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Author: Caroline

  • How to look good on Zoom

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    Like everyone else, I’ve been on a lot of Zoom calls lately and I’ve seen some terrible ones. (Granted, most of mine are with 8-year-olds, but still.) Photo tips for video conferencing in The Seattle Times here.

  • More balloons

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    The amazing Magnolia balloon lady strikes again! New balloon installation to check out. . . . . . . . .

  • Easter

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    Easter egg hunt in our backyard this year, which yielded way more eggs per kid than we’ve ever gotten in all the years at the community center combined. . Easter treats — my kids know they are required to take some pictures before we can eat it. Sadly they looked way better than they tasted.…

  • Bike rides in Magnolia

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    Beautiful Magnolia. Daily bike rides are the key to our sanity. . Is there such a thing as a silver lining to coronavirus quarantine? I worked on a list of things I’m grateful for. It’s on ParentMap here. Our route is mostly flat, except this big hill up to our street. Maybe by the time…

  • Authors and illustrators

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    The boys are really into making little books. On his own, Paul figured out how to do bubble letters, talk bubbles and VISUAL HIERARCHY. The lead characters in Joseph’s stories are all 3-digit numbers, naturally. He hasn’t been this happy to write in a long time, so I’m just going to go with it. Bookmaking…

  • Easter balloons

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    The coolest Magnolia mom ever put up this Easter balloon installation in front of her house and invited people to come by. Of course we went over right away! We all needed a little boost and what better way to spread some joy in the neighborhood?   . . . . .      …

  • Tulips

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    The tulips are coming up in our garden now, but there won’t be a tulip festival this year. I feel terrible for the farmers.

  • April magazine

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    The April issue of Seattle’s Child went digital! You can flip through the pages here. I wrote this month’s SHOP section (p. 15, if you are browsing on your device). Here’s a link to the main story.   How about some inspiration for throwing out clutter? I also wrote this story about a family that lives in…

  • Another tooth!

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    Joseph lost another tooth! Well, more “yanked out” than “lost.” Adding freelance barber and freelance tooth extractor to my skill set during quarantine.   . . Here’s a story I wrote for ParentMap about skills other people have been learning lately. (My favorite is the mom who taught her kid how to deep clean the…

  • Cherry blossoms

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    One of my favorite spring traditions is visiting the Quad, but this year, UW asked people to stay away. So here are the cherry blossoms on our street instead. 🌸🌸🌸 Photo taken with a tripod and self timer. And here is a far more accurate picture. These guys just looove getting their picture taken. I wrote a…