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Market window at Steelhead Diner (Seattle, WA)

May 15, 2012

Two reasons you might want to check out this restaurant in Pike Place Market: 1) their kids’ meals are ginormous. (Yes, the fries and macaroni and cheese are part of the same meal. Not the healthiest, but the fries tasted yummy with MY salad;) We’ve been here a couple times and I love their panzanella […]

Do I dare buy this chair?

May 14, 2012

I have the perfect spot picked out for this chair on my deck so I can read and relax in the summer but I’m scared the guys are going to use it as a trapeze bar/rope swing/vehicle for death-defying acts. How do I know this? We went to the Om Culture kid’s playtime a couple […]

Life imitates art

Last week the guys asked me for toilet paper and I gave them each a roll. (That does not sound sane at all. Who gives their 3-year-olds rolls of toilet paper? To my credit, it must have been early in the morning.) So what does a kid do with toilet paper? Well, my kids put […]

Something I don’t get about soccer

May 11, 2012

See that guy lying down in the middle of the field? In other sports you would expect the game would stop, right? Someone would check to make sure he’s breathing. You don’t just lie down in the middle of a game unless there’s something seriously wrong. But in soccer, they let him flop and flail […]

In Tents: Recess Monkeys at Teatro Zinzanni

May 8, 2012

If there is one show to see in Seattle with kids this summer, I think it’s the Recess Monkeys in Tents at Teatro Zinzanni. (And this is even after having a wailing terrified three-year old in tow.) The show is pure magic and my boys loved it. Even the scared one who was the only […]

New Ferris Wheel: Seattle Before the Great Wheel

May 6, 2012

How fun will the Seattle waterfront be when the new giant ferris wheel gets finished this summer? Here is the base being constructed. This Great Wheel will be coming to the city soon and it’s neat to think what the skyline will look like once it’s complete. I didn’t realize that the Great Wheel will […]

Skillet Diner (Seattle, WA)

May 3, 2012

“If food is yummy, tip your head back and close your eyes and say mmmmmm like this!” says the Bean. Oh and pancakes are a finger food. Always. We love going for brunch and we love trying new places. We tried Skillet Diner when it was a food truck and the new restaurant is lovely […]

Dandelion Fluff and Piano Bags

April 30, 2012

A dandelion has got to be the smartest weed in the world because no kid can resist picking one. How fun is blowing their seeds all over the place and right now my guys are totally obsessed with them. After a recent bike ride, we found a whole field of dandelions near the parking lot […]

views from a superior room at granville island hotel

Granville Island Love

April 27, 2012

This weekend I wish I was at Granville Island in Vancouver BC. It’s the big Ocean Construction Open House and if you have a little digger/truck/moving vehicle fan it is the place to be because they get to tour all their dream vehicles. We went a few years ago and the boys LOVED pretending to […]

April Workout Want List

April 26, 2012

I don’t typically want actual workout things on my workout want list, but I saw this in a magazine and was intrigued. Why didn’t people think to cut those silly exercise balls in half ages ago? I’ve heard a lot about exercising your core lately, and for some reason this thing looks fun. I also […]

Books I’m surprised my kids like

April 24, 2012

Sometimes things are so predictable. Like a book with a digger on the front is easily a favorite book for a 3 and a half year old boy. And a book with a dinosaur AND a digger? Golden. But this book? It’s about a mouse who is a dentist. ( And a patient who may […]

Sleepless in Seattle house

April 20, 2012

A couple weeks ago we played tourist in our own town and took a free Sunday cruise at the Center for Wooden Boats. The boat ride was amazing and our skipper pointed out some neat Seattle landmarks including the iconic Sleepless in Seattle house. (I totally think next April 1st they need to put a […]

The whole beach to ourselves

April 13, 2012

The last time this happened, we all camped out under an umbrella at our resort in Turtle Bay determined to have a nice day at the beach despite the torrential rain that kept pouring down. I don’t think you’d ever find such a beautiful beach in Hawaii so empty so we savored it. (But still, […]

Eggs after Easter

April 10, 2012

My mom always blew out the insides of our Easter eggs and the thought of dropping an ancient hard-boiled stinky egg in my house terrifies me, so I’ve always blown out the insides of the eggs we decorate too. This way you can keep them forever and not worry about a putrid mess if you […]

Honolulufest Parade and Something we made

April 6, 2012

Whenever we travel I like to check out what goes on in the city when we’re there. The last time we went to Oahu it coincided with the Honolulu Festival called “Honolulufest” and I was so excited to watch the parade. This float was spectacular-like a giant glowing lantern. And the boys remembered it when […]

Easy edible egg nests

April 5, 2012

These are so easy and look so cool! I used this recipe from the Seattle Times, but I’ve seen it everywhere (hello pinterest), and you know how bad I am at following directions and they still turned out. I didn’t have very many chocolate chips so I threw in a Theo salted Almond bar, and […]

Marshmallows make everything better

March 29, 2012

Ever since I saw this yummy marshmallow delight in a Williams-Sonoma catalog, I’ve been craving chocolate covered grahams and marshmallows in a bunny shape. And tonight was one of those nights when I needed to get what I want. Because somewhere in between the boys bopping each other and having an epic tantrum, someone used […]

Bunny Buns

March 27, 2012

Every year one of our babysitters brings her bunnies to our house before Easter to make things a little festive. I try and make Easter-themed snacks for the kids to munch while waiting for their turn with the bunnies. Last year, I really liked how my tortilla chick chips turned out. So this year I […]

I spied….

March 26, 2012

With my disbelieving eyes, something that looked like Target. So, today, I had to go on a reconnaissance mission to confirm. And here’s the proof. Right in the middle of the city. (I wonder when it opens? Can it open soon enough????) Now wouldn’t this be a fabulous adventure: morning shopping at Tar-jay followed by a […]

Sounders Style

March 20, 2012

I didn’t mean to create soccer fan monsters when I signed us up for soccer tickets-I thought it was my duty as a mom of boys to get us a little more involved in Seattle sports culture. But we are now a full-blown Seattle Sounders fan-mily. Seriously. I don’t know if they could get any […]