Category Archives: fun
The Case of the Missing Nutcracker
This one cracks me up. A couple years back we instituted a new holiday tradition. It was inspired by one of my co-workers talking about the “Elf on the Shelf” that he had for his son. Unclutterer just featured it … Continue reading
Egg-xcitement!
I am so excited about our first egg! Not like I laid it, or anything, but still. We’ve been waiting months and months, and it’s finally here! This is especially exciting after our false alarm. About a month ago I … Continue reading
Easy homemade thank you cards
We’ve started making our own thank-you cards for friends and family, and have been having a great time. It’s easy, fun, and has a certain je ne sais quoi, when the envelopes are lovingly “decorated” by MonkeyWrench, our 3 year … Continue reading
Bit o’ wagon fun
Whee! Myself, Monkeywrench, and Picklebee just got back from going to get our farm box. The difference was that today I decided that since we are getting the box to try to eat local, we should further add to our … Continue reading
Cob Oven Pizza Party
Yesterday, despite the drizzle, a group of fun-loving folks gathered together to make pizzas in the cob oven made by Tim Love up at the Seattle Waldorf School. It was an inspired combination: rain falling just outside the covered shelters, … Continue reading
MommyFrog Pick: Library Storytime
If you’ve got kids under 5 in Seattle, and haven’t made it out to library storytime yet, you’re missing out. Depending on the branch, there’s storytime all over Seattle for ages from babies to preschoolers, in English, Spanish, and Chinese. … Continue reading
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Green Halloween: Trick or Treat?
Ah, Halloween. I’ve always loved it, with its fun costumes and yummy treats, despite its insistence on including spiders. But now that MonkeyWrench is turning 3 in a few months, this is the first Halloween that she will really know … Continue reading
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Meeting our meat
This weekend, we had the opportunity to do something that I’m not sure I’ve ever done before: look my meal in the eye. How many of us can say that we really know where our meat is coming from? Go … Continue reading
2009 Seattle Solar Tour
We had a blast today visiting two houses on the Seattle Solar Tour run by Solar Washington. The tour ran from 10-4, but we had to sandwich our touring between dance classes and naps, so we only could hit two … Continue reading
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RSS: organizing and streamlining my web browsing
RSS: Real simple, silly? Rapid stuff, streamlined….Actually, I think it doesn’t stand for anything anymore. But I only recently found out about it, and it’s really handy. As a matter of fact, I was just blown away by how cool … Continue reading
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