Seattle Summer Activities: A Giant List of Things to do with Kids
Something I try to do each year at the beginning of the summer is make a list or calendar of all the different Seattle summer activities there are to do with my family. Sometimes it seems like just about everything fun to do around…
Asparagus Tamales at Los Hernandez Tamales
This past weekend we loaded up the kids and dogs into the ol’ family truckster and headed east toward Union Gap and the land of sunny skies and desert vistas in search of asparagus tamales. Union Gap is in the Yakima Valley in Eastern…
Clean Eating Turkey Chili {Recipe}
Since it’s springtime and summer’s just around the corner, I’ve been trying to eat a little healthier and shed some of my winter padding. Luckily for me I have a preschool friend who’s become a Beachbody rep (the company behind P90X and Insanity) and…
Making Homemade Chocolate Frozen Yogurt
As happens a lot lately (since we’re home alone together so much of the time) my little guy requested that we make something. The specific thing he wanted to make this time was homemade ice cream. He asked me if it was true that…
Meatloaf Cupcakes
My daughter has been wanting to make meatloaf cupcakes for awhile now, ever since we saw a picture of them somewhere (probably on Pinterest, right?). Whenever my kids make a dinner request that isn’t complete junk food I try to accommodate them so…
Making Something on the Last Night of 2013
I’m in the kitchen making pan-fried onion dip and pigs-in-blankets to help ring in the New Year mommy style, and raising my glass – Here’s to you and yours this New Year’s Eve! I hope 2014 brings you all you desire – Happy New…
Gearing Up For Christmas
Wow, the Christmas season is upon us again – I can’t believe another year is almost over! We worked hard this weekend to get the Christmas decorations up and we’re almost done; of course NONE of the outdoor light strings worked out of the…
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