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10 or so photos I’m savoring this Monday
July 8, 2013The past week flew by in a blur of happiness, holidays, friends and food. We went camping at Alice Lake (such a family friendly place to camp!) with lovely friends I’ve known since we were kids (and all our kids too!) for Canada Day. And I love all the sweet photos and memories I now […]
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Best Sign Ever At the Vancouver Aquarium and an idea
July 7, 2013The other day a sign made my day. Actually it was this row of “out of order” signs on all the penny squishing machines at the Vancouver Aquarium last week. Out of order. Out of order. Out of order. My guys love these penny press machines and they are EVERYWHERE. I have caved so often because […]
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If you’re as scared as I was about teaching my kids to bike
July 6, 2013When I had twins, I knew a couple things were going to be pretty difficult: nursing, feeding, choosing who to catch when the two one day walked and ran in different directions, potty training when both had to go at the same time. So thinking about teaching two kids to two-wheel at the same time […]
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Spokes: Our New Favo(u)rite Activity when we visit Vancouver with kids
July 2, 2013If I say the best new activity we found with kids in Vancouver is in Stanley Park you’ll probably think it’s the Aquarium. And we do love the Vancouver Aquarium and the fun you can have with their jellyfish exhibit right now. But this is an activity we did a long time ago pre-kid that […]
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Canada Day Last minute
July 1, 2013I always keep balloons on hand, just in case a little celebration sneaks up on you. Like Canada Day. (To our credit we camped in Canada until Canada Day Eve, but alas, we had to come home before the big day. C’est dommage.) You break out the red and white balloons (And break apart a […]
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The drop-off party era
As much as we love hanging out with our kids, the hubby and I love to hang out together too. And we’re oh so thankful for a lovely night out in Vancouver we had recently at a sweet restaurant called Boneta in Gastown. Our meal (and apple tart dessert!) was lovely and it was so […]
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Two lovely Seattle bakeries to visit this weekend
June 27, 2013Sometimes it feels like there’s a bakery void in the Magnolia/Interbay area of Seattle and when you map out a day’s adventures based on coffee shops and pastries like I do, this creates a little bit of a problem. Thankfully the Fuji Bakery finally opened on Friday and it’s right in the heart of Interbay. […]
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Best membership for Seattle Families for Summer
June 20, 2013Seattle has so many great places to be a member of, especially if you have kids, but my absolute favorite membership in the summer goes to the Seattle Aquarium because of their amazing perks. Every Sunday in the summer they open their doors at 9am for members instead of the usual 9:30. This meant that […]
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Not your typical Drive-Thru near Camping in Sequim
June 19, 2013I’m still washing the campfire out of my hair, but we had a really fun weekend for the hubby’s father’s day-we went camping in Sequim Bay. I heard this campground was decent from the Parent Map’s 5 Great Campground List that I read before we went and we were able to book it just days before the […]
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Marshmallow Revelation for your Monday
June 17, 2013After 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 […]
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I heart Steveston (Steveston, BC)
I heart steveston BC. From walking the dyke To little surprises hidden around every corner. The weekend market. And free water for all. The pastry case at Sweet Spot. (I’m still dying to try their ice cream. I spied Strawberry Rhubarb on my last visit!) And a short drive to Garden City Park that feels […]
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Toilet Fountain (Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington)
We go to Seattle Center so often, it’s hard to believe there isn’t anything we haven’t already found or explored. But then we found “toilet fountain.” And maybe you already know the fountain I’m talking about, but when we went to the Science Festival, maybe we were just a little more aware of our surroundings or a […]
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National Doughnut (Donut!)Day!
June 7, 2013Oh, I love it when we have a great holiday and today’s definitely one we need to celebrate! It’s National Doughnut day and what could be better than making some donuts? In the winter the guys and I tried to make doughnuts. They were pretty enough and tasted fine, but if I’m going to eat […]
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Stroke the Living Wall (JJ Bean, Port Moody, British Columbia)
June 5, 2013A long time ago in Vancouver, I used to spend a lot of time on weekends going to Japanese school, shopping and eating around the city. Some mornings we’d stop in at Fujiya, a shop that’s still there selling Japanese pantry products and really yummy and inexpensive bentos and sushi. While my mom and sister […]
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Deep Sea Diver and a really wet Folk Life weekend
May 30, 2013The guys are absolutely in love with Recess Monkey since we saw them in concert at Teatro Zinzanni last year and we were recently sent their new album, (their 9th!!! by the way!) Deep Sea Diver to check out. The tunes are really catchy and I know I’ve heard them sing one of them called […]
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If you’re looking for kid-friendly Seattle hikes
May 27, 2013Long before the kids, the hubby and I used to like to hike around Seattle, and now that our kids are a little older, we’re having fun exploring trails with them too and we’re always looking for kid-friendly Seattle hikes. With kids you have to be a little bit more choosy when you plan your […]
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Happy Anniversary Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum
May 22, 2013I’m on the Chihuly Garden and Glass mailing list and when I saw it was their first anniversary this week I couldn’t believe it’s already been around a year and I haven’t visited them yet. My mom and dad were in town and up for some touristy things so we decided this would be a […]
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An inexpensive and adventurous way of getting to the airport in Seattle
May 20, 2013Sitting at the bus stop near our house I got a text from my neighbor that went something like: “omg my hubby just saw you at the bus stop-we could have totally given you a ride to the airport!!” And as much as that was so totally sweet and we probably looked ridiculous sitting there […]
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Eating fish while watching fish (Downtown Denver Aquarium, Colorado)
May 10, 2013Usually this kind of thing would freak me out. Eating fish, while watching fish. (Eeew! Totally morbid!) But, I’m the one who made the reservation because I so badly wanted to go to the aquarium in Denver last year when we were there for a family wedding and this was the only way we were […]
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Two great local playground updates
May 6, 2013With all the sun in the forecast, there are so many fabulous places to explore. Last week we checked out one of our favorite spots: Kelsey Creek Farm in Bellevue for a tour with some friends and we noticed they’ve recently added a really cool tractor to their farm. You don’t know how much I […]
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