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Birthday Magic at Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park

The Farrel-McWhirter Farm park is a Redmond city park that also happens to be a working farm. Bunnies, goats, chickens, pigs, cows, horses, and ponies

Daily Life

The birds and the bees of butterflies

growing butterflies from caterpillars, and releasing them to the wild.

Community

Pacific Science Center Tropical Butterfly House

Hot, humid, and swarming with tropical butterflies of all colors and sizes, the Pacific Science Center Tropical Butterfly House is a touch of the tropics right here in Seattle – and a great way to spend the afternoon with your favorite kid, or kid at…

Parenting & Family

Dinosaur Parking

We are fans of dinosaurs in this house – note the picture on my little girl’s sweatshirt. When we saw this dinosaur parking sign, we just had to stop and get pictures. What made you smile this week?

Adventure

Sea lions sunning in Seattle

sea lions sunbathing in Seattle’s Elliott Bay, view of the Space Needle in the background

Parenting & Family

A sudden gradual change of seasons

Autumn always sneaks up on me. Back to school sales start when the temps are still in the 90s. The thought of wearing leather, or wool, or flannel is laughable. The sun sets a little earlier, but not so early as to impact my day….

Feeding the birds

Our favorite activity at the Woodland Park Zoo is the bird feeding room. $1 for a stick of birdseed translates to more than your money’s worth in little girl giggles. So far, we have not been able to get our act together and get to…

Parenting & Family

Monday morning, from 10 to 11

every day is a gift

Adventure

The most fascinating animal at the zoo

Camels, tigers, polar bears… what animal at the zoo would most capture a toddler’s attention? Could it be a squirrel? Dee took us to the Alaska Zoo during our recent visit, and Gem was captivated by this little red squirrel. He didn’t move a lot…

Adventure

Dandelions

I love dandelions. They are such simple, earnest, friendly, happy flowers. I understand that people tend to despise the weed, but they warm my heart. They’re like children; they may make a mess of the yard, but really they just want to make you smile….