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Edmonds Kind of Play: Pandemic reflections on the fruit and cheese plate, plus Lunar New Year and lacrosse activities
From time to time, one of us will randomly remember something we miss due to the way our lives have changed due to COVID. The most recent one was the…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Son’s 16th birthday a time to reflect on our favorite activities through the years
Being somewhere between a “drive-by” birthday celebration and a “room full of aerosols” birthday makes celebrating your baby turning 16 weirder than it already is. No one but me is…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Holiday displays to light up winter break, plus free family art workshops
The morning of the last day of school before winter break, I realized the gift card I had intended on gifting my son’s homeroom teacher was an actual gift card…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Celebrate small-town holiday joy, plus ice skating options nearby
The definition of “Christmas movie” is changing at our house. I think the four people in my house agreed for a long period of time that a Christmas movie was…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Fun and free holiday options for families
This year, the call to keep Christmas from seeping into Thanksgiving was coming from inside the house, if you will. So while a few of the tiny trees made it…
Edmonds Kind of Play: October’s the month for hockey, Halloween — and pie-making
October is hockey and Halloween heavy at our house. The NHL’s newest expansion team, the Seattle Kraken, have started their inaugural season. The best way that I can quantify what…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Some familiar — and new — activities for families to enjoy
Hearing drums from outside at our house is akin to hearing the ice cream truck. It means that most of us are going to run out of the house toward…
Edmonds Kind of Play: School district COVID protocols, free meals and a new Sno-Isle Libraries app
There was a lot to learn in the first full week of school. For starters, the Kennelly Keys in Lynnwood doesn’t seem to have the same hours as they had…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Family friendly Friday night lights, beginner hockey, Irish dancing
My first experience with “Friday Night Lights” as an adult was in 2006. It was a week of record-low temperatures while I was around 39 weeks pregnant. With little to…
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Edmonds Kind of Play: Gearing up for next week’s return to school
This has been a big week for back-to-school information in the Edmonds School District. We have had an Edmonds School District News email, many virtual school information presentations, and on…
Edmonds Kind of Play: It’s time to talk about Back-To-School, plus a chance to try lacrosse
The Back-To-School talk is inevitable at this point, even though I have been informed by a teenager that it’s “cringe” to talk about it ahead of time at home. I…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Edmonds Library scavenger hunt, outdoor movies, Perrinville book group — and student jazz
A young reader and his family, including a few other kids, came into the Edmonds Library while I was there to pick up the Find It! Scavenger hunt flyer and…
Edmonds Kind of Play: From sand castle building to park activities to outdoor movies — it must be summer
This week, my kids went to camp. It was pretty exciting to get a taste of the before-times and see kids find familiar faces and new friends even though they’re…
Edmonds Kind of Play: School calendar reminders, low-tide beach walk and safe 4th of July fun
As I get older, I struggle more and more to choose the name of the member of my family I am trying to address on the first try. Add in…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Places to chill, summer meals for kids, parks survey
Any heat wave brings out the “I had to walk to school, uphill both ways” in me. I had an infant during the heat wave of 2009 that you’re hearing…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Winding down to end of school year, gearing up for summer activities
On our kitchen table, there is a piece of foam core with rows of different color Post-its, one Post-it per item needing to be done for school this next week…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Activities to nurture your kids’ artistic side
Having a kid who wants to try a little bit of every extracurricular activity is often helpful for me in doing this column as I am exposed to many more…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Virtual Health and Fitness Expo, college planning, support for student mental health
Spring fever is described by Wikipedia as “any of a number of mood, physical, or behavioral changes, which may be experienced coinciding with the arrival of spring” with restlessness and…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Make a gift for mom through in-person or remote events, plus library activities
On April 22, the Edmonds Family Fun Center posted this announcement on Facebook, “After having to close our doors over a year ago due to the pandemic, we must share…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Going back to school, parkour class, author event, try hockey for free
Do you remember your high school orientation? I remember parts of mine so vividly, in part because of the seriously dated outfit I wore, including a goofy hat, and that…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Celebrate National Library Week with these events, plus virtual field trip and local cleanup
National Library Week is April 4 -10 and there are certainly reasons to celebrate it. The Edmonds and Lynnwood Libraries are now offering limited in-building services on top of the…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Birdwatching is catching on — and it’s fun for all ages
Shortly after quarantine started, it felt like we were seeing more and more birds in the yard. Our initial intermittent efforts to identify the birds we’d seen over the years…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Finally, in-person learning — plus STEM conference, dance class, art scholarships, YMCA camps
On the school front, we went from telling our high schooler to prepare to not go back in-person this year, to “do you want to do an in-person hybrid model,”…
Edmonds Kind of Play: Lunch Doodles are back, plus summer camp registration, kids gardening and a dance party
Planning things for the summer feels as hard to comprehend as the anniversary of one year in a global pandemic. Information on both what options lie ahead and what we…