Entries Tagged as 'Bainbridge Island, WA'

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

If you wanna know how my birthday weekend got better….

you can click here to find out.
If you’re feeling lazy and don’t click there, you’ll miss reading my trip report from Great Wolf Lodge, a hotel/indoor waterpark with several locations throughout the U.S. We visited the only one on the west coast, in Grand Mound, WA. Come on, you know you’re curious.
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Zucchini Races…because you must know

Our little Bainbridge Island Farmers Market has an annual zucchini race. Naturally. Well, you can only eat so much minestrone soup, and then what do you do with all that fr*%#in’ zucchini?? They had 70+ racers this year, ranging in size from small to big. And the same is true for the [...]

Friday, September 12th, 2008

guess who’s come to town!

I’ll give ya a hint:
He’s small and likes to roam.
No?
To shake him, you’ll need a comb.
Yup, one week into the new school year, the kindergarten year, we are living in fear. I’m itchy just writing this.
LICE. And a major breakout by all accounts.
Where’s our sweet little preschool classroom that we loved so much?
What’s [...]

Monday, September 8th, 2008

the start of “big kid” school and my discovery of a new disorder

We all know Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. I recently discovered an offshoot, Post Kindergarten-Starting Stress Disorder, or PKSSD to the service professionals. Little has been written about this subcategory.
Symptoms arise when a child, your BABY to be specific, goes off to kindergarten.
Symptoms are aggravated when it’s your BABY, your only baby. [...]

Monday, September 8th, 2008

What does this post have to do with the price of tea in China?

Well, probably nothing.
How much would you pay for a glass of iced tea? $1? $2? What if it were an iced oolong tea? $2.50?
Well, my little, highfalutin (did you know that’s one word? me neither) island’s teahouse charges $3.75. No free refills. Not a Big Gulp size, [...]

Monday, September 1st, 2008

When playing in sprinklers, it’s important

….to always stay dry.
Happy Labor Day!
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

love at the Kitsap county fair

We went to county fair with Jenny and CJ last week. We all loved the animals. And by “we,” I mean the grown-ups. The kids just loved the rides.
But I think the animals loved each other, too (all the animals, even inter-species affections, as evidenced by the zedonk). They started young:

The [...]

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