We were running errands all morning and I asked the boys where they wanted to go for a snack as a reward for tagging along. And they decided that they wanted doughnuts. (Or donuts?) But what they really wanted were “sprinkly” Top Pot doughnuts to be exact. (I guess I didn’t specify a healthy snack.) […]
Read MoreThank goodness for cookie cutters. One boy wanted frog pancakes for breakfast. I just added the Pocky sticks because they were pink and on the counter but the guys pretended they were chopsticks. I pretended that I did that on purpose so they could try to pick up their pancakes and it turned out to […]
Read MoreA couple weeks ago, we stopped by my alma mater to watch my brother-in-law’s cousin play a volleyball game. We stopped by the Eatery for some takeout food first so we could have dinner and the game at the same time. While I gorged and reminisced about my college days, the boys could barely eat […]
Read MoreThree must be the new thirteen. I didn’t think I’d have to answer tough questions this early, and they keep coming rapid-fire. “Mommy? How did I get in your belly? Did you eat me?” or “Mommy? Why is my poo brown? Why Mommy! Tell me why!” And then we have the days when we don’t […]
Read MoreToday I got a little overly-crafty. I thought we’d make a little tray of bento cucumber “Frogs in Love” for a playdate today as the Bean adores frogs. But it got to be a little much. I got as far as cutting out the frog shapes and cheese eyes and then realized I still needed […]
Read MoreIt’s amazing how kids relate books and daily life. It’s been a little spring-like lately, so the boys have really enjoyed this book about a boy who nurses a garden back to life in the middle of a city where greenery has been long forgotten: And so when we went to the Northwest Flower and […]
Read MoreThis is how I imagined my boys would look at Disneyland. But one boy is currently a little scared of indoor rides, loud noises, things that have scary parts, anything that might have a tunnel and the outside of the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room. So at one point we had a few tears and it […]
Read MoreSome days are meant for lying around, reading books, painting and baking-especially a grey day after a week of sunshine. I thought we would make cheery pepper flower paintings. I saw something similar in a recent Family Fun issue using celery, and thought they were amazing. Peppers make more of a peony shape. They boys […]
Read MoreCupcakes in bed when the duo goes to sleep. I admit I reluctantly shared this delightful cupcake I picked up in Fashion Island( my favorite outdoor mall ever!). It was pretty yummy and looked a whole lot better before it was decimated. And though it might not be the absolute best part of vacation (I […]
Read MoreI didn’t even have time to spell the whole word. Within minutes, it was destroyed. Goodbye January! Goodbye Jan. What a weird weather month you’ve been. Warm enough weather for biking at the park. Snow. And glorious sunshine. (Maybe this doesn’t count as actual Seattle weather because it involved an airplane, but it certainly helped […]
Read MoreThis is what waiting at the airport looks like sometimes with kids in tow. We bring things like our trunki suitcases to keep our kids entertained but in reality when flights get delayed or there isn’t a lot of space to sit down in our waiting area, there isn’t much we can do. Sometimes we […]
Read MoreA perfect morning for the boys and I, is a trip out to our farm. I guess it’s not really our farm, but we feel like it is. It’s only about a half an hour away from Seattle and we adore Farmer Jayne and the other staff who work there. We take a lot of […]
Read MoreIf there ever was a beach to make you yell “I heart beach” at the top of your lungs this is it. This is Newport Beach in California and it’s probably our favorite. When we think of all the beaches we travel to and love it’s always this one. And ona perfect day there isn’t […]
Read MoreI read about the National Children’s Castle in this book about Kid’s Trips in Tokyo, (a little-bit outdated guide from 1996 but useful nonetheless) and it sounded very cool, kind of like the kids’ museums we have in Seattle. Don’t mistake it for the Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Hall. That one is currently closed until at […]
Read MoreThere’s been a lot of talk in the mom world lately about Carpe Diem, and frankly, whenever I hear that phrase, all I can imagine is Robin Williams eerily whispering it to those college boys in Dead Poet’s Society and it creeps me out and makes me feel old. I prefer the mantra you see […]
Read MoreIf you are in Seattle on a rainy day in the winter, one of the most delightful places to hide away is in the Rainforest at the Woodland Park Zoo. It is warm and cozy and full of neat exhibits to explore and our favorite exhibit is the Poison Dart Frogs. It keeps us out […]
Read MoreThis morning we took a a page from the boy’s Owl Book where he welcomes in Winter and brought the snow inside to play because this was one of those rare mornings where we woke up to snow in Seattle. It was almost as messy as the snow disaster in the Owl book we read, […]
Read MoreAfter two days of waiting, we finally woke up to enough snow outside that we could really call it a snow day. Do you get snow where you live? In Seattle it seems like we only get snow like this every few years. We hung up our bird feeders. We made pumpkin seeds and pumpkin […]
Read MoreAccording to this article we have a “juicy storm” coming our way. I totally thought it was coming today so I’ve prepared for the biggest snowstorm ever. I forgot that living in the United States the news is always Armageddon with the weather so I totally wasted my day thinking I would be stuck on […]
Read MoreThe boys love this book that they received when they wee babies (Thank you Marcia and Ken!) and I think because they love it, they also love the sea otters at the aquarium. So when I told them that one of the sea otters was going to have a baby a couple weeks ago, it’s been […]
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