Parenting – Sunshine Dunning

Children’s Cooking Classes

Hey Everybody! I’m teaching children’s cooking classes on Outschool, and they’re offering the first month of membership free. Makes a great “experience” Christmas gift! Check them out in my link.

My four-year-old is up in the middle of the night for the fifth night. She climbs into our bed, arranges herself into a comfortable position, shoves me into a spot that suits her, kicks my kidneys, and finally settles in to pick the mole on my neck. I can’t sleep. Dimming the screen, I scrollContinue reading “I Never Wanted To Do Yoga”

The Palm Trees ARE greener on the other side…

This will be a quick-ish one. I’ve been slacking. To recap—after Costa Rica, our quick Christmas visit home to Gig Harbor became a three-month restructure of our business, then extended into a year. On January 12th, 2023, business solid, my husband, myself, and our two girls packed our too many belongings and arrived in Bali,Continue reading “The Palm Trees ARE greener on the other side…”

Fun Activities To Do with Kids in Gig Harbor

Gig Harbor is a gorgeous seaside town less than an hour outside Seattle. It’s safe, clean, filled with fantastic restaurants and breweries, and sparkles in the sunshine with Mount Rainier as a backdrop, but it can be tricky keeping the littles entertained. After seven years of calling Gig Harbor home, below is our go toContinue reading “Fun Activities To Do with Kids in Gig Harbor”

Mosquitos Ate My Baby

Adventures continue in our family’s health department. Last week, we rented a car and spent a wonderful day visiting Conchal beach, famous for its pink crushed shells and vendors selling pineapples filled with pina Coladas, and Tamarindo, a lovely and upscale surf village. On day two, we made a quick stop at a coffee farmContinue reading “Mosquitos Ate My Baby”

Emergency! Kind Of. Not Really.

Sophia hurt herself. Again. Many of you know we ended up in the hospital one week before our big Costa Rica trip with Sophia’s forehead split open. It was an awful experience. Eight hours in an overcrowded waiting room with her bleeding, crying, not able to see from the congealed blood in her eyes, andContinue reading “Emergency! Kind Of. Not Really.”

Ramblings in a Rainforest

Our first week in Costa Rica over, we left San Jose for the hot and humid northwest of the country, Playa del Coco. There are several ways to travel the five to six hours north. For $200 per person, you can take an hour-long flight from San Jose to Liberia, rent a car or taxiContinue reading “Ramblings in a Rainforest”

Red Eye to San Jose

So, I thought overnight flights would be the best plan with an almost-three-year-old who is incredibly active and not super excited about wearing masks for hours on end. We would just get to the airport, get all tucked in, and sleep through the flight, right? Well, kind of. Sophia did sleep most of the flight.Continue reading “Red Eye to San Jose”