Big city livin

I am making a concerted effort to get the kids out of the house more. In Oregon we didn't do much, and there wasn't much to do since we were in a small town. Here we are close to two big cities and are trying to actually get something out of it. Last Thursday I decided we should go to the Farmer's Market.  Looking online I saw that there was a parking garage where you could park for free then take the rail (also free) to the Market. I had never used any sort of public transportation, nor have the kids so we gave it a go. 

Waiting for the rail...

Here comes our ride

The kids were really excited, especially once they saw you can stand up while it is moving

                     And here is {s} enjoying some blueberries


The rail only goes about a mile total and there are about 5 stops along the way. On our way back from the Market, I looked out the window and saw the water at one of the stops so we decided to hop off and take a look around. Here the kids are on a bridge that takes you over the freeway to some museums. 

One of the museums

 is a glass museum so there were a lot of neat glass sculptures on the bridge.

And this is the actual glass museum. There were a couple other museums but we didn't go into any of them. I figured we would save that for another trip. 

Between museums was one of those infinity pools looking out to the Sound. {j} really wanted to get in the water. 

Overall a great time was had...and we came home with cupcakes and kettle popcorn (oh yeah and a small amount of blueberries)-isn't that what everyone gets at the Farmer's Market?
Today I think we will finally make the trip North to Ikea!!