Harold and the Purple Crayon

A few times a year we take Josie on special dates with just the two of us. She called this the "daddy-daughter date and mommy" Assuming she is not referring to me as an after thought but rather a nice addition to her date with her dad :) We had a great time at the Seattle Children's Theater's production of Harold and the Purple Crayon.
A few weeks before the performance we checked out the book at the library and were surprised it was a very simple story about a boy and a purple crayon. The day before our date I asked Josie if she remembered what the book was about and she literally recited nearly the entire book word for word. I really mean exactly word for word. It was amazing. Her memory is phenomenal. So, yes I guess she did remember what the book was about.
The play was really amazing and expanded on the simple book in really fun ways.
After the show we asked Josie where she wanted to go for dinner. No surprise here - Indian food was her request. So in order to mix things up a bit we decided to go to our favorite Indian restaurant in Ballard. Actually, this particular restaurant was the setting for one of mine and Marty's first dates...way back when.
Before dinner we decided to take a look at the Locks and fish ladder. It was supposed to be the season where we would see a ton of fish but unfortunately not one was swimming through the ladder on our visit. So instead we had fun with the art outside of the fish ladder.


And then off to dinner. But wait, we forgot to document the play. Here she is with the program for proof.

At Indian food.

During our meal they lit incense. Josie did NOT like the smell, obviously!

And no date night would be complete without a stop at our favorite frozen yogurt place, Menchies... who by the way is opening a store less than a mile from our house. Uh-oh! I sense more time will need to be spent at the gym.