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No bake afterschool Monday cookies
January 28, 2013Oh Monday-remember when you were all about just going back to school and talking about the weekend with friends, after-school snacks, and chatting over homework? There are some days I wish I could just wave a twinkly wand and go back to those days. When I was little my best friend S had a […]
potato painting
January 26, 2013Ever since I bought this lovely cookbook:The Silver Spoon for Children: Favorite Italian Recipes I’ve been meaning to make gnocchi with my guys, but I keep forgetting, so I have a ton of potatoes just lying around. So the other day, when a package I ordered from Fancy Flours (don’t they have the sweetest wrapping?) […]
Raise a glass-making juice with kids
December 28, 2012A couple weeks ago the Bean walked into Williams Sonoma and decided he wanted a juicer. I asked him why and he said he just really wanted to make juice. So I saved a couple hundred dollars and bought him this one at Ikea. […]
Snowman Oreos on Sticks
December 21, 2012This morning when we woke up no little magic fairies came to clean while we slept so the house was still littered with Christmas Crackers, half-wrapped presents, breakfast dishes and Christmas tree needles and the husband warned me against making anything homemade today. But I still wanted to make something. I love the look of […]
What to do with all that leftover wrapping
December 18, 2012Every year we buy a giant roll of wrapping paper from Costco for Christmas and every year we add another roll to the closet because we have so much leftover. This year, I decided we’d make Christmas crackers (like the ones you fill with treats and pop) and if you live in Seattle, you still […]
Two easy reindeer crafts
December 17, 2012My kids love their teachers. They talk about them all the time like they’re the biggest heroes in the world. (Which I truly believe they are!) And when it comes to saying thank you I really want my kids to take some ownership in the things we do to say ‘thank you’ to the people […]
Homemade Snowglobes
December 14, 2012So everyone is making snowglobes apparently so I wanted to try and make them too. I had visions of making little ballerina ones like a scene out of the Nutcracker (we’re going to see it next week and I’m a little worried the guys might find the mice part scary so I’m playing up the […]
Two simple star crafts you could probably make in the next 5 minutes
December 3, 2012No grownup has any excuse for lousy snowflakes anymore. And forget just regular snowflakes. You can make star ones and they’re super easy. I just printed this out, folded and cut along the lines (okay, the cutting was a little difficult and some stars got sacrificed) and voila: instant epic snowflake! And unless you’re going […]
Stained Glass Jello
November 7, 2012I want to perfect this recipe before Christmas because I think it has a lot of potential for fun festive treats and it’s great for helping preschoolers with cutting/dumping/mixing and colors. I remember eating a TON of jello as a kid, and it’s not as fatty/sweet/deadly as cake, you can mix it with fruit for […]
Pumpkin baking
October 24, 2012We have pumpkin overload in our house, but the boys adore everything pumpkin. They were very proud of these crafts they made at school and they can’t wait to finish decorating the house with all the other pumpkin and ghost things they’ve made in the past few weeks. They always love our favorite pumpkin loaf, […]
One of those afternoons where goo solves everything
October 18, 2012The other day was one of those afternoons where we were all sleepy but not sleepy enough to nap. (Well, one of us was, but that would leave Thing 1 and Thing 2 to their own antics….) We had glued eyeballs on our ghost rocks and the guys began to eye other things in the […]
Haunting Season and a recipe for Candy Corn
October 17, 2012Last year we were super sad we were away for Halloween, so this year we are savoring every little ghosty moment we can. We can’t get enough of Ghosts in the House, a book we picked up at Powells Books on the weekend. It has such a cute story that I’m so glad my guys […]
How to make a Terrarium with Kids
September 26, 2012A few nights ago, the hubby and I miraculously found ourselves in West Elm for a shopping trip without the kids. We found these cute little cacti (for 99 cents each, thank you very much!) and a lovely glass bowl and I got the brilliant idea that he needed a terrarium for his desk at […]
Nasturtium Capers
September 6, 2012I had a bumper crop of nasturtiums this year. I don’t know why they grew in such abundance. We were away for two weeks and they still survived. I think that might be why I remember planting them when we were in kindergarten-they’re killproof. (Mark this down as a plant you might be able to […]
Compost Krispies: a post-camping snack
August 29, 2012After camping we always come home with a 3/4 full bag of marshmallows that are not fit to be used as actual marshmallows anymore. Unfortunately we had no actual crispy rice cereal in the cupboard and I wasn’t sure what else you can do with marshmallows. I’ve seen so many yummy compost cookies on the […]
Letter Adventures for Back to School
August 23, 2012I remember watching Sesame Street and how important that letter and number of the day thing was and I wanted to incorporate more alphabet teaching into our daily activities. And then I saw these shaped sugars on dailycandy while i was cooking oatmeal: Like any sane person I googled how to make them, because I […]
Getting ready for September
August 21, 2012The guys are finally old enough for small chores around the house, so one thing that I get them to do is help with making lunch to get ready for preschool. The other day I had them make the peanut butter/banana sandwiches we were going to take for a picnic and something about the smell […]
Best 2 buck souvenir you can buy in Seattle
July 6, 2012One thing my guys look for at every Seattle festival is the Center For Wooden Boats station. I think there was one at last year’s Folklife Festival and there was definitely one at the South Lake Union Block Party. (It’s happening in a few weeks on August 10th!) This year we built ours at the […]
Chocoron (Aoki Bakery, Paris)
June 29, 2012The boys are totally addicted to everything macaron, so I couldn’t help but squeal with glee when I found this lovely confection among the millions of macarons enticing shoppers in Paris. A chocoron. (English Translation: a heavenly macaron enrobed with chocolate). Oh and it was delightful. I wonder when we’ll start seeing these stateside. You […]
Homemade Yogurt
June 7, 2012Voila. Homemade Yogurt that did not kill anyone. The hubby was quite skeptical of my homemade yogurt and still hasn’t tried it so I’m refusing to buy store-bought until he caves. I even made the topping thanks to my lovely friend S’s rhubard compote recipe. (The citrus one is truly divine.) Yogurt is so easy […]