We had as much time as we wanted to look around.  No one complained and we didn't have to worry about losing someone in the crowd.

  

We ate such good stuff!  The doughnuts are always a must for us, and the Pike Place Chowder may just have been the best bowl of chowder I've ever had.  We figured it was going to be good when we saw the line that stretched out the door and around the corner, and we were glad we stuck it out and waited.

 We also enjoyed having a much bigger selection of shops to peruse than our town has to offer.  We found a neat hat shop and Paul had fun checking out some different styles and buying himself a birthday present or two.

 Then is was on to our hotel.  Paul had reserved a room at the Ballard Inn, which is a cute little "boutique" hotel in a trendy neighborhood.  There were lots of neat shops and restaurants within just a few blocks.  We had so many great options to chose from for dinner and breakfast.  Our taste buds were not disappointed!

 We woke up in the morning to a farmers market right outside our door.  So much beautiful produce and gorgeous flowers to chose from.

We had such an amazing time!  Even though we knew a great family birthday dinner awaited us at my parents house, we had a hard time making ourselves leave.  Now that we've gotten a real taste of time away as a couple I think we will be doing this much more.  At least I hope so!