seattle with kids

Seattle Space Needle with the C3 Seattle CityPass

Visiting the Seattle Aquarium and Space Needle with a Seattle C3 CityPASS

September 25, 2024

My niece had been wanting to see the Space Needle forever and we promised her that one day we’d go. This summer we finally made this happen on a beautiful sunny day when my sister and her twins came to Seattle. I looked up various admissions for all the things we wanted to do (and […]

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transformers one and an interview with Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry

Transformers One: an Interview with Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry

September 16, 2024

Childhood me who just-a-million-times-more-than-a-teeny-bit wanted to be a reporter one day would have screamed a little if I told her I interviewed Optimus Prime and Megatron this afternoon. And I even got to chat with the two of them in the same room not trying to kill each other. It feels like so many of […]

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Museum of Illusions in Seattle

All about the new Museum of Illusions in Seattle

July 18, 2024

A few weeks ago I was invited to work with the new Museum of Illusions with my Instagram and I ended up having such a great time I thought I’d share here too. The Museum of Illusions in Seattle is a franchise of a chain of museums that now has around 50 branches around the […]

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Disney's Aladdin the musical in Seattle

Something very cool and inclusive about Disney’s Aladdin the Musical in Seattle and I hope we see more of this kind of thing

April 25, 2024

Disney’s Aladdin the musical opened last night in Seattle and it’s only here for a very short time and I’ve heard from a few people that it’s really difficult to get tickets right now. I was invited to go for opening night and the theatre was the most bustling I’ve seen it in a while. […]

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Eggo Homestyle Waffles with blueberries and yogurt

How we L’Eggo with Eggo and win at mornings with Eggo Homestyle Waffles

March 7, 2024

This post is sponsored by The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA). All opinions are my own. For more inspiration during #FrozenFoodMonth, be sure to check out delicious ideas from NFRA at EasyHomeMeals.com #MFFM2024 Mornings are a juggle in my family and I’m sure yours are too. Like how do we all get out the door and to […]

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Broadway in Seattle at the Paramount

All the Musicals coming for the 2024/2025 season with Broadway in Seattle

February 8, 2024

The other morning at pottery class I heard a song that I heard in Ain’t too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations which was our favorite musical last season. And then I got a message in my inbox that the 2024/2025 Broadway in Seattle season was just announced and there are so many […]

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Seattle mariners stadium in the stadium district one of our cool Seattle neighborhoods

Seattle neighborhoods you need to know about if you come here for a visit

January 18, 2024

Before I moved to Seattle over 20 years ago now, I used to live in Vancouver Canada and we would often come to visit Seattle on shopping trips. Most of these adventures took us to downtown Seattle or Northgate or to eat at the Fisherman’s restaurant on the Waterfront. But I didn’t really get to […]

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family fun in pioneer square seattle

Family Fun especially on a Thursday in Pioneer Square Seattle

January 12, 2024

We’re always passing through Pioneer Square in Seattle, for school, for soccer games, for events at the stadiums so I really appreciated that the Pioneer Square Association invited my family to learn more about the area with a stop at Zeitgeist Coffee: a long-running coffee shop in the area, a Beneath the Streets tour and […]

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Klondike Gold Rush National Park in Seattle

Klondike Gold Rush National Park-a National Park in the heart of Seattle

January 5, 2024

There were maybe two other people in the Klondike Gold Rush National Park when we visited so we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. Unlike most National parks, this one in the center of our city is not a traditional outdoor park. This place is more like a visitor center and museum. And […]

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Eagle by Alexander Calder in the Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park

Calder: In Motion at the Seattle Art Museum

November 13, 2023

I always love the story behind the art in our city and if you go to Calder: In Motion at the Seattle Art Museum this exhibition has a really beautiful connection. This exhibition is part of an ongoing gift from the Shirley family to the Seattle Art Museum and it has a goal of helping […]

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day trip to Bainbridge Island from Seattle for a soccer game

A day trip to Bainbridge Island because of soccer

October 15, 2023

Maybe your kids will have a sports game at Ballard High School from Seattle one day too or maybe you just need an excuse to visit Bainbridge Island. It’s so incredibly close to Seattle-only a 30 minute ferry ride and it even has a bridge that attaches it to the mainland so you’re less likely […]

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making candles at Lorraine's candles in Seabrook and other new things in Seabrook 2023

Lorraine’s Candles and Seabrook Arcade : two fabulous new ways to bond with family on a Seabrook trip

September 21, 2023

Every time we visit Seabrook there is something new to look forward to. The last time we visited Seabrook the bakery there was half the size than it is now and the lineup was probably less than half as long too. It’s become VERY popular and with good reason. And now there’s a new grocery […]

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Things to bring to Seabrook on a family trip

Things to bring to Seabrook if you are going there for a trip

September 14, 2023

We finally made it to Seabrook this year and ended up making it a multigenerational trip this time just like we dreamed about when we first started visiting. My mom, dad, sister and her family rented a house, and our family rented a house and it was a great way to hang out with each […]

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Seeing the Living Wall on a Tour at Climate Pledge Arena

What to expect from tours at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle

September 1, 2023

My family seems to have entered an architectural era of travel where we purposely visit towers and buildings like the Space Needle the CN tower, or maybe the Rookery in Chicago to check out the views of a city, and even in our own city, and learn a bit about the history of a place. […]

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souffle jiggly pancakes at Beanfish at Uwajimaya

Jiggly pancakes at Beanfish in Uwajimaya Seattle

August 3, 2023

It is pretty difficult to find soufflé pancakes in Seattle and we’ve searched the area a lot. We went to Japan in 2019 and managed to get some that were pretty spectacular. (I think we’ve all seen soufflé pancakes on TikTok’s from Japan) When I was doing quarantine in my parent’s basement in Vancouver during […]

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nordic museum in Seattle Ballard neighborhood

Visiting the Nordic Museum in Ballard Seattle with kids (or on your own)

July 24, 2023

My kids are at the age where they’re barely considered kids anymore. At 15 years old, they definitely do not order off the kids’ menu and they no longer need to immediately stop for playgrounds when we pass them on our travels. But old habits die hard and I can’t help myself-I keep an eye […]

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free things to do in seattle in summer

Free things to do in Seattle in summer

June 29, 2023

Hello Summer, it feels like we’ve waited so long for you and every year you are so fleeting. Summer can also be tres expensive and I’m always looking for fun and free things to do in Seattle and close by. Seattle in summer feels pretty perfect. Free Waterfront Shuttle The Free Seattle Waterfront Shuttle is […]

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Pike place market in one of our favorite Seattle places if not everyone's

All the Seattle places we like to visit from May to maybe October

June 5, 2023

Why on earth is this Seattle list only for May to October? Is it the weather? Is it school holidays? Or is it because this is the time when all the cruise ships come to our city? From May to October in Seattle, our city feels like we get a little more packed. And I […]

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Seattle mariners stadium in the stadium district one of our cool Seattle neighborhoods

Things to do in Seattle in April

April 3, 2023

If April showers bring May flowers what might snow showers in April bring? (And let’s hope it’s only sun showers in Seattle from now on) April is such a great time to be in Seattle with all the flowers showing off, baseball season beginning and a little lull in the city just before the first […]

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hidden worlds laika films exhibition at mopop Seattle

Hidden Worlds: The Films of LAIKA World Premiere Exhibition at MOPOP in Seattle

March 17, 2023

Even if you haven’t seen any LAIKA films you’ll probably want to stop by and see this new exhibition at Seattle’s MOPOP, especially if you are curious about how stop-motion movies are made. Hidden Worlds: The films of LAIKA is having its world premiere exhibition at the MOPOP and it will be there through summer […]

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