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Raising Readers, books for 3 year olds
May 18, 2012Like most kids, my guys learn a lot from books. And I love that what they read helps them learn about real life. But I’m not always sure if we’re on the same page about the message the stories are trying to teach us. For instance we recently read the Lorax. (You know me and […]
Read MoreDo I dare buy this chair?
May 14, 2012I 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 […]
Read MorePutting the Finishing touches on Christmas 2011
December 22, 2011We aren’t totally ready for Christmas yet. There are a million presents to wrap in our basement despite the diligent wrapping efforts the hubby and I have been putting in between episodes of Friday Night Lights and vain attempts to exercise at the gym. But it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. The […]
Read MoreTwo and one on the way?
December 6, 2011Let’s make a deal. If you have only met me for a few moments and don’t realize that I’m just lounging boorishly in the comfort of my own passenger seat in the front of my own MINIVAN while waiting for a ferry to arrive with two crazed boys wildly singing in the back, please don’t […]
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EASY Pumpkin Bread
October 19, 2011A couple weeks ago it was Canadian Thanksgiving and we made a yummy pumpkin pie to celebrate. But making pie meant that we had half a can of pumpkin left over and we needed to think of something else to make. We found an incredibly easy pumpkin bread recipe and all our problems were solved. […]
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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 […]
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