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We found Santa’s reindeer!

December 22, 2010

Santa’s reindeer are getting ready to make their big trip around the world and we thought we’d stop in and help them get ready. Bean was especially attentive and made sure that Dancer and Vixen got enough snow to eat. Now I can add reindeer to the host of animals (manta ray, crab, bee, giraffe)that […]

Chopstix revisted

December 19, 2010

Totally helps to have a bro in the know-thanks N. Here’s the revised Chopsticks video: admin

Disney teaser!

December 18, 2010

We went to Disneyland last week and I’m still uploading pics and video. Here’s our favorite ride:The boys are still talking about the flying boats and the teacups. And despite my husband’s aversion to all things Disney, I think he had a fabulous time too! admin

Yes my babies can use chopsticks!

December 15, 2010

Here’s the proof: I can’t get them to flip on this website. Anyone know what I can do? You can also check out the video right-side up here. And here’s the link on Amazon.com where I just bought a zillion of them! These things are amazing! admin

Getting ready for the big day

Remember those lovely glittery letters I bought at Moxie Paper goods? If you peek closely you can see one peeking at the top of our tree. It was really nice having little helpers this year. Here they are parading around in the little Santa chef outfits they got from Grandma P. They loved helping/decorating/breaking the […]

Go ‘Nucks!

December 11, 2010

I just found some pics from our September trip to Vancouver when Baby Daddy and I snuck away from the babies and took in some great Canuck Hockey and finally tried Japadog…..yum!!! Can’t wait to go back. admin

eating out in hawaii big island with kids at coffee shack

The Coffee Shack-Breakfast with Geckos (Big Island, HI)

December 8, 2010

It’s drippy here in December in Seattle, but in South Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, I imagine it’s gloriously tropical. And a breakfast at the Coffee Shack, a restaurant on the Big Island would make any day perfect rain or shine. When we decided to take our two-year-old boys to the Big Island […]

I buy things…

and my husband makes my silly purchases work. I bought this awesome advent calendar from Pottery Barn Kids that I’m going to forever pretend that I made, but didn’t think about what to do about counting down the days. Baby Daddy helped me find these:at a really cool kitchen store on Robson Street in Vancouver. […]

Noodle Dinner

December 6, 2010

Like what you see? Check out my ‘recipe’ here. PS I heart the mini pastas that Barilla is making(the Piccolini line)-they are definitely toddler-friendly and helpful for adults who want to eat a little taste of pasta with their veggies. admin

Menchies (Seattle, WA)

December 2, 2010

Rumor has it that Menchies might open tomorrow on the top of Queen Anne. I took a stroll by and it’s everything adorable I’d like to see in a Froyo place. Crossing my fingers for mochi! Not sure who will love this more, the boys or me. Cute sign, eh? admin

Olympic Sculpture Park (Seattle, WA)

December 1, 2010

After our second trip to the post office, we finally got Baby R her package in the mail and Auntie P’s noodle card delivered. And then the boys wanted to go to Fred Meyer. They love the big drivable cars. But because it was glorious outside and we only have so many of these spectacular […]

Fred Meyer (Ballard, WA)

November 30, 2010

Reasons to go with twin toddlers? It opens daily at 8am, has practically everything from groceries to household stuff, a Tullys and a Starbucks AND at least 3 of those giant car shopping carts that have two steering wheels for the kids. They also have a Jelly Belly stand, where you can find bags of […]

Seattle Public Library Spanish Storytime(Downtown Seattle, WA)

November 29, 2010

I’m not sure how a trip to the post office brought us downtown to the library, but we had a great morning riding the escalators, shopping in the “Friends of the Library” store and hanging out in the Children’s section. The only two pictures I got from this morning are here: They don’t do the […]

first time cutting a christmas tree near north bend

U-Cut Trees at Christmas Creek(North Bend, WA)

November 28, 2010

Early Saturday morning we headed up to North Bend Washington to try cutting down a Christmas tree for the very first time. We didn’t do much research for this endeavor, so when we saw “Christmas Creek” had a working website, was 3o minutes from Seattle and had a decent “Yelp“(albeit from 3 years ago!) we […]

Westlake Center all lit up! (Seattle, WA)

November 27, 2010

And us, out past dark with the toddlers. Here’s proof. admin

Black Friday Adventures!

November 26, 2010

In my past life, I would scour the deals on Thanksgiving, plan my attack route and shop from the time the first store opened its doors until I could no longer fit any more bags in my car. Not this year. (Okay, I stayed up until midnight last night to buy this traintable at Costco.com […]

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 25, 2010

On a snowy Thanksgiving morning, our family found ourselves at the zoo, one of our favorite places in Seattle. Most of the animals were curled up somewhere warm where we couldn’t see them, but the penguins were frolicking and so were we. And a little ocelot had a little snow treat too. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! […]

Toddler Books and Art Round Two

November 24, 2010

Yesterday’s activity was so successful that I had to try it again today-actually the guys were the ones to make the connection, not me this time. Since we are snowed in, I am desperate for things to do to. The guys found a bottle of glue when we were playing downstairs(thank goodness they couldn’t open […]

Toddler Art: Making connections with favorite Board Books

November 23, 2010

The boys are really into a book called “Trucks Go” by Steve Light right now. It’s a board book that simply features different big trucks and the sounds they make. These trucks include a fire truck, a box truck and an auto-carrier; pretty much all the kind of trucks that make toddler boys go ‘WOW!” […]

Grouse Mountain (Vancouver, British Columbia)

This year we are going to let the tots try skiing when we go visit family in BC. Will we take them to Whistler? Not this year. Since having the twins, we’ve barely skied at all, and being so close to such a great place to ski without actually being able to take a whole […]