by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 24, 2018 | How I Mom, How you mom, Neighborhood, Parenting
On an amazing fall day in between prepping for family gatherings, I got outside for a Bike ride. I rode near the river and through the woods and inside of parks and a stone’s throw from the lake, and I stop by to see my friends Doug and Diane who were just...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 23, 2018 | Family Life, Holidays, How I Mom, How you mom, Parenting, Tradition
Every year since we were first married, my husband and I and his family have gone the day after Thanksgiving to the Mt. Hood National Forest to get our real Christmas tree. When I say, “real” I mean real live tree from the real woods. We purchase buy our $5 permit at...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 22, 2018 | How I Mom, How you mom, Parenting
Holidays together as a family means the world to me, and keeping family a priority and keeping your family close and it’s not perfect and it’s sometimes messy and it takes effort and you have to work at it and you want everyone to be close and you want all to be well...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 21, 2018 | How I Mom, How you mom, Parenting
I was talking to my niece Renate from Germany when she and her family were visiting us last month, and we had some conversations about parenting; she is a new mom to her little Florentine, who is 7 months old. We discussed parenting and motherhood; I can see she...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 20, 2018 | Chores, Family Life, How I Mom, How you mom, Parenting
I was watching a Today Show Parents segment called Through Mom’s Eyes and it featured an interview with Sonya Curry, the mother of NBA superstar Steph Curry. In the six-minute segment, Sonya mentioned how she once didn’t allow her son to play in a basketball...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 19, 2018 | How I Mom, How you mom, Navigating Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Philosophy
We were at the Portland International Rose Garden recently and saw this rose and if you look really closely the name on this rose is Little Artist and I was intrigued both by the physical beauty and style and color and smell of the rose and also by the name of the...
