by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 3, 2010 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2010, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Moms, Parenting
For Week 10 and perhaps our final summer adventure with kids for 2010, we went local, to the Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation Nature Park outside of Beaverton. We asked another mom and her son, who is the same age as my twins, to join us for this trek trying...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 27, 2010 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Parenting
So, my youngest was having some days camping with his grand parents and my twins had said they have never been to Seattle. We were trying to find a place to go, an adventure, with just the twins and me. I was feeling a bit sad that summer is close to over and I...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 21, 2010 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2010, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, The Extraordinary Ordinary
When I asked my twins what they wanted to do for this week’s adventure, they said hang with their cousins. But, I wanted to go to a new place, to adventure out. So we did what we often do–combine ideas. I told my sister that I wanted to get together and...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 15, 2010 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Moms
Lying on a blanket by the lake while gazing at the star-filled sky; taking the boat out dodging white caps and listening to my twin sons laughing; searching for our crawdad traps on the lake then delighting in their wonder as they pull the traps up into the boat to...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 12, 2010 | Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
As a parent, I try to teach my children work ethics. The values of hard work, sticking with the job, learning as you go, being respectful, finishing the job, being kind. But those values fly in the face of the recent news story about a JetBlue flight attendant who...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 8, 2010 | Adventure, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Slowing Down
Finally, we made it happen — to hike up to the top of Saddle Mountain. My 18-year-0ld son Ryan and his friend Jon and his mom and I have talked about going on a mom-son hike for a quite some time. Jon and Ryan have been friends since they were in my 3-year-old...
