Kate Dyer-Seeley  

Since words are usually my gig, I thought I’d shake it up a little and offer you this glimpse into the summer of seven. Seven’s been a sweet spot, as Luke has danced between early and middle childhood. His burgeoning independence led to creative summer activities like potion making in the backyard, homemade Harry Potter [...]

Having recently returned from three weeks in the last frontier (aka Alaska) the Dixie Chicks now famous song Wide Open Spaces keeps running through my head. It’s not as if we don’t have an abundance of open land here in the Pacific Northwest. In fact it’s quite the opposite. Hiking and biking trails are just minutes from downtown [...]

February is officially the month of love.  This year the month offered two things I love:  birthdays and blizzards. Let’s kick things off with birthdays.  Luke turned “gasp” seven this year.  Ancient spiritualists and modern day mystics believe we shed our skin and start anew every seven years.  It feels like Luke is shedding his skin.  [...]

Last week I loaded three kids on the Amtrak and trekked north to Seattle in pursuit of magic.  Magic, in the form of Harry Potter that is.  The Pacific Science Center is hosting a Harry Potter exhibit through February 13, which in my opinion is well worth the trip if you can swing it. I [...]

Most of our important family discussions occur in the car while driving home from school.  I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve been blindsided by questions from the backseat, and nearly blindsided by cars as I swerve and try to pull my thoughts together before answering.  In a future post, I’ll [...]

The space between Luke’s teeth is wider these days, thanks in part to a slice of Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza and some vigorous wiggling.  For weeks he complained that every other first grader had lost a tooth.  He was convinced that he was the only one in his class with a full set of baby teeth [...]

So forget my last post.  Trips to Europe be damned!  Luke’s back-to-school tale will now be “I caught a fish THIS big!”  And, he even has picture proof.  But on to other news…my blog is just one of many things that has sat neglected while enjoying this near-perfect Pacific Northwest summer.  It’s been an unusual summer in [...]

When we told people we planned to travel to Europe with Luke this summer, we received more than a few raised eyebrows and comments like, “But you’re not taking him to the big cities like Rome right?”  Well of course!  We had no intention of traveling halfway around the world and missing out on Sistine [...]

In celebration of Father’s Day Luke wanted to rise early and make Gordy breakfast in bed.  It should be noted here, that Luke would much prefer to have breakfast in bed daily.  It should also be noted that any foray into breakfast in bed begins Luke shouting up the stairs, “Dad! Dad! Don’t get out [...]

We dodged a bullet in the Seeley household last week, well at least I did, I’m not sure the boys would agree with me.  Our pet total to date stands as follows:  two dogs, one cat, two frogs, a fish, a couple of snails, and a hamster prone to escaping his cage (aptly named Houdini.)  [...]