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South SnoCo Playtime: Your Family Fun Guide for Sept. 21-27

The Year of Yes: How Curiosity Connects Us My older brother, Tyler, has always been someone who chases novelty and is open to trying new things. He is constantly going...

Thanks for the memories: After 10 years, I’m signing off on the Playtime column

This month marks 10 years of Playtime, which as it turns out is 350 columns. It seems that somewhere between the second college tour and the third -- which...

Playtime: Steel drums, mermaids — and programs on crabs, fisher birds and owls

Outdoor activities -- the fun, local and free variety -- were all I had planned on covering this week. While we will most definitely get to them, I have...

Playtime: All-Star Game activities, outdoor movies, story time, cosplay workshop

The Edmonds Kind of Fourth parade was doubly exciting for us this year since it was the first time both of our kids participated. Between having kids in the...

Playtime: Sno-Isle summer reading, Mukilteo skate park reopening and Kingston Pirate Festival

Summer reading kicked off this week for Sno-Isle Libraries and will last through Sept. 10. This popular program had 5,537 finishers last year, which surpassed 2019’s pre-pandemic participation level...

Playtime: STEM Camp, floorball and roller derby

“Ready, set, schedule!” read the subject line of an email that came from the Edmonds School District sharing the 2023-24 Family and Community Calendar, among other information. I have...

Playtime: Spray parks opening soon, plus $2 movies and artsy camps

Last weekend, my oldest and I took a trip to an out-of-state college for a tour of the campus and the department he is currently considering. It is wild...

Playtime: Comic Book Day, fitness expo and a high school job fair

This week brought Star Wars Day, May the 4th, as a play on “May the force be with you.” We like to celebrate by bringing out some Star Wars-themed...

Playtime: Immerse your kids in the arts with Summer Music School, Edmonds Arts Festival and Community Art Day

Summer Music School (SMS) is on for summer 2023! I am always excited to talk about SMS. It is such an incredible program at a lower- than-average cost and...

Playtime: April 18 school board meeting on budget cuts, summer jobs, parents night out

Lots of signs of spring and summer are popping up, which are always fun to share, but we gotta talk a bit about school first. On Tuesday, April 18...

Playtime: Sketcherfest scholarships, spring break activities, summer camps

This weekend, tickets for Sketcherfest, held in Edmonds, went on sale. They had originally been slated to go on sale this past Friday, but the demand for tickets did...

Playtime: Art and bird classes for kids and adults, plus music scholarships

When we moved to Edmonds, one of the moving company employees taught us about “An Edmonds Kind of Day.” It was also March and one of the faux spring...

Playtime: Korean drumming and T-ball, plus ‘Study Hall’ for those thinking about college

While going to all the typical corners of the internet I visit looking for stuff to do with the kids or specifically without the kids, I read that the...

Playtime: Spring and summer camp options, from sports to STEM

The tightrope walk between worrying about summer too early and missing out on camps has long been a huge source of anxiety for us. I don’t want to give...

Playtime: Family art workshop Saturday, plus trivia and hockey coming up

Cascadia Art Museum, 190 Sunset Ave. S. in Edmonds, is featuring a FREE Family Art Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Stories of the...

Playtime: Kindergarten planning, Running Start info, family-friendly bee workshop

During Art Walk Edmonds this week, one of the stops I made was at the Edmonds Bookshop. The window display was full of moon-themed books, including some great options...

Playtime: MLK Jr. Day tribute, Lunar New Year and Parents Night Out

The 5th Annual Tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be at the Edmonds Waterfront Center Monday, Jan. 16. There will be two different events starting with...

Playtime: 365 days of art, starlight beach walk, lacrosse clinic

On the last Saturday of holiday festivities in Edmonds, we decided to fully partake, if you will. Leaving the kids at home, we went to the Holiday Market, where...

Playtime: Where to see holiday lights, find last-minute gifts

Now that school is out for the holiday break and the alarms are off at the house for a bit, we have time to do some of the fun...

Playtime: Kids Art Club, virtual library classes, winter recreation sign-ups

While the Playtime column is mainly about kids activities, options, and resources, I think it is safe to say the lens I see most of these things through now...