Tag: family activities
Portland-Area Adventures with Kids During COVID
Pre-COVID, we spent our weekends out and about exploring our amazing city. Checking out a new playground, hiking, OMSI, cooling off in the river,...
Story-time live
Join Story-time with Andrew Newman, author and founder of www.consciousstories.com.
I have been leading online storytimes with schools and families since the start of Covid...
Want to Volunteer With Your Kids? Me Too.
My annual resolution to regularly volunteer with my kids is failing. Already. Again. I want to get my kids volunteering more. I’ve been saying...
A Day at the Theater: Nothing But Love for “Dragons Love...
My six-year-old son Kyle is a huge fan of the children’s book “Dragons Love Tacos.” When I learned that Oregon Children’s Theatre had brought...
Staycation Fun in Oregon City
I sort of despise the term staycation. To me it means staying at home trying to keep two little ones entertained while everyone else...
Traveling With Kids Is Hard – Do it Anyway!
I boarded my first flight as a mom when my baby was twelve weeks old. I had a stroller, a diaper bag, an Ergo,...
The Ultimate Post-Fire Columbia River Gorge Family Guide
Oregon summer is almost upon us, and if you're itching to get back out to enjoy the Columbia River Gorge like we used to...
The Magic of Spring for Kids: 8 Ways to Connect Your...
The gently warming sun, the chorus of newly returned birds, buds of new life adorning fruit trees and poised to explode with vivid greens....
8 Ways to Celebrate Spring in Portland
“My favorite holiday is spring,” my daughter declared when she was five. I looked at daffodils poking up through the mud, robins flying from...
How a Crisis Taught Me to (Finally) Embrace Self-Care
One week last July, my husband and I separated. The next week, I started a new job. It's an understatement to say it was...