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Happy New Year
January 7, 2011Every year since I can remember my Jichan makes mochi for New Years Day and I’ve loved it since I was a little girl. We eat it with sugar and soy sauce, but my absolute favorites are the ones with anko-a type of red bean paste-inside. This year, my guys finally got their first taste: […]
Read MoreGoodnight 2010
January 2, 2011*Oh no! I thought I posted this last night. Anyways, here is the last of 2010. Happy New Year everyone! The children are nestled all snug in their beds but they’re babbling about “Happy New Year” and the fireworks and I’m hoping they pass out soon. We will wake them up to peek at the […]
Read MoreA sign
December 30, 2010Every so often you get a little sign from the universe that seems to say-“hey-here’s looking at a cheery day!” And here’s the little imperfect smile I got this morning as I broke eggs for the boys’ breakfast. Not overly optimistic(it’s a crooked smile nonetheless) but just a little ray of sunny omega-3 free-range grass […]
Read MoreFuture Canucks
December 27, 2010Our fave team had a surprise victory tonight and we survived the drive home from our visit to vancity where we celebrated Christmas with friends and family for the past week. After I unpack, I’ll post the Christmas pics, but for now here’s the twosome playing hockey in the basement thanks to some sticks they […]
Read MoreChopstix revisted
December 19, 2010Totally helps to have a bro in the know-thanks N. Here’s the revised Chopsticks video: admin
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Disney teaser!
December 18, 2010We went to Disneyland last week and I’m still uploading pics and video. Here’s our favorite ride:The boys are still talking about the flying boats and the teacups. And despite my husband’s aversion to all things Disney, I think he had a fabulous time too! admin
Read MoreGetting ready for the big day
December 15, 2010Remember those lovely glittery letters I bought at Moxie Paper goods? If you peek closely you can see one peeking at the top of our tree. It was really nice having little helpers this year. Here they are parading around in the little Santa chef outfits they got from Grandma P. They loved helping/decorating/breaking the […]
Read MoreI buy things…
December 8, 2010and my husband makes my silly purchases work. I bought this awesome advent calendar from Pottery Barn Kids that I’m going to forever pretend that I made, but didn’t think about what to do about counting down the days. Baby Daddy helped me find these:at a really cool kitchen store on Robson Street in Vancouver. […]
Read MoreMenchies (Seattle, WA)
December 2, 2010Rumor has it that Menchies might open tomorrow on the top of Queen Anne. I took a stroll by and it’s everything adorable I’d like to see in a Froyo place. Crossing my fingers for mochi! Not sure who will love this more, the boys or me. Cute sign, eh? admin
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Olympic Sculpture Park (Seattle, WA)
December 1, 2010After our second trip to the post office, we finally got Baby R her package in the mail and Auntie P’s noodle card delivered. And then the boys wanted to go to Fred Meyer. They love the big drivable cars. But because it was glorious outside and we only have so many of these spectacular […]
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Seattle Public Library Spanish Storytime(Downtown Seattle, WA)
November 29, 2010I’m not sure how a trip to the post office brought us downtown to the library, but we had a great morning riding the escalators, shopping in the “Friends of the Library” store and hanging out in the Children’s section. The only two pictures I got from this morning are here: They don’t do the […]
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U-Cut Trees at Christmas Creek(North Bend, WA)
November 28, 2010Early Saturday morning we headed up to North Bend Washington to try cutting down a Christmas tree for the very first time. We didn’t do much research for this endeavor, so when we saw “Christmas Creek” had a working website, was 3o minutes from Seattle and had a decent “Yelp“(albeit from 3 years ago!) we […]
Read MoreWestlake Center all lit up! (Seattle, WA)
November 27, 2010And us, out past dark with the toddlers. Here’s proof. admin
Read MoreBlack Friday Adventures!
November 26, 2010In my past life, I would scour the deals on Thanksgiving, plan my attack route and shop from the time the first store opened its doors until I could no longer fit any more bags in my car. Not this year. (Okay, I stayed up until midnight last night to buy this traintable at Costco.com […]
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving!
November 25, 2010On a snowy Thanksgiving morning, our family found ourselves at the zoo, one of our favorite places in Seattle. Most of the animals were curled up somewhere warm where we couldn’t see them, but the penguins were frolicking and so were we. And a little ocelot had a little snow treat too. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! […]
Read MoreToddler Books and Art Round Two
November 24, 2010Yesterday’s activity was so successful that I had to try it again today-actually the guys were the ones to make the connection, not me this time. Since we are snowed in, I am desperate for things to do to. The guys found a bottle of glue when we were playing downstairs(thank goodness they couldn’t open […]
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Toddler Art: Making connections with favorite Board Books
November 23, 2010The boys are really into a book called “Trucks Go” by Steve Light right now. It’s a board book that simply features different big trucks and the sounds they make. These trucks include a fire truck, a box truck and an auto-carrier; pretty much all the kind of trucks that make toddler boys go ‘WOW!” […]
Read MoreToddlers’ First Hot Chocolate
November 22, 2010We went to the zoo yesterday and were greeted by cold weather and a few flakes. So today it was no surprise to see:andThe snow is still falling at our house while the guys recover from this morning’s adventures.(I’m hoping we tired them out tremendously-let’s go 4pm naps!) They also got to try something else […]
Read MoreHigh Five Fish (Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA)
November 19, 2010You never know where you’re going to see something truly remarkable. Here’s the High Five Fish at the Seattle Aquarium. I should have looked at what it’s really called, but you can find it in the back area with the Sea Horses. We visited him last week and every time the guys put their thumbs […]
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Truly Amazing Evening (sans wee ones, Seattle, WA)
November 17, 2010Every so often mom and dad need a night on the town, and we truly had a spectacular evening at Canlis last night. (This was my first time at this iconic Seattle institution and it was everything I dreamed it would be and then some.) Ever since I drooled over the Chocolate Covered Chocolate dessert […]
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