Skip to main content

Leavenworth weekend

By
We haven't been to Leavenworth in a few years and definitely have never been in the winter, which is when everyone says is the best time to visit because of the snowy fun, so we took advantage of the long MLK weekend to do an overnight stay.

The drive was easy, with snow on the ground the entire way from Snoqualamie to Leavenworth! Nora was SOOOO excited. She was literally shouting and point out every big snow mounds she saw. Cute but annoying.


We got there in about 2 hours and decided to try sledding before lunch. Sadly, the sledding hill in the town square was icky (no fresh snow = dirty, muddy, crowded sledding hills) so we walked around Waterfront park instead. The girls liked being towed on the sled all around the park.





We lucked out because this weekend happened to be Ice Fest and while that meant big crowds, we also got to enjoy the ice sculptures and fireworks. Plus, the town kept all their Christmas lights up so it was really magical to hang out in the cold night with all the pretty twinkling lights all around us.








The downside of all those people was that EVERYONE headed to dinner right after the fireworks show at 6pm. We got in our heads that we wanted to go to the same restaurant that the girls enjoyed the last time we were in town, and ended up having to wait two hours for a table. The musicians kept us occupied while we waited for a seat and at least the food was worth the wait!



The next day, we headed into the nearby mountains to test our Nora's new snow shoes. It was really pretty comical how hard it was for the girls to walk with snow shoes. You'd think they were drunk! Every few feet one of them was falling over. It didn't help that the trail we took was at a (closed for winter) campground so there were so many enticing big snow drifts and open fields to go play in! They kept wanting to just fall in the snow and make angels and build forts. 






We all decided we had so much fun that we will have to do this again next year!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Happy new year!!

By
Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted!  We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.  
Post a Comment
Read more

Ski weekend in Leavenworth

By
We had made plans many moons ago to take the MLK weekend for a short getaway to the Leavenworth area. We've been a few times in years past and it's always a fun place to visit especially in the wintertime. But this year, with COVID and all, we weren't sure whether we wanted to go but I'm super happy that we went. We had a blast and was able to keep safe by keeping to ourselves! First up, we left bright and early so that we can pack in a snowshoe/winter hike on the drive over. The last time we went , we had stopped for some snowshoeing on the way back and it was epic! Unfortunately, this time the snow was old and not nearly as soft and fluffy so while it was a nice diversion with some pretty views, it wasn't as great as we had hoped. The fun part though, was that we brought our camping stove with us so we did some tailgating in the parking lot and had a fancy ramen meal for lunch. It was super nice to warm the belly with the yummy noodles and broth! That evening, we ...
1 comment
Read more

Line em up!

By
I remember being surprised several years ago when I saw someone in Evie's class lining her toys up neatly for play. I know lining toys up isn't remarkable, but didn't occur to me until I saw her play like that that Evie didn't do it. I expressed this to Scott and while I don't think it's bad or good, it was just interesting to me back then because of the different ways little kids' minds work. It's even more interesting to me now because lo and behold, Nora is someone who likes to line up her toys! I've actually never seen Evie do this ever and Nora does this quite often. It makes me wonder what this says about their personalities and natural instincts. 
3 comments
Read more