DAILY LIFE
Why a Seattle Children’s Theatre Subscription might be a good idea for your family
July 24, 2014Okay here’s some math you might want to try if you’re in the Seattle area and you are thinking about some children’s theater this fall. Last year we didn’t subscribe to any tickets so I totally spaced on ALL the plays at the Seattle Children’s Theatre. (even Art Dog which I heard was AMAZING!!) So […]
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Shopping things I’ve been asked about lately barely making it on a Monday
July 22, 2014Whew. Now that was definitely a weekend. I’ve barely started to put away the decorations from my guys’ birthday but it’s shopping Monday and since shopping is the one thing that gets me through most Mondays the decorations can wait. I’ve been asked a lot about my shopping purchases lately so I totally thought I’d […]
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Cloud City Coffee and Pianos in the Parks (Seattle, WA)
July 19, 2014Some things on a Friday are to wonderful not to share. We wanted to hang out at the park with friends before some errands at Costco (and you know how how I feel about Costco) and we spent the morning at a great park in Maple Leaf. (It even has a zip-line!) And then playing spilled […]
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Design a little bit of good (FashionABLE and Alt)
July 17, 2014Here’s my little plea for some good on a Thursday afternoon when there is oh so much sad on the news. The lovely Alt team has teamed up with FashionABLE for a contest and though I’m clueless at design, I love both of these groups oh so much and I hope someone I know out […]
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A Day-trip to the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma (part of our summer staycation in Seattle)
July 16, 2014I can barely count how many trips I’ve put into my trip-finder in Expedia for this summer and then not booked my cart. Cabo San Lucas, Alaska, Costa Rica, Belize, San Diego and the Bahamas have all been super tempting, but the weather here in Seattle is just so beautiful, I can’t imagine leaving and […]
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Who cares if your soccer team loses if you get to meet Bill Nye and learn how to save lives.
July 9, 2014It is a really cool thing when a place like the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation opens up its doors for a Social Media tweetup, and I was really honored to be invited to their third such event, even though it coincided with the USA and Belgium game especially since Bill Nye was going to […]
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What I’m buying the Monday after camping the July 4th weekend now that it’s finally summer
July 7, 2014We can finally say it’s summer in Seattle. We completed our first camping trip in the Olympic National Park and the boys had a fantastic time. Me, I’m still a little wary about having only nylon protecting me from the wild outdoors, so I was really happy that our site (Willaby Campground if you’re curious-I’ll […]
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What Costco feels like when you’re five and how it makes me feel as a parent
July 3, 2014We went to Costco for the first time in ages. It was a zoo. It wasn’t Superbowl, or Black Friday, or even the night before Christmas but it felt like each cart was a bumper car with a mission to get groceries and get to the line with a personal best time. And this kind […]
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Seattle Summer Bucket List 2014
July 1, 2014We know it’s summer in Seattle when the cruise ships start announcing their arrival, the Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicles pass us every couple minutes on our city adventures and we start to see less visible moisture in the air. And when we start getting calls from friends to go berry picking, we start making […]
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Because I survived two weeks while the husband was away in Japan shopping on a Monday
June 30, 2014So I did it. I totally survived even though I didn’t think I would ever be able to even take care of myself for the whole time without missing all the kids’ classes or blowing up the house in a disaster. I was alone with the kids for TWO WEEKS and we all are still […]
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If I owned a bakery and a few other lovely places in Denmark I dream about daily
June 27, 2014We were so lucky that when we visited Copenhagen, our Airbnb rental was literally right above a fabulous bakery. I think we ended up going to Wulf and Konstali at least once every day while we were there. The bread and pastries were fantastic and there were so many deli items that it was easy […]
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Golden Gardens and Pancakes for lunch (Seattle, WA)
June 24, 2014An alternate perfect ending to this adventure would be stopping at the Ballard Paseo window on our way into the park for a yummy picnic lunch. But we decided that we wanted pancakes for lunch that day so we made sure to end our trip with Portage Bay Cafe. We were surprised at how many […]
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Bouncy Balls, Rice Maker Pancakes and things we’ve made because of Social Media
June 20, 2014Can you believe that summer has officially started? We had our last day of preschool and I may have bawled just a little bit-not just because we’ll miss all the sweet friends we’ve made over the years and our amazing teachers but because I’m going to have to spend ALL the days with the duo […]
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The cutest little ice cream stand in Copenhagen (Oswald’s Isbar, Copenhagen)
June 18, 2014And maybe the sweetest ice cream man I’ve ever met. We biked to this adorable little neighborhood looking for the smallest hotel in Copenhagen and its coffee shop underneath after we had a lovely morning biking to an amazing playground and mirror house I saw on Pinterest. (Did I tell you we biked a TON […]
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How nature affects kids’ art (near Granville Island, Vancouver, BC)
June 17, 2014So much can be learned about nature just by going to the beach with kids. I visited a dear friend for an afternoon in Vancouver and we wandered our kids down to the beach near the Aquatic Center across from Granville Island (my favorite place on Earth) so we could sit and chat while the […]
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10 loves on a Monday
June 16, 2014Oh, Monday. I need to list it today so that this wonderfulness gets out, but oh, how I’m feeling a case of the “is it 5-o-clock yet?” Mondays…. Today we love the USA. Not just because it’s fabulous, but because at 3pm two of our Seattle Sounders are playing in the World Cup. And you […]
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No, I didn’t forget about Father’s day
I just had a little trouble with this holiday today because the hubby had to work this weekend and it made me so sad that he had to miss out. (And yes, we’ll definitely celebrate again, but it just won’t be today. Isn’t that silly how a day can make so much difference mentally?) And […]
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Little secret garden at Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wa)
June 13, 2014The hubby and I joke about how often we come to Pike Place Market. And since I decided that I love the mint ice cream at nearby Bottega Italia, I think we’ve been coming a LOT more than usual (We visited at least 8 times in the past couple weeks and each visit except our […]
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Running Mantra #2
June 12, 2014And by crazies I sometimes mean bears. This past weekend my sis and I did our 10km with some lovely friends and family up in Whistler, BC and it’s the first time time in my life that I ever saw a real life bear without having some kind of protective barrier like a window, or […]
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Trail Mix and a Brave Adventure with my guys (Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, near Olympia, Washington)
June 11, 2014Every so often I get a whole day with my guys all to myself. I let the dishes pile up. I leave the little messes to figure themselves out until after the kids go to bed. And I plot some ridiculous adventure. And we go. On days like these we’ve ended up at the Northwest […]
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