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What jet-lagged people do the first day of a trip (Travel to Japan with kids)

September 29, 2013

I’ve read everywhere that once you land in another time zone you just have to embrace it. We arrived in Tokyo around 6 pm and we were all exhausted so we grabbed a light dinner and put the kids to bed around their regular time. And then they woke up around 3 am. We were […]

Making a little bit of peace with my kids while I make dinner

September 19, 2013

Sometimes making dinner in itself is totally harried but it becomes utterly frantic when two little guys decide it’s time for mom to play while the spaghetti tries to burn itself to the stove. I came up with a little game called “draw your dinner” and make the guys guess what they are having for […]

Back to School with Pillsbury Biscuits: Decorated Grilled Cheese

September 13, 2013

We are totally settling into the school routine. The boys are only half-day and I love how we still get to make and eat lunch together. I know I’m really going to miss this time when they start going to school ALL day long, even though sometimes I want to tear my hair out […]

First Day of School Pics (phone apps for photos)

September 10, 2013

After the fiasco I had with the kids trying to take fake first day of school photos last week , I thought I might just snap a picture in front of their school and call it a day. Then I found some awesome chalkboard printables on this sweet sight: Yellow Bliss Road that I thought […]

Because the guys are obsessed with Planes

September 3, 2013

So we are not just into airplanes now, but PLANES, as in made by Disney planes from the movie that we survived a few weeks ago. I’m not sure if you remember what I was worried about, but the guys sometimes find things like this scary and I wanted to make sure it was a […]

Crafting with the duo (A Seattle Sounders Soccer Craft)

August 20, 2013

I love crafting with my guys but it’s hard to pitch them the right craft idea. I can’t just say “let’s make crafts!” and put some supplies out, they need “let’s make crafts with a purpose.” This one turned out quite by accident. I had some Seattle Sounders stickers on hand and so I told […]

If your kids love noodles…

July 5, 2013

you might want to try making them. There are so many great cookbooks for kids and I found a great book that helps kids learn how to cook some of their favorite foods. We tried making noodles the other day and it was so much fun! “A Silver Spoon for Children” is the perfect book […]

Marshmallow Revelation for your Monday

June 17, 2013

After millions of hours of research, I finally figured out how to melt both chocolate and marshmallow at the same time for our camping s’mores. (I’ve had way too many s’mores with hard chocolate or burnt graham cracker from our experiments!) I used a ginormous campfire marshmallow and cut it in half. These are not […]

The best chocolate chip cookies in the world and a giveaway

June 2, 2013

When you cook with kids there is so much time spent moving chairs around so they can reach the counter or being careful with things like eggs or cups of milk or half-opened bags of chocolate chips so that gravity doesn’t become your worst nightmare. I learned early on that with two guys wanting to help […]

Kids’ Tillamook Yogurt Review

May 29, 2013

I got an email about a month ago about Tillamook wanting to send us some yogurt for review. My guys (all of them-the hubby included) eat yogurt almost every day for breakfast and one of our favorites is Tillamook so of course I said yes. (And I’m starting to realize that these are two 4-year […]

Stickers are a mom with a preschooler’s best friend (most of the time)

May 23, 2013

I keep tons of stickers on hand. They are great for adding extra pizzazz to crafts and they’re so handy when you travel as long as they don’t get stuck on windows or other things but I’m usually stuck in the middle of the duo so it’s easy to keep tabs. The hubby recently bought […]

If you buy a lot of stuff online: a recycled homemade paper craft

April 25, 2013

The other day my new purse showed up and as much as the beautiful wrapping is sweet there’s nothing more telling that I bought a ton of stuff than a big pile of tissue mongrammed with a brand’s name. So the guys and I got to work on a ‘craft’. We got rid of the […]

5-minute ice cream

This is not exactly the same instant ice cream goodness you get when you open the freezer and just reach for a tub but it’s a little less plan-ahead than if you actually want to make ice cream in a MAKER and 5-minute ice cream is really fun to make. I don’t know if it’s […]

Earth Day pillows and a conversation

April 22, 2013

So I saw these pillows ages ago on Land Of Nod and didn’t actually end up buying them before they sold out but I totally wish I did. But they looked pretty simple to try and re-create and I always thought it might be fun to make something with a world map on it, so […]

things to make with kids out of cardboard

So I built a bridge today, what did you do?

April 12, 2013

Okay so maybe the bridge was built out of cardboard. And it started out with a road we made. After some awesome cardboard pirate ships (or Narnia ships. I love the Ikatbag blog!) I thought I would try to make, but just ended up going simple. After a pancake breakfast that little hands helped make. […]

Egg-citement

March 28, 2013

A few weeks ago, I couldn’t figure out what a whole line-up of people was lined up for at the market. The line-up was longer than the line-up for Bastille and that one was wrapped around the door! It turns out it was eggs. EGGS! These eggs are so popular at the Ballard Farmers […]

Lunch note love for boys who love soccer

There are many ways to say I love you and I always thought a little love note tucked into school lunches was the cutest thing. Unfortunately my guys aren’t really impressed with little notes with hearts and xoxo’s from me. I was also obsessed with bento too, but unfortunately again my guys don’t love food with […]

How to make a giant gold pull-string pinata

March 19, 2013

There is a steady stream of boxes that arrives at my door each week and I always love finding things I can make with them. Sometimes we make cars. Or forts. Or airplanes. Or little swim goggles for our animal friends. Last week I decided that my parents needed a giant pull-string pinata for their […]

When your kid’s huggie wants to snorkel

February 26, 2013

Maybe it’s because the guys had so much fun on their snorkeling tour in Hawaii (We went with Four Winds and it was amazing!) but something inspired the Bean and he wanted me to fashion a snorkel for his baby giraffe. Thank goodness we eat a lot of noodles. I punched a hole in both […]

Browned butter salty delight

February 17, 2013

Oh dear mom please close your eyes and stop reading now because this would just stop your heart. (FYI for all you others out there, my mom is a bit of a health nut and seeing this would kill her.) This is a lot of butter in a pan bubbling just before it turns clear […]