ANIMAL LOVE

We visit so many zoos and aquariums, we have some serious animal love in this family.

The Singapore Zoo, a breakfast, and a Behind the Scenes Tour

October 15, 2013

I don’t think we’ve ever been to Singapore without going to their Zoo breakfast and we’ve traveled there a bunch of times in the past 10 years.  I absolutely LOVE this breakfast.  There is an abundance of good food (this is Singapore after all) and it’s a great place to get your feet wet if […]

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How to Preserve your Little One’s Huggy

July 22, 2013

Does anyone else have a little guy who reads the safety manual on planes?  I am white-knuckled superstitious about airplane travel (yes, I’m a scaredy cat flier) and I can barely look at that pamphlet without getting shaky. Not my guys.  They ‘read’ it. They wonder about it. And they ask questions. “When a plane […]

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Not your typical Drive-Thru near Camping in Sequim

June 19, 2013

I’m still washing the campfire out of my hair, but we had a really fun weekend for the hubby’s father’s day-we went camping in Sequim Bay.  I heard this campground was decent from the  Parent Map’s 5 Great Campground List that I read before we went and we were able to book it just days before the […]

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staying at the nabalam in isla mujeres mexico

Isla Mujeres with kids and no whale sharks

May 31, 2013

Where can you go with Atlanta as your base?  I couldn’t believe Cancun was only a two hour flight away.  You can practically walk to Florida.  And all the Caribbean Islands are just a hop away too.  (As a west-coaster I got a little bit envious about how many fabulous places were so close on […]

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Georgia aquarium with kids

Two stars and a wish for the Georgia Aquarium

May 29, 2013

As with all our trips, we are always excited to see animal friends on our travels and at the Georgia Aquarium I had a mission: a co-worker had told my husband that you can actually swim with whale sharks on Isla Holbox and Isla Mujeres in Mexico and the hubby wanted me to take the […]

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Zoo Atlanta post-rain

May 19, 2013

One thing I’ve learned about going to zoos is that some of my best days have been on rainy ones.  You tend to linger a little longer at exhibits that are indoors that you might blow past on sunny days, the animals often behave a little differently and there are far fewer two-legged animals wandering […]

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Maplewood Farm (North Vancouver, BC)

March 23, 2013

A little while ago, we revisited this farm I used to go with my family as a child-it’s very close to downtown Vancouver, maybe about a 20 minute drive.  It’s on the way to Mount Seymour too.  The day we went the animals were all out and about and there are so many things for […]

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I want to feed a panda

March 16, 2013

Normally, these kinds of wishes are taboo.  These are the ones you think,yes, great, now move along and think of something else to wish for, something more realistic.  But you really can feed pandas at the Zoo Atlanta.  Who wouldn’t want to feed a panda? How is this even possible? This picture is from their […]

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Something cuddly and something not so cuddly in Richmond BC

December 11, 2012

If you are into Once upon a Time apparently this building is a big deal for you and you might want to visit Steveston to go and see it.  Steveston is a little water village part of Richmond BC where they do a lot of movie filming. For me, I heart this lovely place near […]

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visiting the sloth sanctuary where you can see sloths with kids in costa rica

Sloth hugging and some of my favorite things in Costa Rica

November 9, 2012

The hubby and I finally sat down to look at the last half of our Costa Rica trip (from AUGUST!) and I fell in love all over again.  Looking back at this trip, I think it is still one of the trips I will remember for my lifetime and it’s one I’ll always think about […]

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Rain in Seattle on Halloween

Sharks out of Water

October 30, 2012

This year the guys are getting a lot of use out of their costumes and it’s not even Halloween yet.  The sharks checked out a sneak peek of the Woodland Park Zoo’s Wildlights, something we totally want to do this winter! They also trick or treated the Seattle Waterfront.  (This pic was taken right after […]

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Pumpkin Bash at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle with kids

Pumpkin Bash: Woodland Park Zoo

October 23, 2012

You’d look like this too if you were a pumpkin in a jaguar enclosure.  We love the Pumpkin Bash event at the Woodland Park Zoo every year and we stopped by last rainy weekend to see what’s in store this year. The guys loved the jack-o-lanterns everywhere.   And we caught a couple animals enjoying […]

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Toucan Rescue Ranch (San Isidro, Costa Rica)

August 15, 2012

Where do I begin to tell you about the most amazing, magical and enlightening place I’ve ever traveled to? The Toucan Rescue Ranch in San Isidro, Costa Rica is a place I want to go back to every year to watch as it grows. Leslie and Jorge, the owners of the ranch, are doing an […]

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how to travel safely in costa rica with young kids

Global Kids Adventures: traveling to Costa Rica with kids

August 13, 2012

I convinced the hubby we were going to take the fam to vista Cost Rica but the question was how we were going to travel.  We don’t like to sit still and the last time we went we went on a tour but wanted to adventure on our own.  Our solution was to book half […]

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visiting the sloth sanctuary where you can see sloths with kids in costa rica

Sloth Sanctuary (Cahuita, Costa Rica)

Trip planning is a joint decision in this household and one my husband and I make together.  When I first started  my “I want to visit Costa Rica” trip campaign to the hubby I reminded him of how wonderful a time we had when we went pre-kids and I told him that it would be […]

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One of those days you just need to hop on a bus (Norhtwest Trek)

February 18, 2012

Last night I promised the kids I would take them on a bus ride today and then this morning the weather was yucky and with the unpredictability of public transit to somewhere we could drive to in our own “silver bus” seeming unfathomable and scary, I tried to backtrack on my promise.  I found and […]

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Books, Babies and a Brief Encounter at the Seattle Aquarium

January 14, 2012

The boys love this book that they received when they wee babies (Thank you Marcia and Ken!) and I think because they love it, they also love the sea otters at the aquarium.  So when I told them that one of the sea otters was going to have a baby a couple weeks ago, it’s been […]

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Fragile Forest (Singapore Zoo, Singapore)

January 10, 2012

Seeing this little lemur on Trader Joe’s Cinnamon and Black Tea at Christmas made me all nostalgic and dreamy for our recent Singapore trip and I had to buy it.  I love Trader Joe’s holiday products-I have so many whim purchases there at this time of year! A couple months ago we traveled to my […]

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Penguins at Woodland Park Zoo

October 11, 2011

This morning there was a short break in the rain that looked like this: So we put on our gumboots and headed to our zoo where the guys have decided that the Hornbill gets their vote in the Quarters for Conservation program but we also really love the penguins at Woodland Park zoo too. We […]

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Breakfast with Tortoises at the Phoenix Zoo (Phoenix, AZ)

September 26, 2011

A couple months ago we received our first issue of “Zootles,” a magazine for 2/3 year olds by Zoobooks.  This issue was all about turtles and we learned some great facts about these reptiles, for instance the sea turtles like the ones we’ve seen in Hawaii have flippers and can’t put their heads in their […]

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