Long family road trip 2013: Day 5

We left Kathleen's house in the morning and after a quick stop at the grocery store for fruit, headed to Young's house. We were a little early so walked to the park with the kids where they climbed trees.

 When we returned we left for a boat ride on Lake Union.  We waited with a bunch of other people waiting for their boats.

But once we got on, the kids a blast. We ate Bon-mi sandwiches and spring rolls for lunch and took a nice tour of the lake. The kids took turns sitting on the front of the boat.

Parker even got a chance to steer.

Then the kids all jumped into the lake where apparently it was freezing. Parker, Ella and Miles loved it but Elizabeth and Miranda were not fans.

They were very cold.

They played on this waiting for others to use the bathroom when we were done.

By the time we were back at their house, miles and Parker were the best of friends and watched some clone wars DVD together under the covers.

After a while we went back to the park. The kids had a hanging contest, climbed trees again and Parker learned how to play tennis.

The kids loved the Lee's house because it had a zip line in the back yard and all this in the play room.

The kids were all having so much fun together, at some point we decided to just stay over. Young cooked a big brisket, the adults drank a bunchbof wine and Ella painted the girls' nails whike parker and miles played wii.  Around 10, we walked over to a neighbors house where the kids got to do sparklers and pop its for the first time.  They also set off tons of small fire works that thrilled the kids. It was the first time they stayed awake long enough to participate in any Fourth of July activities and they loved it.

The kids were asleep minutes after getting in bed and I was happy to be on a real bed after a night on the air mattress.  It was a very good day.