Author: Caroline

Ditched my kids and I’m alone at Target. Lord help me.

First time all the Chens are together since 2019!

We played 18 holes — no, wait, we SWAM through 18 holes of putt putt. Boy I’d forgotten about sticky Syracuse summers. Meanwhile in Seattle, 75 and overcast.

Rite of passage: Maid of the Mist. It felt like going to a spray park, on a boat!

Goodbye, Mount Rainier! We’re back East for a few weeks to do some long-delayed catching up. Backyard fun with cousins. We waited three years for this!!

The boys helped make a cake to celebrate THIS MANY trips around the sun. Every year, Ikea sends me a birthday present. Last year, it was a bathmat. This year, I got a vase. Being a grown-up seems so much more exciting when you’re little.

The yummiest veggies are the ones grown in our backyard.

Beautiful day for a Bainbridge Island adventure. Playgrounds and beach time, and the prettiest ferry ride ever. Within 20 minute at Fay Bainbridge, a bald eagle flew by, then an osprey and a great blue heron.

The new Mercerdale playground on Mercer Island was so much fun. Highlight was a big train you can climb on. The ground was so cushy it was almost springy. We didn’t last too long in the sun, however, and went to cool off at the Crossroads spray park.

Beautiful Kubota Garden. This 20-acre Japanese-inspired garden is run as a city park, open daily, with free admission and free parking.