by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 10, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, Portland, Real LIfe, Slowing Down, Summer, Technology, Writing
This week’s Summer Outdoor Adventure took us to Angel’s Rest in the Columbia River Gorge. Because my 10-year-old was at his friend’s house, we were able to attempt a longer trek in the great outdoors, with just me and my 15-year-old twins. I love it...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 26, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Parenting, Writing
For this week’s Outdoor Adventure with kids, we met my sister and her kids at Speelyai Bay on Lake Merwin in Washington. I grew up going to Lake Merwin with my parents and siblings but this is a new beach as the one we went to growing up is not very nice...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 14, 2013 | Culture, Family Life, Home, Kids, Life, Moms, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column
About the kids-relaxing-all-summer thought. Not going to happen. They would drive me and themselves crazy for sure. Since my recent earlier summer blog post, “Can we just Relax, Mom?” I have received notes from other high-achieving parents, grateful for the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 13, 2013 | Community, Community News - Southwest Metro Neighbors Oregonian, Culture, Family Life, History, Kids, Life, Summer, West Linn, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
(Oregonlive News Brief West Linn Street Dance) In its sixth year, the West Linn Street Dance takes over much of the historic downtown Willamette area of West Linn on Saturday July 13. The 2008 inaugural Street Dance was a revival of a long ago tradition in the town...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 10, 2013 | Art, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, West Linn
Emma calls my youngest son Augustin Gakki and she runs to greet you with open arms and a spirited hug. She plays the piano and sings and plays recreational soccer and basketball. You will also see Emma in local theater productions and then you will catch her...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 7, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Adventures with Kids, Community, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, West Linn, West Linn news
For this Adventure with Kids, we drove some place close to home: West Linn’s treasured White Oak Savanna, which is 20 acres of rare white oak trees that have been saved by the efforts of local activist Robert Schwarz and many others. For the past nine...
