by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 2, 2014 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Moms, Motherhood, Nature, Outdoors, Parenting, Portland, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, Slowing Down, Summer, Writing
So, I tell my kids that are still at home, ages 11 and 16 and 16, that we are going on our first Summer Adventure with kids, and they moan a bit and my 11-year-old says, “You just want to take pictures, and write about it on your blog.” Oh, I wish I could say I...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 16, 2011 | Adventure, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Muse Student publication, Parenting, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
I celebrate life. I celebrate building sand castles on slow silver and blue-sky days and seeing my children hanging out with one another. I celebrate decorating the Christmas tree with family and friends where every ornament tells a story. I celebrate big monuments...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 8, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Moms, Parenting, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
My daughter is home from Germany, so it is with joy that I write about Week 8 Adventure with Kids ~ Summer 2011, with her along! Rachel’s fiancé Stefan is also with us as well as my nephew Burkhard, whose sister Birgit had visited us for the summer 2005. The twins...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 24, 2011 | Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Oregon and beyond Adventures with kids, Portland, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
As I prepare to leave to be a counselor for Junior High Church Summer Camp with my 13-year-old twins tomorrow for what will be week 7 Adventure galore, I finally download my photos from this week, and post my Week 6 ~ Summer 2011 Adventures with Kids blog. Too many...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 21, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Kids, Life, Oregon and beyond Adventures with kids, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Sometimes your adventure is in your very neighborhood. At a fair where you learn to “just be.” We got a taste of spending a bit more time at the West Linn Old Time Fair last year, and this year matched that, attending two of the three days and a longer stretch on...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 14, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Adventures with Kids, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Oregon and beyond Adventures with kids, Parenting, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary, Writing
The idea for our fourth Summer 2011 Adventures with Kids to visit Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge was found in a book called Getting Around Portland With Kids. I am getting so excited about these weekly adventures with my children to explore new territory in the...
