Rain doesn't stop us...

I guess maybe being a Washingtonian for most of my life means that rain doesn't stop me from venturing out. This was so true last week.  While in Seattle we decided to go to the downtown zoo the day before Thanksgiving.  It had been pouring outside the few days before and even that morning, but I was sure that the rain would clear up for us...I was wrong.

It was pouring outside and we had 12 of us all huddled under 3 umbrellas trying to stay dry as we walked around the zoo.   Needless to say we only made it to the first exhibit, the penguins (which the kids got to feed), before we had to regroup and make new plans.

We headed into the one indoor play area that the zoo had and while the kids played we came up with a plan B.

We packed up and headed to the Seattle Science Center, an all indoor, interactive kids paradise.   First we stopped for lunch and the kids got food at the coolest food court ever.  Neal and his cousins all got sandwiches made in cool animal shapes.  I think Amie and I were more excited about their sandwiches, but it gave me some good ideas for fun lunches at home.

Then the rest of the day was spend at the science center looking at dinosaurs  butterflies, and all sorts of other exhibits.

So maybe my Washingtonian blood is going away since the rain did eventually force me inside.  But no matter what we did we had a fun day with my family and we have lots of fun memories and laughs about the whole day, besides eventually the rain did go away and the afternoon cleared up a little.