Kid friendly Bellevue

If you know me well, you know how much I love to get out the house and look for fun places to visit with the kids. So far, we've been pretty successful in Bellevue.

We love the downtown library (with a large selection of Korean Children's books) just across the street from the apartment. Alden and Joe have already finished a few books, and we have several books and movies on hold. :) They even have a snack bar with vending machines! We haven't tried their story time yet but we're planning on going once it starts back up next week.

The kids' favorite place so far is the Bellevue Square mall. They have a play area called Kid's Cove, and it's a really fun playground with a beach theme for kids 5ish and under. The play structures are made with very soft plastic-like material, and even Eli loves to run around. The mall also has Nordstrom where we can get helium balloons from the children's shoes section, the LEGO store where kids can spend forever building stuff, Disney store with a giant movie screen, and Gamestop with Wii U and demo games. There is even a McDonald's inside for cheaper eating options. :)

Ellie at the Disney Store

Eli is making the "vroom vroom" sound

Ellie's castle

Alden's hangout place

James usually just sleeps through the fun

I usually prefer indoor play places because I don't like to be in the sun, but it is such a rare thing that we tried going to a park today since the sun was out. We went to the Robinswood Park with Lara and her kids. It was a really nice park with walking paths, playgrounds, fields, and a duck pond. The kids had a blast and didn't even want to go home for lunch, even after face planting (Ellie) and a giant bump/scrape on the forehead (Eli). Even James loved it and slept very soundly the whole time in the stroller next to Sunmi's stroller.

Big kids playing together

Little kids sleeping in strollers