Middle-aged mom and dad blogger who write about entertainment, cooking, gardening, photography, travel and more from Seattle.
I swear, I know I’ve said this before, but it seems like just yesterday I gave birth to my first born. He was overdue and I was miserable. I worked on Friday and went into labor on Sunday. I was so thankful! But the day I went into labor we had a freak early snowstorm [...]
Family Game Night is important to us, but as the kids got older and eventually grew up and moved out, it got harder. With jobs and travel, the only time we seem to be able to plan a night together is on a holiday, and this year is no different. Still, even though our schedules [...]
I’ve never understood why only in America is it considered bad form to still live with your parents as an adult. Now I’m not talking the 45-year old living in the basement with no job and still sponging off mom and dad for a living while he/she rests on their hindquarters. I’m talking about two [...]
We teach our kids about stranger danger and online safety and while those are important, they’re skills you children will likely never need to use. But what we don’t usually spend time on is teaching kids how to spend safely and that’s a shame because their financial future depends on their knowledge of not only [...]
This was so long ago, but I remember this day so well. We were at a small beach by a lighthouse here in Washington. It was Alex’s first time in the sand and when we took his shoes off he loved the feeling of the cool, wet sand between his toes. Shortly after this photo [...]
