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Author: Caroline

  • How to get in to Mt. Rainier for free

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    PSA: Fourth graders and their families can get a free pass to the national parks! It’s so easy to sign up online. I have been waiting years and years to have a fourth grader! We drove to Mount Rainier and Joseph got us all in for free, what a kid. It was so beautiful up at…

  • Prep your house for at-home learning

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    Remote learning x2 starts tomorrow! I asked some experts — an occupational therapist, a designer and a classroom teacher — how to set up the best home learning space. (❤️ Ms. Kerry and Ms. Hansen!) Hint: it’s not about a particular desk or chair, it’s about how it fits you. My story is in The…

  • DIY Fair fun

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    The Fair’s cancelled this year, so I wrote some ideas to DIY your own fair fun at home for The Seattle Times. I set up simple carnival games with stuff I had laying around ($0) and my kids thought it was awesome. That scone mix is really pretty good too, and you can get a…

  • Back to school

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    And so it begins, 4th grade and kindergarten from home. I am crushed that my boys are in separate schools this year. They are best friends, and will only ever have one chance to be in school together. But both of them got great teachers, we’re remote learning anyway, so here it goes!

  • Dahlias

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    On our neighborhood walks, we often admire this house with a dahlia-filled raised bed in the parking strip. So sweet!

  • Neighborhood walk

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    Spotted on a walk around the neighborhood. The best description I ever heard of Magnolia is that it’s the world’s biggest cul-de-sac. 100 percent accurate.

  • Remlinger Farms

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    Remlinger Farms is open and this is what it looks like. We had an AMAZING time and we practically had the place to ourselves. There were no lines, no crowds, tons of sanitizing and tons of social distance. Here’s my review on ParentMap.

  • Beach staycation

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    I love going to the beach… and then coming home to clean up and have lunch at our house. So much easier than schelpping everything to a cottage rental. (Or so I’m telling myself this year.) The outer lots at Golden Gardens are open, and you can get a spot if you go in the…

  • Where to eat in the ID

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    I loved doing this story for Resy about the most delicious neighborhood in the city. So thankful to all the people who gave me their best restaurant recs — they’re making me hungry! Let’s go and eat! Here’s a link my story about Seattle’s ID, which is part of a national Chinatown story.

  • Learn science and math by playing outside

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    Ideas for learning outside! I personally tested all of them and I promise you, none of them require tons of prep work (who has time for that?). Our favorite is the math target game — my kids absolutely LOVE it and we’ve made going on “math walks” a regular thing. My story is in The…