seattle with kids

Make your own Ipad baby monitor

May 22, 2012

When we first traveled with the guys we always carted along this cheap baby monitor so we could hear them in one room sleeping while we sat on the patio or vegged in another room. (We tend to get places with more than one room when we travel so we can actually zone out and […]

Mod Pizza and men hard at work

May 20, 2012

My guys’ third occupational choice after pilot and UPS driver would probably be construction worker tied with garbage man. They love the construction exhibit at the Children’s Museum. They could spend hours there clocking in, collecting supplies, getting their outfits on and screwing things together. Before having boys I didn’t really have the same appreciation […]

10 randoms

May 18, 2012

The past week has flown by in a blur and possibly hundreds of pictures on my phone. Here are 10 of my favorites: Leelee on the top of the slide at Mom and Me at Woodland Park Zoo. The Bean with his first ever face-painting on his wrist from another zoo event. Flowers my […]

Market window at Steelhead Diner (Seattle, WA)

May 15, 2012

Two reasons you might want to check out this restaurant in Pike Place Market: 1) their kids’ meals are ginormous. (Yes, the fries and macaroni and cheese are part of the same meal. Not the healthiest, but the fries tasted yummy with MY salad;) We’ve been here a couple times and I love their panzanella […]

Do I dare buy this chair?

May 14, 2012

I have the perfect spot picked out for this chair on my deck so I can read and relax in the summer but I’m scared the guys are going to use it as a trapeze bar/rope swing/vehicle for death-defying acts. How do I know this? We went to the Om Culture kid’s playtime a couple […]

Something I don’t get about soccer

May 11, 2012

See that guy lying down in the middle of the field? In other sports you would expect the game would stop, right? Someone would check to make sure he’s breathing. You don’t just lie down in the middle of a game unless there’s something seriously wrong. But in soccer, they let him flop and flail […]

In Tents: Recess Monkeys at Teatro Zinzanni

May 8, 2012

If there is one show to see in Seattle with kids this summer, I think it’s the Recess Monkeys in Tents at Teatro Zinzanni. (And this is even after having a wailing terrified three-year old in tow.) The show is pure magic and my boys loved it. Even the scared one who was the only […]

Skillet Diner (Seattle, WA)

May 3, 2012

“If food is yummy, tip your head back and close your eyes and say mmmmmm like this!” says the Bean. Oh and pancakes are a finger food. Always. We love going for brunch and we love trying new places. We tried Skillet Diner when it was a food truck and the new restaurant is lovely […]

Dandelion Fluff and Piano Bags

April 30, 2012

A dandelion has got to be the smartest weed in the world because no kid can resist picking one. How fun is blowing their seeds all over the place and right now my guys are totally obsessed with them. After a recent bike ride, we found a whole field of dandelions near the parking lot […]

Me and Ed’s Pizza (Coquitlam, BC)

April 26, 2012

I don’t know why all the best kid-friendly places seem to be pizza places, but this is one I remember fondly from when I was a kid and it’s really neat that my guys totally love it too. The pizza at Me and Ed’s is crispy California style-and the best part is that the kids […]

Marshmallows make everything better

March 29, 2012

Ever since I saw this yummy marshmallow delight in a Williams-Sonoma catalog, I’ve been craving chocolate covered grahams and marshmallows in a bunny shape. And tonight was one of those nights when I needed to get what I want. Because somewhere in between the boys bopping each other and having an epic tantrum, someone used […]

Nameless Noodle Store, Window-shopping and a Fancy toilet

March 9, 2012

There is a noodle store in Tokyo that was so yummy we went there twice. But we don’t know what it was called. All we know is along the way, Leelee climbed all over this chair in front of a store that sold clothes for nursing mothers. And a block or two later we went […]

Goodbye February!

March 1, 2012

Another month has zipped by and I can’t believe February is gone. It even had a bonus day, and that managed to zip by too. How does this happen? I remember when it seemed like the days couldn’t go by fast enough…. But, watching a month go by helps celebrate some things. Like I’ve managed […]

Salvation.

February 28, 2012

If you know me, you know that I’m afraid of many things. Playgrounds. Heights. Elevators. Getting cash from inside of bank. (Um, yes. There might be a hold-up, you never know.) But blood is definitely at the top of the list. Even the thought of it gives me the shivers. Blech. Blood. So when I […]

Playdate in someone else’s Family Room (SAM Seattle)

February 24, 2012

There is one reason why we have a Seattle Art Museum membership for our family right now and I wish I could tell you it was because I wanted my kids to be cultured and appreciate art. But, it’s not. It’s because I love this room. I can put my feet up and relax while […]

Seattle Top Pot Morning

February 18, 2012

We were running errands all morning and I asked the boys where they wanted to go for a snack as a reward for tagging along. And they decided that they wanted doughnuts. (Or donuts?) But what they really wanted were “sprinkly” Top Pot doughnuts to be exact. (I guess I didn’t specify a healthy snack.) […]

Battle of Wills

February 13, 2012

Three must be the new thirteen. I didn’t think I’d have to answer tough questions this early, and they keep coming rapid-fire. “Mommy? How did I get in your belly? Did you eat me?” or “Mommy? Why is my poo brown? Why Mommy! Tell me why!” And then we have the days when we don’t […]

Crafty little things

Today I got a little overly-crafty. I thought we’d make a little tray of bento cucumber “Frogs in Love” for a playdate today as the Bean adores frogs. But it got to be a little much. I got as far as cutting out the frog shapes and cheese eyes and then realized I still needed […]

A curious garden and a trip to the fire station

February 11, 2012

It’s amazing how kids relate books and daily life. It’s been a little spring-like lately, so the boys have really enjoyed this book about a boy who nurses a garden back to life in the middle of a city where greenery has been long forgotten: And so when we went to the Northwest Flower and […]

Waiting at the airport

January 31, 2012

This is what waiting at the airport looks like sometimes with kids in tow. We bring things like our trunki suitcases to keep our kids entertained but in reality when flights get delayed or there isn’t a lot of space to sit down in our waiting area, there isn’t much we can do. Sometimes we […]