They Day We Took Gram Downtown

We were lucky enough to kick off Katelyn's summer vacation with a visit from Gram(aka my mom). So we decided it would be fun to go see the sights in downtown Spokane. We started with a fun lunch at Madeleine's. It's a French Provencal cafe with spectacular food and great atmosphere. We had a wonderful lunch and then headed over to Riverfront Park to feed the ducks. This is one of Katelyn's favorite activities - she'd been planning on taking Gram there for weeks. Brooke hasn't fed ducks since she became a toddler so this was her "first" time as a participating big kid. She loved it too! The only problem was (in true Brookie fashion), she wanted to hug and kiss our fowl friends. Katelyn stayed very busy trying to keep all the ducks fed and always includes the little sparrows. The Seagulls make her mad though because they take the bread from the ducks. It is so cute to watch her trying to take such good care of all of them. Brooke eventually lost interest in the ducks and became fascinated with the stairs behind us.
After climbing them about a million times, she discovered the Loof Carousel so that was our next stop. Everybody had a great time and we rode until we were dizzy.
Then it was time for a snow cone and some play time on the grass. It was a beautiful day and so fun to just relax and enjoy being outside.
Then, per Katelyn's request we went for a Gondola ride over the Spokane River Falls. Katelyn had been on it once before so I knew she would be OK, but wasn't sure how Brooke would do with the height part. Of course she was fine and used the moving gondola as a dance floor. She also loved waving at everyone who passed by. The falls were spectacular and we had a great day with Gram.

Here is a video of some the fun.