Family weekend adventures.....
Glass museum and the Tacoma water front


When we told the boys that we were heading to the museum of glass, Harry's response was just gorgeous..."Mommy, do we get to wear cool glasses when we are there?" Sorry Harry its not that kind of "Glass" museum...lol! "Is it were we look at our drinking glasses?" Well, lets get ready so we can go check it out! Oh the excitement from a 6yr old...woo hoo!

How fun to see glass blown! The kids thought it fascinating to see the forming of a bowl, from a glob of glass to the finished product. The Glass museum turned out to be quite a hit with the boys. They loved watching the live demonstration and then wondering around looking at the exhibits, although I think their favorite thing to do was scare mom and dad when they went to touch something...agh! They had the security guard on his toes too...lol! A number of times he would come and comment that they needed to stay back from the exhibits. But all in all they enjoyed it...ahhh, our little bulls in a china shop, so relaxing! NOT! But in some strange way the place had a very serene and peaceful feeling about it, we all left feeling wonderful!

One of the things on offer for the kids is a an art studio. They can make a set craft, this week they had small cardboard boxes to assemble to make and decorate like a native american dream box. The boys loved this, they colored in native art to stick on the side and they called it their mailbox. The other activity for the kids is a drawing compititon, where the kids do a drawing and they are entered for the chance to have their drawing made into a work of glass, very cool! Harry drew a car with me and him in it, he titled his work "Going down the road" very creative. Thomas drew what seemed to be a face with an apple in the middle? He called it "apple head" oh my creative boys. I would have loved to of taken a pic of these but we both left our cameras at home =( Hopefully one will be selected to made out of glass!

After the glass museum we headed to the Tacoma waterfront, which is mainly industrial. We found a beautiful little park with a rock beach. Yes, rocks had to be thrown! So we parked the car so we could throw rocks in the water. What fun! After a few mins we noticed a huge boat heading our way, it was a pirate ship...seriously! It had the masts, cannons and a deck full of pirates. You should of seen the boys jump up and down with excitement, especially when they saw a second pirate ship coming, what a treat!

What a wonderful family day!