Category: The Seattle Times

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…

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!

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

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

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!

There’s nothing better than a playground crawl, except when said playground crawl culminates in a stack of bánh mì. I picked up these $5 beauties at Lan Huê Bakery along with giant buns with quail egg and salted egg and savory pastries stuffed with meatballs, salty egg and pork floss. Gotta love the customer service…

I saw this light while breakfast was steaming away and couldn’t resist making a picture. Here’s an ode to the rice cooker I wrote for TODAY Food.

Best ever description of parenthood: Planned obsolescence. I make my remote learners do chores during their stretch breaks and recess. I’m not a mean mommy, I’m teaching them life skills. I wrote about kid chores for TODAY Parents here, and that’s my kitchen next to Severus Snape and Chrissy Teigen!

It’s warming up nicely (finally) and those cherry blossoms aren’t going to last much longer!

Do you love spring cleaning? Does sweeping up the cobwebby corners of the basement sound like a good time to you? I love a deep cleaned house, but I hate the actual process of cleaning. If you dread spring cleaning too, these tips from pro cleaners will make the task more efficient and manageable. My…