Yesterday was the hottest day in recorded Seattle area history. The kids and I spent a chunk of it at the mall to escape the heat. Today is only supposed to get to 99 degrees. But it’s also supposed to drop below 70 by tonight – thank goodness. In the meantime, we borrowed some fans […]

It isn’t that it’s really HOT. According to a weather website that Dale found and passed on to the Webmaster, it hit 103 degrees at Thrasher’s Corner yesterday. Yikes. The problem with the weather is that it’s NOT cooling down in the evening. We’re supposedly breaking records around here for overnight highs – the temperatures […]

In our constant struggle to wear the kids out each and every day this summer, it’s nice to know that other parents fight the good fight. Ane and Tad spent a good chunk of last Saturday with Big Jay and Little Mo, both in their backyard playing in the pool (and on the trampoline) and […]

On the morning of the Fourth, we packed up a blanket and the kids’ chairs and set out for the city of Bothell’s Independence Day parade. I’d even picked up some small flags for the kids in the dollar bin at Target for them to wave. We met up with friends A. and C. at […]