I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM, FOR ICE CREAM!!!

Of course no meal is complete without a scoop of delicious strawberry ice cream cone while getting a shoulder ride from dad.

SEAFOOD

By the time the cruise was over, Mimi was needless to say quite famished. Of course Seattle has just about the best seafood around and on a gorgeous day like today we just had to order some fish 'n' chips for mom and steamed clams for dad and now Mimi as she loves them as much as dad does. Not only does one order seafood and sit outside on the pier to eat them, one must order great tasting beer to go with the fish 'n' chips and clams. In Mimi's case, her drink of choice is Sprite.

HARBOR CRUISE

When we were done with the Aquarium, Mimi, dad and myself walked a couple of blocks to Starbucks and picked up a little snack before boarding "The Argosy" for a harbor cruise. The ocean air must have been getting to Mimi and dad as they were goofing off with the apple snacks. Found out a bit of "useless knowledge" for all of you coffe lovers. Within a 5 mile radius in downtown Seattle, how many Starbucks are there????? Some people guessed 10, 20, 50, 60 and they were all WRONG. Tired of guessing???? There are exactly.............108! That is not to mention all of the other coffee places such as Tully's, Seattle's Best and a gazillion mom and pop places. I guess one could say that we may be the coffee capital of the world.

THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Actually it was really just the Puget Sound. I do miss the breeze, smell and sounds of the ocean.

MORE OCEAN LIFE

SEATTLE AQUARIUM

Since we finished our fingerprints early than expected, I suggested that we go down to the Aquarium down by the pier as Mimi has yet to visit there. So we did. It was quite fun. Mimi really did have a good time looking at all of the ocean life and they had a couple of exhibits where the kids could actually have a "hands on" experience.

FINGERPRINTS

More paperwork for chili pepper #2. Woo Hoo! Dad took the day off from work so that we could get this done today. Our day began with Mimi's piano lesson. Dad took her this time as he rarely gets to do so. Then we met up for a brunch at our local diner and as usual Mimi wanted to sit outside by the river. We seemed to have such good timing the whole day. When we got down to the office, there was just a few people ahead of us. We no sooner went through security than a whole sleuth of people came in. We were done in no time at all. I figured that since we were already close to downtown Seattle, we might as well make a day of it and so we did just that.