Leavenworth.

It was a random Saturday morning a few weeks ago.  And I was dying to get out of the house and go somewhere.  We didn't have any plans and I had absolutely no desire to just sit around, do some laundry and play in the playroom.  I wanted an adventure. 

So, somehow I convinced Matt that we should just drive to Leavenworth!  I had seen one of our neighbors by the mailbox on Friday night and he mentioned they were going there for the weekend.  So, I thought....well, why don't we just go for the day?!?  And (being the nice guy that he is - and not wanting to listen to me whine all day if I was stuck at home) Matt went along with the idea.

So, we packed up the kids and a bunch of food and got in the car. 2 hours later and a good morning nap for Lucy and we had arrived!  The drive over the pass was beautiful.  The west side of the state called for clouds and rain all day but we were blessed with sunshine and a warm winter day.

Our first stop was at a bakery, of course.  We were trying to make it a somewhat frugal day so we opted to get a pretzel the size of Texas and share it.

And let's be honest, the kids devoured it and I got a small bite of a smashed piece of Lucy's leftovers.  But, it was still delicious!

Then, we were off to explore. Well, we went across the street to the large sidewalk and found snow (hey, I said this was spontaneous and frugal so we were working with what we could find).

The kids loved it!  Even though the snow was really just old muddy ice that had been shoveled off the streets weeks ago Carter thought he was summiting Mt. Rainier.  

We probably spent 20 minutes just playing in our little snow heaven.

Even Lucy was brave enough to walk on the ice.

 Then we realized that was kinda lame and took off for a real adventure.  We walked down to Waterfront Park and found this gorgeous snow-filled trail that we could just wander through.  Carter ate snow and Lucy explored, her first real time walking in soft snow.

At the end of the trail was the beautiful river.  Carter was convinced he saw a crocodile (still loving all things Peter Pan) so we ended up turning around and going back.

 After a quick lunch in the car and about 20 minutes of people watching we decided to walk around the block a few times and landed in this cute little gingerbread house.

 Both kids got a special treat!

We spent a little more time wandering around and then decided to head home (and timed both kids' naps with our drive so we had silence for 2 hours - glorious!).  It was such a fun, random day and I loved it!