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Author: Caroline

  • North Olympic National Park

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    Most people go on trips to have adventures. If I’m being completely honest with myself, I go on trips to take pictures of adventures. It’s nice to get out of our usual grind and see some different things with fresh eyes. I wrote about our trip to the north Olympic National Park (Sequim, Lake Crescent…

  • Dinosaur Discovery at Woodland Park Zoo

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    Dinosaur robots at the zoo! This super cool exhibit just opened and runs through Labor Day. The guy who designed the dinos also worked on the “Jurassic Park” movie. Here’s my story for ParentMap. After visiting the dinosaurs, we made the big loop around to see the rest of the animals, something we haven’t done…

  • Chinese soul food

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    I got to talk to Hsiao-Ching Chou about her new cookbook for the cover story of this month’s Seattle’s Child magazine. “Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food” is filled with really straightforward recipes, really beautifully photographed. It’s all the food I grew up eating — and never learned to make. Shao bing youtiao! (Does flour count as…

  • Tulip festival 2021

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    Things got so bad last year the tulip growers had to compost their flowers. We are so thankful we got to visit the flower farms this year. For four weeks in the spring, there is no prettier place.

  • New Suquamish playground

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    The kids have been learning about Indigenous people in school, so I took them to pay respects at the final resting place of our city’s namesake, Chief Seattle. I feel like the story of the Suquamish Tribe is one we should all know because we live in Seattle. The grave is on the Port Madison…

  • Hedwig’s theme

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    Joseph (and I) worked so hard to learn the Harry Potter theme song, lots of shifts and sharps and flats. It’s by far the trickiest piece he’s tackled, but he did it!

  • Joy to the walls

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    I wrote the cover story for this week’s Seattle Times At Home section about a SERIOUSLY talented self-taught muralist. You can’t look at her work and not feel happy! She also has a compelling story as the mom of a special needs kid. Here’s a link.

  • Happy birthday!

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    Double digits!! No idea how this happened, but Joseph turned 10.

  • Backyard gardening

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    The peas we planted germinated! It’s always a minor miracle to me when we manage to grow something.

  • Earth day activities for kids

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    So Joseph’s due date was April 22, and the name “GAIA GRYGIEL” was tossed around. Lucky for him, he popped out a boy and a few days late. Happy Earth Day! Here’s my story for TODAY Parents, 7 cool ways to commemorate Earth Day with kids in 2021!