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Fun Seattle cooking classes to try
November 6, 2012There are many takes on being a SAHM (stay at home mom) and I’m kind of pretending it’s like a sabbatical from my old life so I can learn some life-skills I kind of ignored pre-kids. I remember telling my grandma long ago that I had made some good meals and she laughed and asked […]
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Sharks out of Water
October 30, 2012This year the guys are getting a lot of use out of their costumes and it’s not even Halloween yet. The sharks checked out a sneak peek of the Woodland Park Zoo’s Wildlights, something we totally want to do this winter! They also trick or treated the Seattle Waterfront. (This pic was taken right after […]
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Easy glowing ghost craft
October 27, 2012If you have these things it’s super easy to make this sweet little glowing ghost craft. My guys love making crafts and I’m always trying to figure out things to make with them. I used mini plastic cups and I’m sure paper might work too. My guys are so excited about Halloween this year and […]
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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, […]
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Pumpkin Bash: Woodland Park Zoo
October 23, 2012You’d look like this too if you were a pumpkin in a jaguar enclosure. We love the Pumpkin Bash event at the Woodland Park Zoo every year and we stopped by last rainy weekend to see what’s in store this year. The guys loved the jack-o-lanterns everywhere. And we caught a couple animals enjoying […]
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Lunchdate at Dahlia Lounge (Seattle Restaurant Week!)
October 20, 2012Next week is round 2 of restaurant week in Seattle and I do hope you get a chance to check it out if you’re anywhere near Seattle from October 21-25. We managed to slip in a yummy lunch at oh so swank Dahlia Lounge this week. I’m not sure if they’d swoon over being touted […]
Read MoreThankful pie
October 9, 2012Some mornings start out with a sunrise drum-salute that thankfully goes awry. (thank you rock and roll gods….I’m so glad to put this drum to rest.) So we ended our concert early and made pie instead. We made our crust and put it in the fridge to chill for a while. (PS. that class I […]
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Beautiful Ballard Farmer’s Market
October 1, 2012Nothing beats crisp, sunny fall Sundays at Ballard Farmer’s Market and it’s no secret, because I swear everyone else in Seattle was there this past weekend and beautiful Ballard is definitely the place to be. The only thing in Ballard that isn’t very beautiful is trying to find parking. It took us nearly 20 minutes […]
Read MoreHow 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 […]
Read MoreRockstar Party
September 19, 2012A couple months ago the guys celebrated their 4th birthday. They were very insistent that they have a rockstar party and the hubby was very insistent that we go with something easy. We chose to have it at the Seattle Children’s Museum where you can rent the museum after hours so you can have it […]
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Where does chocolate come from? (Tirimbina Biological Reserve, Costa Rica with kids)
September 14, 2012Ever since the Theo Chocolate Factory moved a twenty minute walk from our house in our old neighborhood, I’ve been dying to see where chocolate comes from. We went on many tours and each time the guide told us about cocoa pods and how they would just hang off trees and how the insides were […]
Read MoreNasturtium 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 […]
Read MoreI heart Sounders FC for life
August 27, 2012I put the boys in the Sounders Soccer Camp this summer not knowing what to expect from a camp put on by our Sounders FC. It is for ages 4-15 and with me knowing I’m probably destined to be a soccer mom, I figured I might as well put them in the camp that is […]
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Birchbox vs Glossybox: a makeup subscription showdown
August 13, 2012So this isn’t really a makeup showdown, it’s more like a what do I prefer, what can I afford, why do I really need a monthly beauty supply delivery anyway comparison. And the showdown merely happened because I saw Glossybox advertised and I thought my life wouldn’t be complete unless I tried it out. My […]
Read MoreWhen the little guy is so much friendlier than the big guy (Yay Alpine Hut!)
August 7, 2012A couple weeks ago the grandparents decided to get the guys their big boy bikes as an early birthday present. The guys were outgrowing their no-pedal balance bikes and this seemed like the natural step. But big boy bikes are so big! I imagined little 12inch ones, but those are typically for 2-year olds. Apparently […]
Read MoreHerkimer Coffee (Seattle, WA)
August 6, 2012Here’s another post that should be titled “thank you zoo camp.” Because how many times do we get to have a cup of coffee uninterrupted just the hubby and me? The boys are in zoo camp this week and they’re loving it so the hubby and I have a little kid-free time. Herkimer coffee is not […]
Read MoreSome things aren’t meant to be bought on ebay
July 29, 2012I saw these frog balloons in a Chasing Firefly’s catalog and decided we had to have them but the 14 dollar price tag for one balloon sans helium seemed a little spendy. And then I found them on ebay. Not just the frog, but a whole conglomerate of 10 balloons with a ‘buy now’ price […]
Read MoreIt’s open:) Hello Seattle CityTarget!
July 25, 2012Yes, you know what I’m talking about. It’s red and white and shiny all over! And we had a bunch of errands to run this morning so we headed to my new money swallowing hole Seattle CityTarget to see how shopping in our city is going to be. The parking at CityTarget is free if […]
Read MoreDeja vu with Playmobil
July 23, 2012The boys got this lovely Playmobil Ice Cream Man for their birthday and it is too cute. (I love it when Playmobil men have mustaches-don’t you?) But as I was putting it together, I realized that I know I’ve seen the ice cream somewhere before. Oh yes, it totally came in our advent calendars on […]
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Call me baby and other things you see in windows while you sightsee
July 20, 2012When I travel, I wish I could just bundle up all the cute little shop windows I love and bring them back home. I feel like you get to know so much about a city when you see what the people who actually live in it advertise and buy. When I traveled to Paris a […]
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