We decided to head out to Pike Place Market. When we got out of the car we all smelled amazing bread. So we followed our nose to Le Panier. We ordered several pastries and tried them all. It was so fun to watch the boys savor food and to use words like AMAZING, delightful and scrumptious. But all of these words wonderfully described these pastries.
Next we made our way through the market and it was delightful. All of the beautiful flowers, homemade foods, pastas, fresh fish and all the produce a girl could ever need. We went into Sosio's Fruit and Produce and meet our new produce man - Mr. Mike. The kids fell in love with Mr. Mike (John and I kinda did as well). He took the time - and man they were busy - to chat with us. He gave us samples of some of his dried fruits and he introduced us to this:
Broccoli Romanesco He gave us some ideas on how to cook it. Chef John will be handling that tomorrow night. I will keep you posted. Oh and he gave us one of their cloth bags as a welcome to Seattle gift.
Next we stopped in Beecher's Handmade Cheese. The boys got to watch them making cheese. It was here that they decided their new careers of choice....Cheese makers. Brady wants to be the man with shovel and Jake wants to be the grinder. Homemade cheese at my beckon call - I could live with that :)
Then they got to sample some of the cheeses. I recall the word AMAZING being thrown around a bit. We even brought some home with us. But first they had to give us a sample of their mac and cheese. OH MY!!!! Jake requested this to be his birthday meal this year. It was SOOO good!!!
We we got in the car to leave Jake said Mama this was the best family day we have ever had. Can we do this every Saturday? Why yes son we can :)
After we got home I needed to go to the store to fill our empty pantry so John walked the boys down the street to play here:
What a beautiful place to play!!! And then they walked back and stopped at Starbucks for hot chocolate and to enjoy this sunset (just across the street from our new home):
At which point Jake told his daddy that THIS was the best day of his life.
10 comments:
sounds like my kind of day (though my boys would love it too)! i love pikes place - and in the spring/summer they have GORGEOUS (maybe another new word for the boys) fresh flowers! how fun to be able to shop at these places any time you want!
pray you continue to find joy in the small things.
Pike Place is so cool! Ray's sister lives anout 45 outside of Seattle, so we go up there every couple of years. It is a fun city!
you really have gotten to do some neat things over the past few years ya know! great memories
Those days are like gems! What a blessing, so happy for your family!
Seriously! Oh Amy... I really think that I can use the word "longing" to be with you there. It truly sounds AMAZING!
glad the boys are enjoying their new home...hope your heart feels the same.
Wow I'm just catching up. This is amazing- Seattle is beautiful- do you really live that close to the water?! Gorgeous! How about God giving you all this transition for your boy to tell you he had his happiest day there. Thank you Lord!
So, I am dying to know how that knew found vegetable was? Good to at least have a friendship through blogging, hey I will take what I can get. :)
awesome!
Looks like you are settling in well. What good news! I would love to have a fresh market locally...something only urban areas seem to prioritize.
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