DAILY LIFE

When it feels like time cheats you a little on a Monday

October 19, 2015

Last night we groggily unloaded our kids from the car after a trip up north for my sis-in-law’s baby shower. And just like the trips we’ve gone on before, I carried one of my sleeping babies from the car and up the stairs and tried to put him into his bunk. But when I got […]

If your car drives in auto-pilot in Seattle on a Friday

October 16, 2015

The hubby’s vehicle got an update the other day that makes it pretty much drive on its own and it freaks me out. There is a small part of me that thinks one day Elon Musk is going to call all his vehicles back to their mother ship and we will all be whisked away […]

Car2Go Electric Car envy in San Diego

October 14, 2015

It isn’t hard to find good things to say about Car2Go in Seattle. I think they are the main reason my husband has been able to bike to work for the past couple years because they are so easy to use that they provide a great backup for when he needs a car in the […]

Eye opening things to be thankful for on a Monday

October 12, 2015

First of all, happy thanksgiving lovelies! I’m so thankful that having Canadian roots lets my family celebrate a holiday full of thanks not only once but twice every year! Are you celebrating today too? We just got back literally a few hours ago from a weekend conference in San Diego (that I’ll definitely catch […]

Looking for fall leaves on a family ride (Marymoor Park to Woodinville)

October 8, 2015

As a mom of boys there really is no point asking if we can go get family pictures in the beautiful autumn leaves. This is what will happen: “Awww….mom!” Boy #1 “Awww…mom!!!!” Boy #2 “Do we have too?” Boy #3. The husband. So instead I ask if we want to bike ride and then I […]

Getting ready for an October Monday in Seattle

October 5, 2015

I can totally get used to these no-umbrella, sunny fall weekends in Seattle especially now that it’s soccer season. We spent the weekend tidying the house, playing soccer and bike-riding through gorgeous fall leaves (and I’ll update you on our big bike ride later this week!) but it’s perfectly autumn in Seattle right now so […]

Indoor skydiving with the family (Ifly Seattle)

October 2, 2015

For birthdays in our family we like to do experience gifts. The kids have really enjoyed going to the Space Needle for Dinner for their birthday and I was thinking about what to do for my husband for his birthday. I thought a fun birthday gift might be a sight-seeing trip in a small plane […]

things to do near car charger on quallicum beach

A place worth visiting just to charge your car (Quallicum Beach, Vancouver Island)

September 30, 2015

We were in a sun-filled cafe called Sobo on the northern tip of Vancouver Island in Tofino when a gentleman came up to us and asked “is that your car out there” and wondered if electric cars were feasible on the island. We were actually a little worried that we would have difficulty finding places […]

IDSWEST Conference 2015 Vancouver Convention Centre

Oh Joy and cake memories to get me through a Monday

September 28, 2015

Oh weekend! Why are you so fleeting? We made a brief stop in Vancouver this weekend because I had tickets to the IDSWest, a stylish design conference and I thought we’d celebrate the hubby’s birthday with some friends while we were there too. The conference took place at the Vancouver Convention Centre and this building […]

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When buying local in Seattle means you can get gadgets that change the world (Chef’n, Seattle)

September 25, 2015

See these Pepperballs? One year I think we received five of them for Christmas. FIVE. And I never even knew that they were homegrown in my city. Thanks to a field-trip I took at the International Food Blogger Conference in Seattle, we visited the Chef’n headquarters where a bunch of fellow food bloggers and I […]

The best way to see a bear up close (Woodland Park Zoo)

September 24, 2015

My sister who is an animal lover recently watched a horrific grizzly hunt that somehow made its way into her Facebook feed and it totally disturbed her so much even days after she saw it that she told me not to watch it-EVER. She described it as the story of a beautiful trapped bear who […]

Two great shout-outs for Seattle Public Library at the #IFBC

September 21, 2015

Are you as scared as I am that our kids won’t have libraries one day? Every time I buy books on Amazon, I make sure I use the “smile” site at www.smile.amazon.com instead of just regular Amazon.com so the company can give a percentage of my purchase back to non-profits and I choose Seattle Public […]

First time at the International Food Blogger Conference in Seattle Washington

September 17, 2015

Food is so much a part of our day that I almost take it for granted but it definitely drives my day plans, my travels, and my life. Even my family lives for food. We care about how it grows and gets created. We care about learning about how it gets from its source to […]

Back to School Eve

After the kids were home for a little while and the novelty of summer wore off, the days of endless play and running around and daily sibling wars made my grown up brain weary and my body tired; I couldn’t help it and I didn’t mean to. I started wishing for tomorrow forever. (I think […]

Lacing up the running shoes and getting ready for the Woodinville Half Marathon

September 12, 2015

When I was contacted a few weeks about a new run in Woodinville put on by Destination Races Wine Country Half Marathons, I was excited to try it but was a little worried because I am in no shape to run a half and I didn’t think I would have enough time to train. My […]

10 or so kid-friendly food options on Vancouver Island

September 10, 2015

We just spent a lovely week on Vancouver Island and I never realized how EASY it is to travel there from Seattle. Since we’ve been doing a lot of road trips by electric car lately, it was a perfect road-trip with the kids from Seattle and we covered a lot of ground and never hit […]

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Debating whether or not to get ready for school on a Monday

September 8, 2015

We live in Seattle where our lovely teachers are trying to guarantee that ALL of our kids get enough recess among other things like not having to work for free (no one should work for free!) and I totally adore anyone who stands up for my kids. So we may or may not have a […]

Things I’m loving for the last Road Trip of the Summer on a Monday

August 31, 2015

If we remember one thing about the summer of 2015, it is that this was the summer we really embraced the road trip in our family. There are so many fabulous places within driving distance of Seattle and our newest obsession with driving electric has given us a fun reason to get out and explore. […]

acme farm box has locally sourced vegetables

Support local farms and learn how to cook in Seattle (Acme Farm Box, Bellingham)

August 27, 2015

A long time ago, way before the kids were born, the hubby and I tried out a local farm box delivery for our little family of two and made a few date nights searching for recipes and making dinner together. Those meals were some of our favorites and it was nice spending time in the […]

seattle bike with kids on Bainbridge Island and taking the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island and a stop at Mora Ice Creamery

When you bike with kids from Seattle to Bainbridge Island and everyone survives

August 26, 2015

Remember the beginning of summer when it seemed like we had forever just to do whatever we wanted to do? It seems so far away now that school is on the horizon in Seattle and the sky gets just a little darker earlier and eating ice cream cones in the evening means putting on a […]