I didn’t mean to create soccer fan monsters when I signed us up for soccer tickets-I thought it was my duty as a mom of boys to get us a little more involved in Seattle sports culture. But we are now a full-blown Seattle Sounders fan-mily. Seriously. I don’t know if they could get any […]
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What tasty nom nom comes boxed in a lovely pink bag? Seriously anything out of this pink bag would probably be lovely, but in this one we have Cakepops of course! Today we went to Cupcake Royale for cupcakes to bring to the zoo but the boys were dazzled by the delights on sticks. (Sugar […]
Read MoreCall me crazy, but I randomly signed up for a half-marathon the other day. To date, the farthest I’ve ever run is a 10-km probably 10 years ago and I’m not really sure why I signed up for it at all except for that morning when I saw an email about it I was feeling […]
Read MoreSometimes dinner ideas come from the strangest places. The kids were playing with their Mr. Potato Head toys (how did we end up with so many Mr. Potato Heads I don’t know!) and I decided we needed to make ourselves a baked potato dinner. I didn’t know you need a recipe for making the best […]
Read MoreIf you know me, you know there is a stream of boxes constantly arriving at my house. I love shopping and I love buying things online and having them arrive a couple days later and getting all excited about my purchase again. (This never would have happened had my husband not introduced me to email […]
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I totally wish this was a real cafe, but it’s just a set on a really gorgeous piece of property in Kaneohe, Oahu. Apparently it was used in 50 First Dates as the Hukilau Cafe (I love that movie!) but it’s also been used in a couple other movies/shows as well. (Sorry, the names all […]
Read MoreYesterday was March 14th, (3/14) and in this lovely nerdy city we live in, it’s celebrated with pie. It was super rainy so we decided to go with the trend and try our hand at making our own pie day at home. (We were still drooling over the yummy Haupia pie from Ted’s Bakery in […]
Read MoreMy guys are in love with this Hawaiian band called Manoa DNA. They are a band made up of a dad and two sons and we saw them play last year at our hotel the Outrigger Reef in Waikiki, Oahu. The guys (especially Leelee) adore their ‘fast songs’ and the train songs that are on […]
Read MoreMaybe we jinxed ourselves when we disregarded the weather forecast and left our rain-gear at home for the first time on a trip with our kids. We thought it doesn’t rain in Hawaii like it does in Seattle but then suddenly the headline below is what we ended up with-and it is not fun to […]
Read MoreThere is a noodle store in Tokyo that was so yummy we went there twice. But we don’t know what it was called. All we know is along the way, Leelee climbed all over this chair in front of a store that sold clothes for nursing mothers. And a block or two later we went […]
Read MoreLast week there was a minor meltdown in Metropolitan Market and I ended up on the losing end with an airplane cookie cutter as a souvenir. So I decided to make good use of this when I only had a cucumber for snack the other day. It sounds so much cooler saying “Do you want […]
Read MoreYears ago, pre-duo, the hubby and I went to Costa Rica and I fell instantly in love with this beautiful country full of everything magical and wonderful you go on trips to see and now we’re Costa Rica dreaming again. How can we get back as soon as possible? How could we not love a […]
Read MoreAnother month has zipped by and I can’t believe February is gone. It even had a bonus day, and that managed to zip by too. How does this happen? I remember when it seemed like the days couldn’t go by fast enough…. But, watching a month go by helps celebrate some things. Like I’ve managed […]
Read MoreI don’t know if I should even call this a brilliant idea. I saw a picture on a faraway friend’s facebook of her kid at the beach in California. And then I thought, “hmmm….that looks like fun, where is there a beach around Seattle?” There are many beaches. If you live in Seattle you can […]
Read MoreIf you know me, you know that I’m afraid of many things. Playgrounds. Heights. Elevators. Getting cash from inside of bank. (Um, yes. There might be a hold-up, you never know.) But blood is definitely at the top of the list. Even the thought of it gives me the shivers. Blech. Blood. So when I […]
Read MoreThere is one reason why we have a Seattle Art Museum membership for our family right now and I wish I could tell you it was because I wanted my kids to be cultured and appreciate art. But, it’s not. It’s because I love this room. I can put my feet up and relax while […]
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The guys are trying to figure out the concept of days, nights and time. They’re always asking me “Is it this time?” which means are we doing something today? And the magic amount of minutes for doing something they like is 8. “We want 8 more minutes!” they yell at me if they are playing […]
Read MoreAfter weeks of the boys being Kyla and T-bird, the hubby and I are ready for the duo to start a new sport. So the other night we headed to Kent for the first time to see the Thunderbirds in their “new” stadium. (We used to go regularly when they were at Key Arena, pre-duo […]
Read MoreI can’t imagine a more serene or beautiful place than Crystal Cove. I’m not sure why we never went here before. Maybe the Newport Beachers want to keep it a secret for themselves? When we checked into our hotel, (I seriously can’t recommend the Marriott Newport Coast Villas enough!!!) we overhead someone talking about the […]
Read MoreLast night I promised the kids I would take them on a bus ride today and then this morning the weather was yucky and with the unpredictability of public transit to somewhere we could drive to in our own “silver bus” seeming unfathomable and scary, I tried to backtrack on my promise. I found and […]
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