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When the founder of an awesome clothing company comes to your house (Sodo Apparel, Seattle, WA)
May 1, 2014I’m not exactly sure how this one happened, but I kind of just went with it and I think that’s the story of my life these days. (I’m trying to add a little more controlled Carpe Diem back into our lives now that the kids are getting older and we’re no longer in the double […]
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10 or so things I’ll probably buy at the Container Store before Monday
April 12, 2014Oh how The Container Store is brilliant. If it weren’t for my husband I’d be a clutterer/hoarder/disaster/junk heap but every time I walk into that store something overcomes me and I feel like I could be an organizational genius and everything wants to come home with me. So a few days ago I was invited […]
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Playdate Seattle is a fun place to play
April 6, 2014I forgot to post this one a couple of weeks ago and I totally need to because my kids really love it-I heard about Playdate Seattle ages ago and I typically hate indoor play-spaces, jumpy gyms and stuff like this so I just kind of ignored its hype when it opened. But then I heard […]
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A visit to the Seattle Macy’s Secret Garden
April 4, 2014I am a member of the Everywhere Society and Everywhere has provided me with compensation for this post about Macy’s. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed herein are my own. I have been obsessed with flowers since my college days when my bus would take me past the most amazing flower shop I’d ever seen. […]
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Proud Mama moment at the Seattle Thunderbirds Game
March 11, 2014I can barely keep this one in, I am SO excited. Ever since the hubby and I started going to the Tbirds WAY back when they were at Key Arena and long before we had kids, I remember seeing these cute mini hockey players skating at intermission. They were so fun to watch and I […]
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Trying out Papa Murphy’s Pan Pizza (a sponsored post)
March 3, 2014I know I talk a lot about the foods we eat out on this blog, but I don’t always talk about what we eat in. I do like to cook and try new recipes. Sometimes they turn out amazing and sometimes they turn out horribly. And sometimes, I don’t have time to make a full […]
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Cookbook Cleanse for the New Year
January 8, 2014I went on a bit of a buying frenzy last year with my cookbooks when the kids started school. I was excited to make home-made dinners and I guess I thought HAVING a ton of books would make me cook more but then it made me realize that I needed more cooking tools: more pans, […]
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Last Monday of the Year: shopping cliffhangers
December 30, 2013In the new year I’m totally going to have to make some shopping choices because I can’t buy EVERYTHING (even though I want to) and I would like to cut down on some clutter in my life and there is definitely an abundance of STUFF in this world and I don’t want to buy unnecessarily. […]
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New to us Seattle Restaurants with kids
November 13, 2013We’ve been in a family restaurant rut lately. Though we love our usual haunts, the Spaghetti Factory, Red Robin and Boom Noodle have been so over-used in our rotation lately that I can’t imagine going back to them anytime soon. (And we love them). Thank goodness we spent some time this past week venturing out […]
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Boxes of Fun on a Monday
November 11, 2013Happy Monday! Scores of boxes arrived at our house last week so I thought I’d better update on a few of them. If you’ve been reading a while you know I’m already totally addicted to my monthly Birchbox but I got an email that I recently received my 21st box! I think there are few […]
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Birthday Month Monday and some early morning shopping
November 4, 2013It’s my birthday month and I’m loving the love from some of my favorite stores. For being a member on Anthro and Urban Outfitters, they send wishes with great coupons. Tory Burch (I love that she’s a twin boy momma too!) sent me a $50 coupon which is VERY helpful in her stores. And I’m […]
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Thankful Monday (and you better get your Seattle Restaurant Week Reservations) You’re welcome.
October 14, 2013One of the best things about being a bunch of cultures is combining celebrations and on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend I’m always so thankful for my roots because I get two turkey weekends every year. We had a homemade meal with my family and even though the pie barely survived a 5-year old dumping an entire […]
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A grown-up party at the Children’s Museum
September 6, 2013This year was my year to throw the hubby’s work party and I was a little worried that it would be tough to hold it at our house if it was rainy and I had my heart set on a food truck party. I decided to host it at the Seattle Children’s Museum because it’s […]
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Boom Boom Clap and Boom Noodle’s kids’ bentos (my kids’ fave Seattle camp)
September 4, 2013The kids have strong opinions about which summer camps they liked and didn’t this year. One of their favorite camps in Seattle was put on by the Seattle sounders and a big reason they loved it was because of the free camp appreciation day. I really think it was well-organized this year, so I appreciated it too. […]
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When you get the first day of school wrong
September 2, 2013Yep. That’s me. Mom of the year. I thought school started tomorrow, but it actually doesn’t start until next week. Thank goodness I didn’t get the kids all ready and show up but now I’m totally scrambling to figure out what to do with them for ANOTHER WEEK OF SUMMER! We scored the last Planes […]
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Three food finds on a Monday in Seattle
August 26, 2013Anyone else suffering a case of the lazy Mondays? This morning I was a little exhausted-we had a big party for the hubby’s work yesterday so I just let the kids add to the weekends’ mess tornado in my living room and now I’m trying to pick myself out of it and I thought I’d […]
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Gearing up for Planes with little guys who are scared of movies
August 15, 2013So, maybe in your family it’s not a huge ordeal to go to the movies, but over here we get a little frightened about big noises and unexpected things. It is not surprising then that a theatre with a sensational movie is not really our favorite place. We’ve actually never made it to one yet. […]
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Dear Monday, why so angry? Here are some lovely things. (My Monday Reviews)
August 5, 2013The hubby’s been wondering why I’ve been dropping a few more colorful vocabulary terms in our recent conversations, but it’s really not my fault. It’s totally because of some lovely ladies in my life who told me about Thug Kitchen and why I have to make some potato salad and bean burritos. (Actually, why I […]
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Happy Monday things on a Tuesday when things go by in a blur
July 30, 2013Is it Tuesday already? Where did Monday go? This is one of the weeks where everything seems to just blur together and whirl by. Usually Monday I post about things I’ve bought. I’ll get to that. But, the other night my lovely double momma friends and I tried out a sweet new place in Woodinville […]
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Another Family Friendly hike near Seattle
July 28, 2013Maybe it’s been this awesome stretch of sunny weather in Seattle, or the fact that our guys just need to be completely worn out every day or they’ll destroy our house but we’ve been whole-heartedly embracing hiking on the weekends. The hubby is even determined that we’re going to go backpack camping with the kids […]
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