Funko HQ

This past weekend Brad and I took a trip without kids to Seattle. It was so nice to get away and see some of what Seattle has to offer. I wasn't too excited to fly, but thankfully the flights weren't as bad as I made them out to be in my head. A big mountain top as we flew in.

There was weird art all over the place here.

 This trip we decided to map out our meal choice ahead of time so we didn't just end up at McDonald's. First stop was Uneeda Burger, and it was totally worth it. Breakfast was a brewery that made doughnuts in the am and called it Side Hustle. It took a while to find it but it was so worth it. I realized how stupid I sound in Seattle when I ask if they have anything other than coffee (or beer) to drink.

 

 Saturday we went to The Pop Culture Museum and it was really cool to look at. Brad and I walk pretty fast through, so it didn't take us too long. We didn't want to pay for the Space needle, so this is the closest we got.

 

 A cool music park next to the museum.

 Some pictures from it. The horror section was my favorite part.

 There was a new section there for Marvel. They had lots of costumes and old comics. Some of the old comics were funny to look at.

 

 This was an original costume from long ago. Somehow the blue faded to this purple shade.

 Next we went down to Pikes Market. Our GPS took us to the worst part of Pikes that was so busy with people. When we finally got out of that we tried for a long time to find a spot to park. For some reason I thought that Pikes was by the pier so we walked and walked and walked, for 1.5 miles and found nothing. We looked on our phones and found we went too far and headed back. Saturday was a busy day to go and it was a lot of shops  that we really wouldn't ever shop at. We did find a comic book shop that had a lot of cool pops, which was the highlight. We left Pikes to try and find food. I like how in Seattle they have the menus on the outside of the building. We stopped at a place and we were both so hungry we just decided to go in and it was a good idea. They made their own pasta and it was a sour dough pasta. The food we got was so good.

When we left we walked to our car and found out that we were maybe 3 blocks from Pikes. We walked 3 or so miles to get to Pikes when it was just down the street.

After this we headed to the Mariners Baseball game. We were going to get a pop that was being given out and to watch a game. I have never been to a baseball game, so it was a new experience. We got our pop, ate some nachos, watched bating practice.

 We didn't stay the whole game because it got cold and started to rain. It was fun to watch, although I won't be a baseball fan anytime soon.

 The next day we went to Everett, the real reason for the trip. We came to go to Funko HQ, their big headquarters that sells pops and I just fun to look at and see. The drive anywhere in Seattle was beautiful. All of the rain and mountains made it so green and beautiful.

 The drive didn't take as long as we thought it would so we got there about 1.5 hrs before it opened and there was already a line to get in. The line started at 6am. Even the outside was so much fun to look at. Someday we will bring the kids here. We got too many pops and saw so many more the family would have loved.

 

 You could even make your own pop, which we had to do.

The ones we made.

 They only let a certain amount of people in at a time and when we left there was a line around the building. There was also a comic book store that had older pops that we went to as well. Every store we went to had hundreds of pops, which puts our pops in Twin to shame. The kids heads would explode if they saw it.

Around the corner was a pizza shop that was highly rated and it was so good. I could have just had these bread rolls. So good.

 We went to the a mall and got these cupcakes. There was good food all over the place there.

 We came to Seattle with 2 suitcase and an empty backpack. We left with 3 full suitcases and a full backpack. We got lots of fun things for the kids and us. Other than going to Funko HQ, I don't think well ever got back to Seattle. The roads are so messed up and confusing that Brad got frustrated at the driving so much. If you missed a 'slight right' (which was said all of the time) you were 20 min off route and had to go all over to just get back on track. It was so nice to get away for a few days, but also so nice to come back and see the kids. They had a lot of fun here while we were gone as well. Jacks loves Halloween and all of the scary it is. Grandma found this and helped Emery and Jacks put it up. They are both so excited to have it up.

 We came home to start our yearly tradition again, it is Halloween Wars time and all of us couldn't wait to watch it. I love having a show we all look forward to watching each week.

 Our dogs are lame. Eevee was laying on the couch and I was cleaning up and threw a blanket on her. She loved the extra warmth and Luna made it better by going and laying on top of her.  I guess at least she was warm

Double Digits

We now have 3 kids in double digits, which just means time is going too fast and they are all getting to old. Sunday Emery turned 10 and she couldn't have been more excited to do so. It took her a while to finally pick what she wanted to do for her birthday but she finally settled on a movie. We went and saw "A House With a Clock in it's Walls." It was a little scary at parts but the girls loved it.

Emery didn't want to sit next to us, they wanted to sit alone. She was mad we came because the boys (the 12 year old boys) are allowed to go to a movie with just their friends.

 After we went home and had Chick Fil A nuggs, cupcakes and presents.

I think she had a really good time with her friends who were able to come. She likes spending time with friends and having the birthday attention on her.

Emery has grown so much this year, maybe not it height, but in pre teen attitude and acting. She is still doing so well in school and is very happy she has the teacher she does. Her first boy teacher seems like a big deal to her. I'm not sure she really likes math as much as she did in the past, but she likes the rest of school. Emery and Jacks are still the best of friends. She says she gets tired of him and sharing a room, but I know she depends on him just as much he does her. She loved playing school on Grandma's school boards. Emery is really good at getting what she wants, mainly from Brad, but I was the same way. The perks of being an only girl. Emery love girl days. She likes going to lunch and then we have to shop after. I've never cared as much about an outfit as she does. She could shop everyday all day, its her favorite thing to do, put out new clothes. At least once a week she tells me a new outfit she needs and why, like new shorts that she can wear PE day so she can move around better. It has started to get colder so I has changed to leggings now. Then a jacket she saw she needs because it would be totally cute with pants she has. She also HAD to have a robe. That she did get for her birthday and has actually worn it a lot more than I thought she ever would have. She is like me with hair. She cares so much about what she wears, and even tired to get me to let her wear makeup but her hair looks like she doesn't have a parent to tell her to brush it. (I guess in all fairness neither brad nor I do tell her to) She could go days without brushing it if we don't remind her, but her outfit need to be on point. (this is totally not a complaint, I love it). Looking back, Emery had a fun year. She loved playing soccer and did great in that. Softball was even better. Brad said she had a .750 batting. She can't wait for those sports to start again. Emery was in a play and while she had her days where she didn't want to go, she loved it for the most part. Her favorite thing has to be when she was a flower girl in her cousins wedding. She did have to get her tonsils out but she also got to quit doing piano. Looking back at all of the pictures she has really gone from looking like a little baby girl to a almost young woman (don't' speed it up too much). Emery is so kind to everyone and really values her friends, she is a great friend and sister. She is always there to give me a hug when she sees me and a kiss goodbye when I go to work. She is my shopping buddy and I cant wait to do it more and more as she gets older. I love the relationship my mom and I have and I hope to have the same with her. Emery's favorite food is fired chicken, her favorite toy or game are Legos and her favorite subject is computers.

Fancy Jacks

Last week we had to run a few places and told Emery and Jacks to get shoes on. Jacks thought he'd be funny and put on Emery's watermelon flip flops. He wore them out and everywhere we went that afternoon. Eventually he got a little embarrassed and was mad he wore them, but for the most part he thought he was pretty hilarious. 

Halloween

Jackson loves Halloween and all of the scary things that goes along with it. He still gets scared, but he likes to try and be extra tuff and pretend he's not. Ever since the stores started to put out decoration he has asked if we can get some for the house, so finally this weekend we got a few. The cute fall ones are grandma's. The scary ones are Jacks. The zombie squirrel is his favorite one.

Fun Times

I've been able to watch my great niece a few time and it's been a lot of fun. You forget quick how much you have to baby proof thing, but she had fun showing me where I went wrong. The first time we watched her she didn't care about the pops, the second time, as you can see was a little different. I think we'll start at a young age and get her hooked on them.

 The dogs were her favorite thing to chase. Thankfully the dogs were to scared to know what to do. They tried to hide all day away from her.

 Emersyn is a good little mom. Once she got home she followed Hayden all over the house and played with her. The kids are always really excited when I tell them Hayden is coming over.

 While at grandma and grandpa's house the kids have to pick up after their dogs. While we should have at our old house, we didn't. I don't think they really like it but it's good for them to do.

 Why put the phone down when you want a snack? Jacks figured out how to multi task with the pop socket and his snack.

 I may regret starting this now, but Jacks has started piano. He asked at the beginning of summer if he could start because he saw a Mario piano book. I told him I'd think about it and really just hoped he forget until he was 8. Well he didn't and he asked weekly about it and he even started to just sit at the piano with a book pretending he could play. I told him we'd give it a try and he is very excited. It's only been a few days, but so far he seems to like it. I am taking it very slow with him because he is still a little young, but he doesn't seem to mind.

Jackson's favorite thing to do here is be pushed by Brad on the swing. He gets going pretty high, but he loves it. I'm impressed he can hold on so well, but if you're that high up I guess you would hold on really tight.

 

Dress Up

 The boys had spirit week last week and dress up for it a few days. Monday was miss match day, I didn't think to take a picture the first couple of days. Tuesday was country or country club. They wore a polo and basketball shorts. No matter how much we told them country club was nice pants and a polo, they didn't care. Wednesday was Disney day. Camden went as Christopher Robin and took our Winnie the Pooh pop with him. Beckham went as Jack Skellington.

 I don't think they did Thursday but Friday was Hawaiian day which lead up to the social that was after school. Camden looks more like he could be in Jumanji, but it works. They had a lot of fun picking out outfits to dress up in.

Wednesday they also had a combined activity and had a paint war. I love how Beckham is covered and Camden you can't really tell he was there. He told me his face was covered, I guess he didn't see Beck's face.