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It was a beautiful day for a ferry ride, and apparently half of Seattle thought so too. I’ve never seen such a long line for walk-ons or for Mora’s. We had a fun day walking around Winslow, and the boys were super excited to spot a BC plate (!) on the ferry.

The tide was out to -3 this afternoon, so we went to explore the pocket park at the Olympic Sculpture Park. So… the boys probably aren’t going to grow up to be marine biologists (I tried) but they were happy to visit their favorite sculptures.

I have never been so excited to eat a cactus! Lychee rose succulent cupcakes from FogRose Atelier.

The first bloom of the season. Means we’ve made it through another year without me killing our rose bushes!

Paul picked out his cake at Trader Joe’s and we dumped an entire jar of sprinkles on it. This kid looooves to draw, and he was so happy with his new giant bucket of chalk. Then he and Joseph played hide-and-seek together in the back yard. Six is super!

Mom is usually the one behind the camera, so I make a point every once in a while to get a photo with the kids. Happy mother’s day!

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 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…

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…

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.