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South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for May 18–24 and beyond

When the house gets quiet Two nights in a row this week, all three of my teenagers were out with friends, and my husband and I were left at home...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for May 11-17 and beyond

The best things in life are free -- movie snacks are another story We went to see a movie as a family this past Sunday – a Mother's Day treat....

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for May 4-10 and beyond

Celebrating the Moms Who Always Show Up — Even When It's Hard My kids know exactly who to find when they want to have fun: their dad. He's the one...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for April 27-May 1 and beyond

Planning Summer Close to Home This week, I sat through my daughter’s softball game and my son’s soccer game without a jacket — and even came home with a slight...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for April 20-26 and beyond

Parenting is a Thousand Small But Joyful Goodbyes My youngest child, Phoenix, turns 15 on Monday. He’s a bit of a late bloomer, like a puppy with oversized paws, still...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for April 13-19 and beyond

First Friends, Lifelong Stories My brother Tyler has been sleeping on my couch this week. He normally works remotely from his house in Spokane, but his job is based out of...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for April 6-12 and beyond

Spring Cleaning: Letting Go of Stuff and Making Room for Abundance About six months ago, my husband was laid off from his union carpenter job and we started looking for...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for March 30-April 5 and beyond

What We Find & What We Leave Behind There's something I've always liked about Easter, even outside of any single tradition: it doesn't feel like it belongs to just one...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for March 23-29 and beyond

Shop Local, Build Community When I think about my community, I’m grateful for the small businesses that make it feel like home. March 29 is National Mom and Pop Business...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for March 16-22 and beyond

Budding Signs of Spring I've been surprised to see a few blossoms on my climbing clematis and early buds forming on my dogwood tree this week. Across much of the...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for March 9-15 and beyond

More Daylight, More to Explore Daylight saving time returned this past weekend, and while losing an hour of sleep isn’t always my family's favorite tradition, the longer evenings are a...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for March 2-8 and beyond

March Into Your Local Library for National Reading Month March is National Reading Month, and in Edmonds we’re lucky to have spaces like the Sno-Isle Libraries where stories are free...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for Feb. 16-22 and beyond

Beyond the View: Seeing the People Around Us Sometimes I take the long way home on purpose. Instead of heading straight back, I drive past Haines Wharf in Edmonds along the...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for Feb. 9-15 and beyond

Raising Engaged Citizens, One Conversation at a Time Recently, many parents are grappling with the same question: How do I talk with my kids about what’s happening in the world...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for Feb. 2-9 and beyond

Community and the Power of Connection One of the things I love most about living in Edmonds is how often I run into people I know — at the grocery...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for Jan. 26-Feb. 1 and beyond

Comfort in Food & Turning Toward What We Can Control Sometimes the desire to stay informed can be at odds with the desire to find peace and contentment. With today’s...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for Jan. 19-25 and beyond

Finding Joy in January January can be a hard month. The Christmas lights are put back into storage, the holidays are over, and the calendar suddenly stretches out in front of...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for Jan. 12-19 and beyond

When Money is Tight, Joy Doesn't Have to Be A friend once shared a Spanish proverb, roughly translated as: "Hunger is the best seasoning, and thirst is the best elixir." It's true....

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for Jan. 5-11 and beyond

A New Year’s Challenge: Making Room for Families in Our Community Much of everyday life is designed for adults, but not families. School ends hours before the workday does. Childcare rarely...

South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for Dec. 29-Jan. 4 and beyond

New Year’s Resolutions Rooted in Real Life New Year’s Day has always carried extra weight for me. Jan. 1 isn’t just a fresh calendar page — it’s also my birthday....

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