Never has the difference in my life pre- and post- Quinn been quite so stark as these last few snowy days.
Before Quinn, I would have been stressed at the sight of the snow, knowing it would mean queuing for an overcrowded bus and hoping to leave work early to get a jump on the long commute home. I would only ever see the snow in the darkness. The snowy days of early 2009 were especially miserable for me: pregnant with […]
I see the malaise everywhere I go these days. Mamas with bundled up babies hitting the parks only to find them empty. Daddies and toddlers getting wet walking around the zoo. Summer parenting is just so fun, so easy, so carefree. I see the look on other parents’ faces these days that echoes my own: What do we DO with these guys now??
Well, have no fear. I’ve got a few ideas for you on what to do when skies are […]
If you’ve been waiting for just the right time to hit the wading pool with your tot, your days are numbered.
That’s right, though it seems like the wading pools just opened last week, most of them have already closed for the season (Bitter Lake, Carl Anderson, Dahl, Delridge, E. Queen Anne, E.C. Hughes, Hiawatha, Soundview, South Park, Wallingford). The rest have just days remaining (wrings hands nervously):
Magnuson Wading Pool (7400 Sand Point Way NE), which is open from 12 to […]
Last summer, when the Seattle temps hit the triple-digits, I did what any concerned, sleep-deprived new mama might do. I went to Fred Meyer for four hours and wandered the air-conditioned aisles with my baby strapped to my chest.
Tiny Q kept cool, and I got some groceries, cute baby clothes and all of the greeting cards I would need for the next year, but still, it wasn’t the greatest way to spend the day, especially when I had to […]
The results are in on which Seattle wading pools will be full of giggling, wriggling little wet bodies this summer and which will sit empty and forlorn.
Thanks to a very tight budget and federal requirements on drains which necessitated repairs, nine wading pools will be closed for the whole summer:
Beacon Hill, GeorgeTown, Gilman, Highland Park, Peppi’s Playground, Powell Barnett, Ravenna, Sandel and View Ridge.
I live less than a block from one of those pools, and I’m very bummed to hear they won’t be finishing their repairs as planned! […]
When I decided to quit my part-time job in November and become a full-time stay at home-mom, my biggest worry was being cooped up all winter. Sure, mothering had been great for the first six months, but it included so many walks through local parks and the zoo that I wasn’t really sure what my life would look like once the activities ended. What would I do all day at home with my baby??
Well, lucky for me, we had an […]