Christmas extravaganza–Downtown Seattle

This past Thursday we went downtown and made the rounds to our favorite holidays spots and added a new one. Our first stop was the Fairmont Olympic Hotel to see the Teddy Bear Suites. I love visiting this beautiful hotel every time I go I feel like I step back in time to 1924 when it was built. I always imagine what it would have been like back then and what beautiful parties they would have had there back in the day.

The Teddy bear suite is a fun place for kids to come check out some fun teddy bears. It is decorated by a designer and donations are given to Seattle Children’s Hospital. There are books to read while you are there too. Payton loves to give the Teddy Bears hugs and sit on the Giant Teddy bears lap. Logan was not as excited, maybe next year.













Our next stop was the Sheraton to see the Gingerbread houses. This was our first year going and it was a fun experience. I thought Payton would like it since she was older and she had made her own Gingerbread house earlier this month. The theme was train stations which was perfect for my Dad. The tree below has a train going around it , no it didn’t move but it was a cool tree. The train stations were real stations from all over the world from New York to New Zealand. The details and size was amazing! I can’t imagine how long it would take to make them but they are fun to look at and so creative.

Grand Central Station

Canadian station

London’s King Circle Station

Australian Station

New Zealand Station

North Pole station 

Happy girl she loved the gingerbread houses!

Our last stop was the Holiday Carousel which is located by Westlake shopping Center where the Holiday Tree is and the Huge Macy’s star. The wait was a little longer this year since we went on a day that a lot of Preschools decided to go too. Payton had fun and Logan just watched the lights and the horses go up and down.  I over that all of our stops were free ( all but the carousel) and that they money collected at each went to charity.





After a quick bite to eat and a stop at the Seahawks Pro Shop we headed home with a lot of great memories and two tired kids.