G is for Gabbi

Gabbi has been very busy, as per usual.  Every day with Gabbi is a chance for a new adventure.  We love to explore our neighborhood and the surrounding areas in and around Seattle.  It is amazing what you can do around here that doesn't cost a dime or is nearly free.

Here are a few examples of our early summer/late spring adventures...

Salt Water Park @ Des Moines

 

Gabbi loves the beach and you really can't stop her at all when she is there.  She is an excellent explorer and will look under every rock for critters and crabbies.  She didn't mind the wind at all.  She took me on quite the tour of the beach and playground.  It was a ton of fun and I am sure we will be visiting this spot a lot this summer!  

Family Day @ South Center

I am always on the look for some free adventures and there are hundreds of tools online.  One of my favorite sites is www.seattleschild.com.  On this site, they offer a calendar of everything!  I have found so many things that are not listed in the paper or well advertised.  One of these adventures was the Family Day at the South Center Mall.  They had games, balloons, coupons, etc.  All summer the mall is hosting family days, special discounts for members (it's free to sign up), movie specials, and more.  On this day they were actually handing out free ride passes for the kids at the carnival in the parking lot.  Gabbi was all over it.  She had to see all the rides before she decided on one.  I thought she would go for the airplanes, but she was all about the motorcycles. The carnival wasn't in the best condition, but it suited her just fine and since we weren't riding anything too wild I was okay with it.  As soon as she got off she wanted more.  Too bad they only gave us one pass.  But we had a great early afternoon out.  Picnic, playing at the mall, carnival ride, and lots of sun shine.   

Claire's Party @ Marysville

We are blessed with a great group of friends.  And a few weekends back we had an opportunity to celebrate with some as they celebrated their daughter's 1st birthday party.  Stephan and I have been friends since high school and it is crazy that we are now grown ups with kids.  His wife, Sarah is great and they have the cutest kids.  Claire was the cutest little girl and loved her little princess cake.  Unfortunately, the party had to be relocated because it was a rainy spring day and the park would have been pretty soggy.  But the party and the fun still went on perfectly.  Gabbi was very excited to get dressed up, eat pizza, and of course eat cake.  She had fun playing with the little kids but was very jealous of the older kids and their video game playing.  

We had bundles of fun and she loved her Word World coloring book that she got for home.  Thanks Kimbrough's for a great day!

Well, that is the update for now.  More to come soon.  

Gabbi is growing so fast and I am trying to take as many pictures as I possibly can to share with our friends and family.  We would love others to join us on our adventures, hint - hint!