If you are in Seattle on Thursday, the 25th of February 2016 this is a really easy way to give back to the community by merely dining out. The event is Nom Nom Seattle and it’s a one day fundraiser that benefits four Seattle-area nonprofits that empower kids to live healthy lives including Pike Place […]
Before we had kids we didn’t really think about WHERE people with kids lived in Seattle and when we first moved with kids we were still new to parenting and didn’t think too much of the long-term. We were just desperately in need of space because the space we picked pre-kids was not suitable for […]
One of my littles has a fever today and it’s rattling his little body and making my heart hurt. I am thankful I can clear my calendar so we can spend some time reading, snuggling and drinking lots of fluids but it makes me feel as helpless as I did way back in our early […]
How on earth is there SO MUCH SNOW just an hour’s drive away from Seattle? It’s crazy what a difference a short drive to the mountains makes. The snow at the Summit at Snoqualmie has just been dreamy and I’m actually starting to love to ski again. I didn’t realize how much terrain there is […]
In another life, I must have been a rock and the boys in my family must have been rivers, or waterfalls or oceans. I know this because as much as they all love to move and adventure, I like to sit still and be at peace. While my husband and seven-year-olds wouldn’t be able to […]
I met a few angels this weekend on my drive to Vancouver. What started out as a mission to celebrate my grandpa’s 91st and my sister’s 30-ish birthday made for a bit of a disaster. My car almost broke down on a big bridge in Vancouver, but thankfully crawled and spluttered a little farther and […]
Hands raised only half for truly opting outside this weekend. I didn’t. I couldn’t help myself. The sun was shining fantastically on Friday and I do love a good parade. And my family couldn’t help but check out the Seattle Center festivities too. I’m so excited to take my guys ice skating here this winter […]
Amidst the dreary Seattle weather, the daily election dramas, the red cup battles and sadness over horrific world events I’m not ready to lose my holiday spirit. There is so much in life to be thankful for, to be happy for and to spread joy for-I think that’s what drives me to live and I’m […]
Oh if we could only curl up like pigs in a blanket and drink coffee all day in front of a fire today is the kind of Monday in Seattle that would warrant that. The rain is pouring, the heater is on and I just want to burrow somewhere toasty and not come out until […]
Oh, what a weekend! Are you also buried under a pile of candy today too? My guys had a great time this Halloween and were so proud of their Star Wars costumes and I think the light sabres were their favorite part. We were going to go as a family costume again this year, but […]
Sometimes you just end up somewhere for a reason. Did you have a weekend like this too? I found the most awesome elliptical trainer the other day because I use Classpass and it led me to Emerald City Athletics where I tried a Life Fitness elliptical that had an awesome ‘course’ mode that let me […]
Last night we groggily unloaded our kids from the car after a trip up north for my sis-in-law’s baby shower. And just like the trips we’ve gone on before, I carried one of my sleeping babies from the car and up the stairs and tried to put him into his bunk. But when I got […]
First of all, happy thanksgiving lovelies! I’m so thankful that having Canadian roots lets my family celebrate a holiday full of thanks not only once but twice every year! Are you celebrating today too? We just got back literally a few hours ago from a weekend conference in San Diego (that I’ll definitely catch […]
I can totally get used to these no-umbrella, sunny fall weekends in Seattle especially now that it’s soccer season. We spent the weekend tidying the house, playing soccer and bike-riding through gorgeous fall leaves (and I’ll update you on our big bike ride later this week!) but it’s perfectly autumn in Seattle right now so […]
Oh weekend! Why are you so fleeting? We made a brief stop in Vancouver this weekend because I had tickets to the IDSWest, a stylish design conference and I thought we’d celebrate the hubby’s birthday with some friends while we were there too. The conference took place at the Vancouver Convention Centre and this building […]
We live in Seattle where our lovely teachers are trying to guarantee that ALL of our kids get enough recess among other things like not having to work for free (no one should work for free!) and I totally adore anyone who stands up for my kids. So we may or may not have a […]
If we remember one thing about the summer of 2015, it is that this was the summer we really embraced the road trip in our family. There are so many fabulous places within driving distance of Seattle and our newest obsession with driving electric has given us a fun reason to get out and explore. […]
It’s been a drizzly but hit-the-ground-running kind of Monday where I somehow found myself lost in the aisles of Costco. (Oh my goodness, is there any other place in the world like this that induces sane people to buy copious amounts of things they don’t need?!! I need to stay away.) Except they sell Tutta […]
Oh Monday. How do you get here so fast and why is Friday SO. FAR. AWAY???!!! That’s why Monday is a day I usually shop and share my favorite new finds. So there is a fabulous new Golden Tote-like company called Emerald Cuff that was created by some fashionable moms in Seattle and if you’ve […]
Monday is hard to stomach sometimes and today I need my kids to swallow the vaccines we are taking to go on an upcoming trip and I didn’t realize how hard it is to get a child to take medication. I totally forgot we might need to get vaccines to go to Belize and I […]