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Our youngest is currently coming into his own, he’s found something he loves to do (skateboarding), not just something he did largely because his brother did (hockey), so our focus…

At this point of the summer, my social media feed is seemingly all pictures of dashboard thermometers showing high temperatures (from people who don’t live here), vacations, and All-Star Baseball….

Using social media as a parent is like a blessing and a curse to me. Just recently, I’ve felt better to see that the son of someone I went to…

Social media may be to blame, but it feels like everyday is National “Something or Other” Day. March has “Pi” Day on 3-14, when people focus more on the dessert…

As technology changes rapidly, so does the parenting experience. My kids are 11 and almost 8 and my sisters’ kids were both born last year. If you go on swaddle…

A few years ago, a neighbor from up the street told us about these amazing competitions that her son, who was part of the STEM program at Mountlake Terrace High…

I drive past the banner over Caspers Street (you know, the one in front of the Edmonds United Methodist Church) what feels like a thousand times a week. It usually…

Having a snow day forces you to consider the end of the school year, since they cap off breaking the snow day news with the new date for the last…

If ever there was a time to mix your New Year health goals and supporting a cause, it feels like this particular January is it. Girls on the Run Snohomish…

It is around the holidays that I’m even more keenly aware of how different people’s holidays and traditions are for Thanksgiving. We have a lot more “together” time at home…

There are many things that come with parenting that aren’t the fun pregnant daydreams you have while folding little onesies. There is the new baby exhaustion which is impossible to…

There are many things I have forgotten about having a baby, which I am consistently reminded of as my sisters — both with infants — ask me when mine met…

Of the many great benefits of writing this column, my ability to continually learn about my community and all of the resources in the city and nearby was probably the most…

If you are on social media in any form, you have likely heard and/or used the term “Adulting.” While I couldn’t find a definition in the more formal online dictionaries,…

There is no avoiding that we are in the back-to-school season. There are commercials showing snazzy tweens dancing to music that came out when I was in high school, pencil…

You don’t need to be a parent or a kid to have heard/read/seen the words “Pokemon Go” a million times since the app’s July 6th launch. The app that has…