The Adventures of a Calamari Queen

Hi friends! Matthew had a school performance this week and of course we’re all there to watch him and his friends sing. They’re all so cute and having a great time. Thankful to all the teachers who are so patient and loving to our kids!

The kids wanted Ramen for our usual Friday takeout, it’s been a while that we visited our favorite Ramen place in Bellevue so we decided to go and eat there. Normally, I would get the garlic tonkotsu ramen, but yesterday I got the miso ramen (for a change) . It was good but I still prefer the garlic tonkotsu (Hubs order).

It’s been a gloomy Saturday and the kids requested we go to their favorite indoor playground! When the weather is nasty outside we do tend to just do this, the kids get to have fun and Hubs/I get to relax and enjoy dimsum (it’s in front of the playground).

That was our day friends! Hope you got to relax and do something that gives you joy. Stay safe and take care!

Hi friends! It’s been a rainy Monday here. My family has been sick for a few weeks now, so I haven’t been online. Thankfully, we are on the mend and slowly back to our routines. Spring is officially here in our part of the world, we’ve visited the University of Washington Quad because of their Cherry Blossoms! So pretty but crowded!HA

Mommy-daughter pizza date!

We got to Facetime with family!

Pretty spring flowers while on my walk!

University of Washington!

This month, we are celebrating our 17th wedding anniversary! We are still recovering so no fancy events just spending the afternoon at the Ballard locks and kids wanted Jollibee after! Hubs and I plan to try a nicer restaurant when we have both of our taste buds back!

Have a great Monday evening friends! Stay Safe!

Hi Friends! It’s been a month since the last time I’ve been here. The rest of February went so fast! We visited the ocean for a weekend, we try to do this every year (we plan to do more of this). We had friends over for dinner recently. When its’ sunny outside we go on family walks and enjoy the park. It’s still cold outside but signs of spring are showing, so that’s exciting! 🙂

We always go to Bennets Fish Shack when we visit Ocean Shores! We like their prime rib sandwich and some seafood dishes like crab melt sandwich.

We had date nights in the month of February!

We watched Dogman the movie. Silly movie….

BFFs!

Strawberry chocolate! She had fun making this:)

Homeschooling/painting time!

Tonight, we had teriyaki/sushi/ramen! We do takeout every Friday night.

I’m looking forward to watching Kdrama and this durian ice cream (this had been the best durian ice cream for us, so creammmmyyyyy! exclusively from Costco!)

Hope you are having a good Friday evening friends!

Hi Friends! It was a nice surprise to wake up with fresh snow this morning. No school for Matthew due to icy road conditions so it was another fun day at the park for us (after Mia and I did our homeschool). What a beautiful winter morning. The sun was out, blue sky and fresh air and snow! I find myself thanking God for such mornings,I’m so grateful I get to do this with my kids:)

I’m still on my low spend year (I think this is my 3rd year). It helps me to be mindful when shopping, especially with clothes. I have been donating some of my shirts so I decided to get casual shirts. I got a good deal with this one (60% off)! Basic shirts for Matthew and a linen jumpsuit for Mia.

WIth the cold weather, I made beef rib soup for dinner.

Wednesday morning! School was cancelled because of icy road conditions. Off to the park again! A neighbor made this giant snowman.

Hubs was doing errands and we decided to have pizza and tacos for dinner as a midweek treat!

Have a good Wednesday evening friends! Stay warm and healthy.

Hi friends! We had snow this weekend, so the kids had a little fun outside and built a snowman. We didn’t get a lot of snow, but enough to make it fun for the kids (and our neighbors too). It was a fun and productive weekend! We stopped by our local donation center because I’ve been decluttering kids clothes and some kitchen stuff. Every time I visit this place, it motivates me so much to stop buying things we don’t need!HA.

After the donation center, the kids wanted to eat Jollibee and visit an indoor playground. It’s been so cold and rainy we obliged! The kids had a blast:)

This was Sunday morning before Church!

Hubs prepared cheese fondue for dinner after playing outside!

It’s been a busy day here! Mia and I were still able to have a little walk. School was delayed for two hours today, looks like tomorrow things will be back to normal! I would love more snow days but based on the forecasts it will not be happening.

I hope you have a good Monday evening and stay safe!

Hi Friends! It’s been a cold and rainy week here, looks like we could get snow too but not sure if it will be a winter wonderland for us. Can you believe it’s going to be February tomorrow?! It’s been such a long month here with the weather and cold season. I’m thankful that we had minor colds when the kids were sick this month, I know others had it worse. We just try our best to support our immune systems!

We watched President Trump’s Inauguration!

The sweetest boy ever!

Dad in Law got crumbl cookies for the kids!

We were able to do date nights this month! We had Italian and sushi dinners. Hubs is so busy this month so we always look forward to our time together.

Hubs made me a latte and delivered in bed! HA

I hope you are having a good Friday night friends! Take care and stay safe:)

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? We surprised the kids yesterday with the Monster Jam show! We got there early because Tacoma Dome is a 1 hour drive from us and we were expecting traffic. We got there 30 minutes before the show and got some hotdogs (expensive and tough!HA) and chips. It was our first time to watch and we had a blast! Matthew is into monster trucks so we thought that he will really love it but Mia enjoyed it more than him! It was a great family time:)

Traffic was so bad going home that Hubs ended up going the Seattle route instead! It was a beautiful day but really cold. Hubs suggested we go eat somewhere in Seattle but the kids were already sleeping and I wasn’t really in the mood to go somewhere after the 3 hours monster jam show. We ended up taking out sushi and ramen.

It’s been a foggy week and freezing temperature most of the week. Not enough to get snow though! It’s all frost today..

Kids had swimming lessons this weekend. After church and swimming, We stopped at our local Korean store and got some kimchi. The kids and I have been watching Korean mukbangs and I swear the kimchi looks so good that made me want to eat it this week.HA

We had crispy garlic shrimp and hand shaved noodles for dinner tonight. Hubs was in the mood for some noodles and didn’t mind driving to Seattle just to get this from his fave Chinese restaurant. Crazy….

While waiting for Hubs, I was watching Trumps victory rally! I’m so excited for his inauguration tomorrow! We will be watching and a good opportunity for the kids to learn about the office of the president/Inauguration.

Have a good rest of your evening friends! Take Care and Stay Safe!

Hi Friends! We had a busy week because Hubs was out of town (he’s back now) and we had a stomach bug (thankfully it was only 2 days)! Thank You, Jesus! Before Hubs had the work trip, we visited one of Seattle’s famous bakeries/cafes because we wanted to try their kouign-amann (it’s a french pastry). Of course we waited in line for 40 mins and they were all sold out!Boooo…We did try their other baked goods and they were all winners!

Random coffee I’m drinking this January! I like it but I’m not sure if I will get this again for this season. I have so much coffee that I need to use. I follow some Trader Joes accounts on Instagram and I got influenced!HA

Prepared roast pork belly earlier this week. This turned out dry for my liking! Hubs and Dad in law liked it, so I didn’t feel that bad!

We had lots of sunny days this week despite it being so cold outside. We did family walks a couple of times just to get out and enjoy the sun.

Hubs took a picture of Detroit sunrise!

My sister after spending many months with us, finally went to her next destination! We had Korean for our last night. We ordered from our local Korean restaurant in the neighborhood.

Lunch before dropping her at the airport! Kids had Jollibee while we had Shake Shack! We are sad to see her leave but we’ll see her on our next trip:) Hopefully in the summer/fall.

Stay safe and healthy friends! Praying for the family and friends in California with what’s going on right now. So heartbreaking!

Hi Friends! How’s your first day of the year? We are still taking it easy here at home, not a lot of things going on. We had my In laws for dinner where Hubs prepared Prime Rib and we had sides like lobster, mashed potatoes and roast broccoli. Dessert was Costco chocolate cake. It was such a great dinner to have for the 1st day of the year!HA.

We also had our family walk to get some exercise because we’ve been home bound for the last 3 days (by choice). Hubs wanted to do some errands but I was able to convinced him to just finish our Kdrama show! We are currently watching “Family by Choice” so far we are loving this drama. I did a little laundry and journaling with my new planner (I got the cheap one from Amazon $5).

Mia calls Lobster tails Mermaids. “Mommy can you get me the mermaid?” HA

Reading to Grandma and showing her some of her favorite books.

I’m done buying expensive planners and by June I get bored and reject the planner by July! SO I got this cheap planner at Amazon and hopefully I will use it and get my $5 worth:)

Have a good night friends. Stay safe and healthy! Talk later:)

Hi Friends! Happy New Years Eve! We are hanging here at home and just waiting for the Times square ball drop. We’ve been doing this since we’ve had kids, it’s just easier, and they never make it close to midnight. Pre kids we did wait for the Space Needle/Seattle NYE event. It didn’t rain today so we had our family walk around the neighborhood and got to enjoy some sunshine! Last family walk of the year:) I convinced the Hubs to take down our Christmas decorations as our real tree is getting so dry and this Saturday there is a neighborhood tree pick up. It was such a mess! Lots of needles and we had to use our shop vac to clean it all!

Hubs had to do a Costco run and he said it was crazy! Worse than Christmas Eve day!HA . For our NYE dinner, we had cheese fondue with bread and roast veggies, and Snake river farm filet mignon. It’s been a long day of and we are ready to go to bed. Not going to wait for Seattle NYE program. We will be in bed before midnight!

I hope you had a great day (Bye 2024!) and got to relax as you welcome 2025! Stay healthy and safe friends:)