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things to do with kids to celebrate Easter

Easter Treats

April 23, 2011

A couple weeks ago, I was wondering how to make shaped pancakes and someone suggested cutting them out after I cooked them. So when we had a few friends over for an Easter bunny appearance, I thought I’d use the same idea with a baked tortilla recipe so we’d have cute healthy chips to go […]

Toddler Coffee Art

April 18, 2011

Our hands down favorite coffee store for beautiful delicious coffee is Espresso Vivace near REI in South Lake Union, so on this cold sunny day that had a rainstorm in the middle, we spent the downpour part in our happy place. The kids loved their mini hot chocolates in little espresso cups (see the lovely […]

Getting ready for Easter

April 16, 2011

I saw these lovely egg decorations on the Family Fun website and thought we would make them to decorate the house for Easter. Today was yet another crazy adventure with messed up naps, on and off rain and a stop that involved going to the craft store to get the yarn-the boys selected bright orange […]

A day at the park

April 14, 2011

I was on the way to check out a musician at Izilla Toys with my guys and I put in the wrong info into the GPS and ended up in Madison Park instead of Capital Hill. I was too late to turn around so we stopped in at a cute little consignment store called Sugarlump […]

San Diego Zoo (San Diego, California)

April 13, 2011

We are a definitely a zoo family, (we frequent our local Woodland Park Zoo at least once a week!) so when we went to San Diego we made sure to spend a couple days at the World Famous San Diego Zoo. We debated whether or not to use our strollers, but I’m so glad we […]

Go Sounders Go and Grow Garden Grow

April 11, 2011

Let me start by saying that soccer is a really weird sport. There are scarves and chants and very theatrical moves. I’ve seen three games and still don’t really know what is going on. But in my efforts to become a full-fledged soccer momma, we’ll be going to a lot of games this year, and […]

How Magical is UPS?

April 8, 2011

Let’s see. Somewhere at UPS headquarters someone coordinated a delivery so that an important package with these spring necessities could get here just in time for the sun to start shining brightly in Seattle. No, I didn’t wear them to the zoo today, but the […]

Potty Training M and M’s

April 7, 2011

I’m still debating whether or not I should fork out for these M and M’s I want to make-the smallest quantity you can order is three bags and I’m not sure I need THAT many. I’ve heard about using treats for potting training and then had this brilliant idea of using only brown and yellow […]

A Double Bellevue Adventure

Every so often we get a brilliant idea and it’s so nice when we get to do this with double friends. Today we started at the Bellevue Art and Frame for the Paint me a Story. We were a little late because I took a wrong turn (story of my life) but it is such […]

The Calm-Down Book

April 5, 2011

Realizing that I have written many posts in the last while that have been post-traumatic two-year old craziness has made me realize that there are very few days left in the boys being two and I better just enjoy this drama while it lasts. These babies are growing up and I know I’m totally going […]

Cafe 222 (San Diego, California)

April 1, 2011

A couple blocks away from the New Children’s Museum in San Diego is a lovely little cafe that my hubby went to without me (TWICE!) when he came to San Diego (sans double stroller and haggard baby-momma) one time on a conference. Naturally I wanted to go to, so when we visited San Diego with […]

The Double Tantrum

If recent celebrity pregnancies are making the idea of twins sound dreamy, then you didn’t see what happened to me at the Children’s Museum today. The one rule we have at the Children’s Museum is stay with mommy or we go home. And today at the taco restaurant in the museum this rule was tested. […]

Glamping at the Paradise Point in San Diego

March 30, 2011

I love the outdoors but I prefer to be somewhere near civilization at the very same time. It’s not that I’m a diva or anything, but when I’m away from my own home I do like comfortable beds, big bathtubs and fancy toiletries. So when I heard about Paradise Point in San Diego I was […]

Small Delightful Things

March 29, 2011

There are so many small and wonderful things in the world. Right now I’m loving my teeny fingers and how fabulous they feel after my lovely manicure yesterday. I opted for a fantastic blue color at Julep and I think they look quite nice. After a couple rounds of dishes they are still holding up […]

Fountain of Youth?

Today, after an eye exam I got to/had to schedule a little me time-I needed a couple hours downtown before it was safe for me to drive home. So with dilated pupils that made me look like I had a Monday hangover, I went to Julep for a facial and manicure (they were fantastic by […]

King Frog

March 27, 2011

Don’t be fooled by how cute this guy looks-he is quite the disciplinarian and this guy rules our house: I remember using timers in my classroom when I used to teach (and bells and horns and sometimes flares) and I heard from many double mommas before me how timers work for teaching kids to share […]

4,999,900

March 25, 2011

We rode the monorail the other night but the Seattle Children’s Museum was closed, so I promised the boys we’d come back and hang out on their favorite bus station today. What lucky timing! The museum was expecting their 5 millionth visitor and while we weren’t the lucky number 5 million we enjoyed a fantastic […]

Busy Spring Days

March 23, 2011

So glad I can finally say it. Spring is here. I can almost dig my sandals out of the closet (or maybe get some new ones!) This year I’m loving these leather flats from Nordstroms and I can’t wait to go and try them on. Tory Burch also designed this awesome shirt I’ve already pre-ordered […]

Gardening with the duo

March 21, 2011

My neighbors are probably happy that I’ve finally had the urge to get outside and garden a little. I took the boys to a local plant store to pick out flowers that we could put outside. After filling our cart with dozens of plants, I put some back and they ended up with tulips, irises […]

The world needs more superheroes

March 18, 2011

I am so excited to give the guys these capes I ordered from Zulily.com and these dolls from SophieandLili but I’m trying to hold off till Easter. The type of news we’re seeing right now makes me hope for heroes like the ones we see played by Bruce Willis on tv. I’ll settle for real […]