TRAVEL

camping with toddlers in the pacific northwest

It takes two nights to be a camper…(Fort Flagler, Washington)

August 6, 2011

At about 2 am on Sunday night, you might have heard a scream resonating from some forest far away that sounded like a crazed woman yelling “I’ll never camp again. Get me in the car and take me home-now!” But with good reason. The kids were waking up every 20 minutes, they were a little […]

Birthday Dog Party ( A Go Dog Go themed party at Kidsquest Museum)

July 23, 2011

Ever since the boys saw Go Dog Go at the Seattle Children’s Theatre, they’ve been wanting a Dog Party. So this past weekend we celebrated the boys turning 3 with some lovely family and friends at the Kidsquest Museum. Yes, it was a dog party! A big dog party! And we are so lucky to […]

Band in a box….

July 20, 2011

or the best things in life really do come from Nordstrom. I love lazy mornings in pj’s and how creative toddlers are sometimes. And yes, the Bean is using recorders as drumsticks. I was secretly hoping they would break. admin

Impromptu Splash at Lake Union Park

July 18, 2011

If not for all the geese poo, Lake Union Park may become our favorite park ever. Not only does it have water, bridges, boats, playground and a trolley station, it now has a brilliant water feature (which might also aid in geese poo cleanup I guess). This morning it was not spray park weather but […]

Nordstrom Damage Report

July 13, 2011

The anniversary sale officially starts on Friday and if you’re curious what I scooped up, here is a little glimpse. Hunter Kellan Boots. Yes, they’re on my Workout Want list. I worked out like mad last week and will probably get to wear them in the next few days if the weather cooperates. I’ve also […]

Babypants Dance

July 10, 2011

My guys are Caspar Babypants groupies and I don’t mind. His songs are entertaining and I love love love the artwork that his wife Kate Endle does for all the covers. Here is Leelee proudly holding his brand new autographed CD. (If you don’t know Caspar Babypants you might know his alter-ego Chris Ballew from […]

Hawaii 2011-where do we begin?

June 27, 2011

Travel is getting easier with the duo. At nearly four years old, they can almost navigate themselves and they are a lot more self-sufficient. We went to Oahu a couple weeks ago and had a blast at the Outrigger Reef on the beach. It was a low-key trip where we planned just to sit on […]

Wiki Wiki Bus and our Sweet Rides.

June 13, 2011

We just got back from a much-needed trip to Oahu, and all the boys can talk about is the bus we took from our car to the airport and back. Alaska Air has a fantastic seat-sale out of Bellingham and since it was a direct and overnight flight we thought it would be the best […]

No bugs for dinner please

June 1, 2011

The boys have a book they like to read before bed called “I love you stinkyface“about a boy who is going to bed asking his mom if she’d still love him if he was all these crazy, weird and horrible things. There is a line in it that goes “…and what if I ate bugs […]

My thinking about list

I snapped this blurry photo as we were stopped at a light on 4th avenue downtown Seattle and I got excited because there’s a new sandwich shop to try out this summer and as we whizzed away, I thought there are a lot of things I’m thinking about right now that I wanted to share. […]

Kidimu Museum and Bainbridge Island (near Seattle, WA)

May 30, 2011

Last week, my mom came to visit for a couple days. I told her that I would be braving the trip to Tacoma alone to see Sesame Street Live with the potential for a meltdown if she didn’t come (hint, hint, hint) and she took the bait. She took me to see Ernie when I […]

Sunset at Newport Beach (California)

May 29, 2011

One of my favorite pics ever, I might have blogged this before, but I wanted to use this for my entry for Decliousbaby’s Photo Friday. We went to California for Disneyland in December and had a fantastic time with all things Mickey, but some of my […]

One of those days where you make food, go fishing and do crafts

May 28, 2011

Last night I went to a Bento class at Bellevue Whole Foods taught by a sweet blogger I love for her drool-worthy tweets about Japanese food. I learned to make a few yummy things and thought I’d try to make the Tamago Yaki-it’s pretty much a folded omelet but I’ve never been able to get […]

On our own

May 26, 2011

The guys are so into doing this on their own right now. I think they deserve credit for cleaning up today. After making rice for lunch, I had them help me clean up the water they spilled. Leelee asked for brooms so they could get up the rice bits too. Here they are making a […]

Solo Concert at Granville Island with kids

May 22, 2011

What is my favorite thing to do at Granville Island besides eating and drinking yummy delights? What does anyone do at Granville Island besides eat and drink and take in this incredible foodie paradise? Do we ride the seas on the aquabus? Yes, we do that too. Sometimes we just ask them for a sight-seeing […]

Maui Ocean Center (Wailuku, HI)

May 16, 2011

The cloudy days around this years’ Mother’s Day made me reminisce for the first plane trip we took with the kids when they were 9 months old. We thought that Maui would be a good idea, and that they would love splashing their feet on the beach. They did not really love the ocean or […]

Pana ‘ewa Zoo (Hilo, HI)

May 13, 2011

When we went to the Big Island with our family and the grandparents last August, I needed an excuse to drive an hour or so to Hilo to get this mochi I read about and couldn’t leave Hawaii without trying: . It is from a place called The Two Ladies Kitchen and they are famous […]

Workout Want List

May 12, 2011

Working out for health or looking good are great reasons but I need a workout incentive plan to force myself to the gym and in the long run the price of the incentive is WAY less then paying for the healthcare from not exercising, right?. Currently there are a couple things driving me to sweat. […]

Happy O Day!

May 9, 2011

Some days seem to have a trend and Friday ended up being a definite “O” type of day-especially when it came to food. We started the morning with Trader Joe’s Os. There was an Eltana bagel snack. And then friends decided that we needed to get some energy out at Jump Planet in Bothell and […]

Adventures with Playdough

May 2, 2011

Anyone else love playdough? I’ve tried making the home-made stuff but this Playdoh Ice Cream set was a total deal (under 8 dollars!) at Target a couple weeks ago and I couldn’t resist. I loved playing with playdoh when I was little-we had one with barber chairs where you could squish playdough out of a […]