When the Rain Doesn’t Stop

Ryan took Easter off and I was so excited for a full day to spend as a family.

When people talk about the rain and grey anytime you mention Seattle, it used to annoy me a little. As I have mentioned on here before, this winter lived up to all that wet hype. The news says it has been the wettest winter recorded at SeaTac airport. I am now ready for lots of sun!

The weather report showed rain for Sunday but I was determined if it was the normal Seattle mist that we were still getting outside. The plan was to check out some trails at Carkeek Park right by our house. This is a big park on Pudget Sound. I like hiking and trails but with a baby now it’s not as practical to drive far away for long hikes anymore. I want to find some little gems really close by. We got up around 7:00 and by 9:30 were out to Carkeek. It rained the whole way to the park and the second we pulled into the entrance, it started pouring. We sat in the car for ten minutes hoping it would clear because on the radar it looked like it would. It didn’t. If it was just Ryan and I, we would have gone out in the conditions but not with Logan.

Our plans for the day changed. We stopped by the neighborhood coffee shop Caffe Fiore on the way home. It was super cute and in a really residential area. I had a latte and we sat there and enjoyed our coffees watching the rain.

We came home and got ready. Since having a baby, it’s much harder to get out of the house and find fun social activities that you can bring the baby along without stressing out. Through my PEPs mom group, we have been introduced the family friendly atmosphere of all the breweries here. We ventured out to Rueben’s Brews this time and met another Seattle transplant from North Carolina. Carolina girls gotta stick together!

Reuben’s not only delivered in good beer but it has good seating, clean restrooms and baby changing tables in the restrooms. I have decided breweries are great for babies because parents get to taste good beer, the stimulation of all the activities are good and if the kids melt down its loud enough in there not to bother everyone. Logan was good and spent the first hour looking around and taking it all in. I could tell he was getting tired so I fed him and then put him facing me in the Ergo360 for an hour nap. The brewery white noise put him right to sleep. I am excited to keep checking out other Ballard breweries and sharing. They had over 24 beers on tap and the menu was a little overwhelming. We went with the tasting sampler of their six top sellers. I even loved the fact they had a pink beer!