The pictures to the right labled "Space Needle/NYE" need a little explanation. On Sunday, December 30 we traveled to the Seattle Symphony to check out their Soundbridge music room and attend a "Musical Storytelling." So you'll see pictures of the kids trying out the instruments and enjoying the class. I really like the Aaron Copland quote on the side of the building.
Every winter, Seattle does a Nutcracker March exhibit where they place Nutcracker statues all over town and each one is painted differently. In the picture we are standing by the one entitled "Waltz of the Snowflakes."
Then we got on the monorail and rode to Seattle Center where we enjoyed a train display, a giant checkerboard, the International Fountain, and of course the needle itself. It was fun to read the details of how it was built. My hat goes off to all of the workers who built it and worked for less than $4 an hour!
The next night, New Year's Eve, we traveled to St. Mark's Cathedral. I walked their labyrinth while CD hung out with the kids in the parking lot. Then at midnight we watched the fireworks shooting off the needle right from the great vantage point of the church's parking lot.
