Books for the Holidays make a Great Tradition for Kids
My advent calendar is halfway done and it’s been so uplifting to hear all the wonderful messages from friends and family about what this season means to them. My friend Heather, who we met years ago...
View ArticleBeing whisked back to Kangaroo Care and a pile of reading on a Monday
One of my littles has a fever today and it’s rattling his little body and making my heart hurt. I am thankful I can clear my calendar so we can spend some time reading, snuggling and drinking lots of...
View ArticleGifts and books that can inspire little travelers
My guys have loved travel since our first trips up to see family in Vancouver when they were teeny tiny babies. Because Vancouver is about a three-hour drive from Seattle, it meant a van-load full of...
View ArticleA Book to read for Baseball Season in Seattle
It’s baseball season again and now that we’ve played a few years, we’re starting to get serious. Practices are longer and we now have kid pitchers who throw the ball for part of the game. Coaches...
View ArticleTravel Reading to inspire trips or to help you when you get home on a Monday
In the next few weeks you’ll hear about our recent trips to San Diego, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo on the blog-we literally just flew in from our travels and back to a world of baseball and soccer...
View ArticleWhen Tuesday is a little scary for a mom of twins on a Monday
I slipped and called my duo ‘babies’ at a wedding the other night. But my twins really aren’t that little anymore and I can’t believe it. My giant 8-year-old babies are starting school again in a few...
View ArticleFamily travel tools to help you on World Tourism day
Yes, there are millions of theme days nowadays, but today is one that is dear to my heart. There is nothing like travel to make the big wide world feel smaller and more like a interconnected community...
View ArticleAdvent Calendar shopping on a Monday
It is such a blasé Monday because I just came back from my 20th reunion in my hometown with family and friends and Monday is hitting me so hard. When this happens I try to add a little excitement to...
View ArticleA Valentine’s Gift List because I met Jojo Moyes
”Be kind” Jojo Moyes says when someone asks her what the one thing the breadth of ALL her work tells us at an author reading the other night at Third Place Books in Bothell. “Kindness is an underrated...
View ArticleAdventure books for kids to dream about exploration now that they’re back in...
How is summer over? I dropped my kids off at school this week for their first day and I’m not sure any of us were ready for school to start. We have had a great summer of adventures and it’s hard to...
View ArticleTravel books and other things we’re loving in our house right now
Every time we fly with my kids I look for travel books that inspire them to learn more about the place we’re visiting. Like when we recently visited Italy, I looked for books for them to learn more...
View ArticleLast-minute gifts and stocking stuffers that you can still order today
This Last-minute gifts list includes some items I received as samples and also contains affiliate links where I might receive a commission. It’s the last sprint before Christmas and if you are getting...
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