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My thinking about list

June 1, 2011

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ballard Locks

April 29, 2011

These toddlers have a ton of energy and I sometimes feel like I can’t keep up. But then just when I feel like I have my hands totally full, we run into something like this duck we saw the other day at the zoo and I’m reminded that I only have two Littles and not […]

Why Amazonfresh is the best thing ever

April 26, 2011

It’s not just that we don’t have to run out for milk at night when we’d rather sit on the couch and catch up on last week’s Glee. Whenever we put in an order at Amazonfresh we order something frozen-even if we don’t need it. Anything. Peas. Popsicles. A berry pie for the next time […]

More Easter Shenanigans and the BIG DAY!

April 24, 2011

If you are wondering what the above photo is supposed to be, it’s an abstract version of an egg-shaped scrambled egg sandwich in a macaroni and cheese nest. Not as pretty as I imagined it in my head, and I probably should have made the nest out of shaved cucumber or something less carb on […]

things to do with kids to celebrate Easter

Easter Treats

April 23, 2011

A couple weeks ago, I was wondering how to make shaped pancakes and someone suggested cutting them out after I cooked them. So when we had a few friends over for an Easter bunny appearance, I thought I’d use the same idea with a baked tortilla recipe so we’d have cute healthy chips to go […]

Toddler Coffee Art

April 18, 2011

Our hands down favorite coffee store for beautiful delicious coffee is Espresso Vivace near REI in South Lake Union, so on this cold sunny day that had a rainstorm in the middle, we spent the downpour part in our happy place. The kids loved their mini hot chocolates in little espresso cups (see the lovely […]

Getting ready for Easter

April 16, 2011

I saw these lovely egg decorations on the Family Fun website and thought we would make them to decorate the house for Easter. Today was yet another crazy adventure with messed up naps, on and off rain and a stop that involved going to the craft store to get the yarn-the boys selected bright orange […]

A day at the park

April 14, 2011

I was on the way to check out a musician at Izilla Toys with my guys and I put in the wrong info into the GPS and ended up in Madison Park instead of Capital Hill. I was too late to turn around so we stopped in at a cute little consignment store called Sugarlump […]

Go Sounders Go and Grow Garden Grow

April 11, 2011

Let me start by saying that soccer is a really weird sport. There are scarves and chants and very theatrical moves. I’ve seen three games and still don’t really know what is going on. But in my efforts to become a full-fledged soccer momma, we’ll be going to a lot of games this year, and […]

How Magical is UPS?

April 8, 2011

Let’s see. Somewhere at UPS headquarters someone coordinated a delivery so that an important package with these spring necessities could get here just in time for the sun to start shining brightly in Seattle. No, I didn’t wear them to the zoo today, but the […]

A Double Bellevue Adventure

April 7, 2011

Every so often we get a brilliant idea and it’s so nice when we get to do this with double friends. Today we started at the Bellevue Art and Frame for the Paint me a Story. We were a little late because I took a wrong turn (story of my life) but it is such […]

The Calm-Down Book

April 5, 2011

Realizing that I have written many posts in the last while that have been post-traumatic two-year old craziness has made me realize that there are very few days left in the boys being two and I better just enjoy this drama while it lasts. These babies are growing up and I know I’m totally going […]

The Double Tantrum

April 1, 2011

If recent celebrity pregnancies are making the idea of twins sound dreamy, then you didn’t see what happened to me at the Children’s Museum today. The one rule we have at the Children’s Museum is stay with mommy or we go home. And today at the taco restaurant in the museum this rule was tested. […]

Small Delightful Things

March 29, 2011

There are so many small and wonderful things in the world. Right now I’m loving my teeny fingers and how fabulous they feel after my lovely manicure yesterday. I opted for a fantastic blue color at Julep and I think they look quite nice. After a couple rounds of dishes they are still holding up […]