We had planned to just hang out close to the house this Spring Break but by Wednesday morning I was getting a little stir-crazy. I needed to get out of dodge!! We looked up hotels in places we could drive to relatively quickly and found the perfect one in Port Townsend. Within 20 minutes we had our room booked, our bag packed and the backseat loaded w/ toddler gear! (The above picture is of Clementine entertaining herself with her toes while serenading us with never ending renditions of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.)
We made it to the ferry, quite possibly Clementine's favorite part of the entire trip. She was wild with excitement. In the picture right above, I was preparing to take her picture when an older couple came and stood to our side. "Look how pretty she is!" said the lady. And Clementine mugged it up, just for her sake!
We got to town and it was like we were the only ones there! The sun was shining as we wandered the empty streets! It was lovely.
We ate at Waterfront Pizza and
Elevated Ice Cream (my favorites!). I've been going to both of these places since I was Clementine's age and I was really excited to see the changes at Elevated, particularly the solar panels in the back!
We stayed at
Water street Hotel right downtown. Even though we had two beds, all three of us piled up in this bed to watch movies and eventually fell asleep! (This is amazing because Clementine has NEVER slept with us before!)
We woke up bright and early (emphasis on EARLY) the next morning and head right for the beach (after a stop for a HUGE coffee for mama).
We'd brought Clementine's brand new kite with us and found the perfect kite-flying conditions on the far side of
Fort Worden. Cam let the kite out....and it immediately broke! Oops!
There were plenty of other things to do at the beach, though!
This family shot at the beach took approximately 25 attempts to get right. We are all very very tired, can you tell?
Clementine and I threw rocks into the water, explored the different kelp that had washed ashore and looked for crabs (strange side note, we didn't find a single crab either here in Port Townsend or at Whidbey Island's beach we also explored! Where are all the crabs???)
As the gray clouds rolled in it was just about time to pack it in and head back to town to catch the ferry.
We had a good time in one of my favorite places on earth. We came home very tired but with sand between our toes and pink cheeks, what more could we ask for??
We finally made it to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival yesterday. Usually, this is a trip we do over Spring Break but with the weather so bad it had to be put off. Saturday was the perfect, dry day for tiptoeing through the tulips and Clementine was SO excited.
As soon as we got there Clementine got her face painted. She chose a blue puppy for her cheek. She was very serious while having it painted on there.
And she was very pleased with the results.
We walked around a bit taking pictures and dodging tourists. After waiting patiently in line we were able to go for a tractor ride.
The tractor took us through the muddy fields all the way to the far end of the bright tulip fields. We could see all the vibrant tulip colors and these enormous kites flying in the background.
Here's me and Clementine snuggling up on the tractor ride.
And the whole fam posing in front of the red tulips (for the last few weeks, everywhere we go Clementine collects a stick and calls it her "treasure," that's what she's holding in the picture).
We wrapped up the day with strawberry shortcake and ice cream while Cam picked out a new kite for Clementine.
I decided on this trip that my future will definitely hold a pumpkin patch/Christmas tree Farm/Tulip field.
