hernandez family vacation 2007

The Hernandez Family Vacation 2007 was a success! The little man was awesome and proved himself a boy of the biggest kind. We didn’t bring a lot of toys for him – just a few marbles, some books and his Little Tiny Soccer ball. But he managed to keep himself amused everywhere we went -- building half-and-half towers at breakfast, playing ice-bucket basketball, laughing hysterically as he watched mama’s undies tumble around in the washing machine like it was a funny TV show -- even though he missed his puppy and his toys back home like crazy.

We really loved Seattle and Vancouver and if it weren’t for a guaranteed life of bad hair days, I could see living in either place. Rather than bore you with the play by play, I’ll bore you with the photos! Let me know if you want to see more (and I mean, really, who wouldn't?) we have about 8 bazillion. Don't ask me why three of the following photos are on their sides -- I swear I wasn't drunk when I took them.

Space Needly goodness




Seattle has a lot of hills. Thankfully, the boy only weighs 28 pounds.




And what's a trip to Seattle without a picture of this guy? The boy loved him some fish flinging. That night, over a delicious dinner of linguine and clam sauce, we couldn't resist yelling, "ONE EMPTY CLAM SHELL!!" before throwing it into the bowl.




A family rock toss into Lake Washington. Kudos to our photographer Dan who captured the rocks mid-flight -- hello, National Geographic?!?!?




I smell a Christmas card (except for the bad-hair part).




Bainbridge Island ferry ride.




Lollipop bribe on Bainbridge Island Ferry.




The drive to Vancouver. (Not only did friends loan us their VW Passat, but also their handy-dandy GPS system. It only took minutes before Elian was chiming in on our jokes to the voice directing us where to go: "Look out for that car...right there." And by the end of the trip, he had her voice to a tee, "recalculating".)




You may want to think about rinsing that hotel ice bucket next time. You don't know where it's been.




Two monkeys in Stanley Park.




Vancouver Aquarium (Rainforest).




A teeny-tiny train ride through Stanley Park.




Checking out the Beluga whales.




One of the rare moments at mealtime when he wasn’t requesting doodle-pro drawings of things puking (swans, fish mongers, mama puking on Elian – dear god, I hope this is just a stage).




The Capilano Suspension Bridge.




That's a long way down.




A big-ass tree.




And last, but not least, two geeks.



Stay tuned. I have movies too!