Seattle Mamas

The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) isn’t just for adult movie-lovers. The festival’s Films4Families program will include seven brand new feature-length films, including the first Seattle screening of Brave, Disney/Pixar’s much anticipated film about exploits of the Scottish princess Merida. The 38th annual festival, one of the largest in the United States, runs May 17 [...]

How did Mother’s Day sneak up already? If you are looking to host a special tea or luncheon, here is a collection of  very clever and inexpensive ideas to make your Mother’s Day Tea Party a sweet and special event. Lisa Storms from Fiskars knows how to throw a party with paper flair.  I’m in [...]

If you are spending the day at Seattle Center, hop on the monorail to Westlake Center… and walk down a few blocks to Chocolate Box and the downtown location of Molly Moon’s Handmade Ice Cream Shop. This is Molly Moon’s fifth location…we highly recommend the salted caramel ice-cream.   If you don’t know about Chocolate Box…they [...]

Last time, we talked about fun ways to party eco-friendly, today are a few ideas to make great Earth Day (or really any day) crafts with items lying around the house or recycling bin. Tip Junkie has 32 things to make using a cardboard box. Box Play For Kids has a variety of eco-friendly stickers that [...]

Hey Seattle mamas…you need a break. What’s that sound? Oh, just a few million women saying taking one and saying “Ahhhhh.”  Spa Week is back, April 16-22, offering $50 deals on beauty and wellness treatments nationwide. Here in the Seattle area, 5 spas are in on the action, from Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa in [...]

Earth Day is April 22 and my next couple of posts will have a few fun ideas to celebrate and inspire you not just that day, but all year long.  Today’s post is about two unique party themes that I so adore because not only are they eco-fab,  but what a great idea to “recycle” [...]

We have lived in the Seattle area for almost eight years, and I’m embarrassed to say it’s only been about a year since I’ve gone to the Space Needle. I know, I know. It’s one of those things that you say to yourself “Eh, it’s always there, I’ll get to it”, and you don’t. Last [...]

Wasn’t it just St. Patrick’s Day? Now, with Easter on the horizon, there are a few fun activities going on around our fair city to check out with the  kids. Pysanky Egg Workshop at KidsQuest Children’s Museum Friday, March 30 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Learn an ancient form of Ukranian folk art and create [...]

We are knee-deep in March Madness and if you have a few basketball fans in the house, I’ve got a fun and easy treat to share.  Basketball season ended for my 10 year old this past weekend,  and I offered to bring a special treat to our team dinner.  I was attempting to make these [...]

If you are a bit of a geek like me, you know that Wednesday is Pi Day, 3.14.  You remember this symbol from math class, right?  π , that good old non-repeating, non-terminating number gets its own day!  Have a little fun with the kids and take them out for a sweet slice.  Check out [...]