Do Nothing Day

Yesterday, we had what we call a "Do Nothing Day." It's not to be confused with a "Stay Home Day" and it's really more accurately called a "Plan Nothing Day." In fact, on Sunday we did quite a bit. When we woke up, we had no plans and decided to go downtown for breakfast and perhaps some antique shopping. We've been in the market for a dining table since our move in June. After breakfast we spent some time watching Sam's favorite fire boat.
We walked down to Pioneer Square, but most of the antique stores we saw were either closed or not our kind of store (read: way too expensive). We stopped in to Elliot Bay Book Company, an awesome independent book store in Seattle. I got Native Seattle, Ari got some sci-fi or fantasy book, and Sam got 2 classics, Peter Pan and Treasure Island. We've started reading Peter Pan to Sam at night and he seems to be enjoying it, though there are a lot of interruptions for questions.

After more walking and mostly window shopping, Sam requested we "go in a building." We were very near the Smith Tower and decided to play townie tourists and check it out. Sam liked the view but was most intrigued by the old elevators.
As we were continuing through Pioneer Square, we happened to pass by the Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park and stopped in to learn about how the Gold Rush profoundly shaped Seattle.
We paused for a rest in the Waterfall Garden Park, but we were all having so much fun that we didn't want to go home.
Sam suggested that we go to the SAM and who are we to deny the boy a bit of art? When we finally got home, Sam said, "but I wanted to go to Cal Anderson Park today too." Me, I'm hoping for a little more nothing on our next "Do Nothing Day."