Long ago when I was pregnant with my guys, we visited London and France to see my two besties who were living overseas. I can’t believe how much life has changed since then! Then last year, I went back to see S who was still there for a quick 3 night trip, my first away […]
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Slow down little man, There is so much time to grow. There are parks to play at And trees to climb. Hands to hold And moments just to savor. So whatever anyone tells you Don’t grow up just yet. Don’t speed this time up. Don’t give it away. You don’t need to be bigger, faster, […]
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It is really hard to plan dates with the hubby now that all of our schedules (the kids’ included) are so much more complex. But this doesn’t mean we just mope around and give up hope. We just have to live a little more spontaneous and sometimes we catch the luckiest breaks. The other day […]
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I would have loved this as a kid and I bet you would have too. At the Seattle Children’s Museum they have an area where the kids can scan items on a real cash register like they have in real stores. We played blow-out sale at Mini Metropolitan Market this morning with our shopping carts […]
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Somehow holidays sneak up on me. Everything sneaks up on me lately because things have just become so busy and between the kids’ school, the cabin plans, our upcoming Europe trip, the hubby’s work and just trying to survive daily life stuff, it sometimes feels like I just can’t keep up. I didn’t have grand […]
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I admit I do crave a shamrock shake every March. It’s festive. It’s green. And it tastes absolutely dreamy. But it’s a whole lot of calories and it’s not really exquisite enough to waste running 10 miles for. And I hadn’t really thought about one at all this year until the other morning, a shamrock […]
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I can barely keep this one in, I am SO excited. Ever since the hubby and I started going to the Tbirds WAY back when they were at Key Arena and long before we had kids, I remember seeing these cute mini hockey players skating at intermission. They were so fun to watch and I […]
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It is so hard to buy furniture on the interwebs. I’ve had my eye on this table for quite some time and it’s now 20% off thanks to a sale that ends TONIGHT. But I have no idea what it’s going to actually look like, so I’m a little worried but I have a feeling […]
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I’m a little biased when it comes to cookies. My sis is an amazing baker/decorator and she and her husband started a successful Canadian cookie business called the Steveston Cookie Company and I can always count on her to create ANY kind of cookie I can imagine. I also grew up sampling cookies in my […]
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We have memberships to many of our local museums and I think we’ve even been zoo members for nearly 10 years now. (Yes, we were members even BEFORE having kids. I absolutely love our Woodland Park Zoo!) Seattle memberships are one of the ways we get to do so many things with our family in […]
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It is very luxe to spend a Monday out of the cold and I can’t imagine a better place to do it than a lovely place where my toes come out all shimmery and divine. My go-to nail parlor is always Julep-I’ve been going here for years for pedicures. I love their colors and their […]
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I know I talk a lot about the foods we eat out on this blog, but I don’t always talk about what we eat in. I do like to cook and try new recipes. Sometimes they turn out amazing and sometimes they turn out horribly. And sometimes, I don’t have time to make a full […]
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Haleiwa town on the north shore of Oahu is such a fun place to visit with kids. There is good food, lovely beaches and the Turtle Bay Resort is about a 15 minute drive away and it’s such a gorgeous place to stay. The beach there is sandy and calm and we could just hang […]
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This is a train we’ve done over and over again, just like we’ve heard a zillion versions of Ka’a Ahi Kahului (Hawaiian Train Song) since we first rode the Dole Pineapple Express. (PS. THAT song is about another ride-able Hawaiian train, the Sugar Cane Train on Maui, and our family’s favorite version of the song […]
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There was a little piece of me that was hoping for snow today instead of liquid sunshine, but at least the warmer weather means that we’ll be able to start planting outside soon. I’ve been successful with my old food garden-you can grow all sorts of vegetable tops-except I can’t get avocado seeds to grow […]
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I didn’t realize there could be such a thing as too much sun, beach and pool, but on vacation my kids literally wake up as soon as the sun rises and they could spend the whole day in the sun and in the water until it gets dark. I thought a good way to make […]
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There are so many lovely bakeries and restaurants in Vancouver, but for her birthday, I wanted to take my mom for high tea and I had the kids in tow. I was surprised at how many places offer a high tea with kids: the Fairmont Vancouver Hotel has an intriguing sounding Bubble Gum tea, and […]
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Who am I kidding with that Lillikoi in the title? Our travels are usually full of food adventures of the bakery and dessert kind and while we did stop at a lovely roadside fruit stand near the Turtle Bay Resort (recommended by the Gypsy Guide app I bought that had a running commentary/tour of the […]
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How have I never seen this before? And how has the hubby not seen it and tried to buy one yet? For the longest time in college, my husband commuted by scooter and then he finally joined the Seattle bike commuter ranks last year. But this? I saw this on our drive to Costco this […]
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We just got back from a trip with the kids to Oahu and it was such a welcome bit of paradise in all the cold we’ve had in the last little while. We usually don’t spend more than three nights in one place so we’ve stayed at three places over the course of this trip […]
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