The Adventures of Lucas and I: Adventures in Everett

Everett and adventures DO go together. Ha ha.

Yesterday I took Lucas to the Imagine Children's Museum in Everett. If Patty and Frank are reading this, it would be a fun thing to do when FD and Tara come up again - but I'd suggest doing it on a weekday, maybe. Jaxie and Megan texted me and wanted to go on an adventure with Lucas and I. Megan suggested the Skagit Children's Museum, but I've heard it didn't really have a lot of good exhibits for toddlers, so we chose to do Everett, which I have heard wonderful things about.

Lucas wasn't (and still isn't) feeling the best, so I was a little hesitant to take him anywhere. But he was SUPER bored at home and getting cranky because he wasn't going to school and he didn't want to stay at home. He kept getting his shoes and going to the door, looking back at me like, "Come ON mom, geeze!"

I really wanted him to sleep on the way down, so we didn't go till 12. I took him to the Play Cafe for awhile until then because, like I said, he REALLY wanted to GO! Lucas did sleep on the way down, so when we go there he was pretty rested. But, bad planning on our part, it's President's Day weekend. Canadian's everywhere, #1, and all the families celebrating a 3-day weekend were out, #2. It was jam packed and a little daunting. This didn't seem to stop Lucas.

The museum was SO cool. There were a lot of things that were just too advanced for Lucas to do, and he didn't want to be bothered looking at those exhibits (much to my dismay - I wanted to see them!). But the things they did have for his age group were well worth the $16 I paid for the both of us to get in. I think his favorite thing though, was going up and down the stairs. There were various flights of stairs to get to different areas, and he just wanted to go up and down them. (:

They have this playground on the roof of the building that is just impressive. It's pretty large for a toddler, but it was still fun. He had a good time and the rain stopped for just a little while so we could go up and use it. It will be really fun to take him when he's about 3.

The funny thing about the trip was that this was the first time Lucas would throw a tantrum when I had to physically remove him from an area. He usually gets distracted by something and calms down pretty fast. He was PISSED off when I would move him from the stairs. He didn't care that other families needed to go up and down! Lucas is strong too, so holding him when he's flailing was difficult. I eventually just followed him around the museum and told Megan and Jax to just go do their own thing!

My friends very nicely allowed me to stop at the outlet mall in Marysville on the way home. I thought I deserved a small treat from my tax return before I spend it all on dental work. (: But again, CANADIANS! AHhhh! And Canadians + torrential downpour + no lunch = CRANKY. Lucas had lunch though and a stroller, so he slept all the way through it, lucky boy.