by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 29, 2013 | Children, Family Life, Home, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting, Real-Life Mom column, Tradition, Transitions, Writing
(This was also published in The Huffington Post Huffington Post- Can We Just Relax Mom?”) The start of summer is a bit disorienting for me as a mom, and I know for many other parents as well. What to do with the kids this summer, 12 weeks long. During the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 19, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Children, Family Life, Kids, Life, Parenting, Portland, Real-Life Mom column, Slowing Down, Summer, Tradition
My twins, who are now 15, asked at the start of the summer, whether we were doing swim lessons with the cousins. Mind you, my twins can swim. But, their younger brother is still mastering his water skills so we take advantage of the Free Swim Week that the Portland...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 19, 2013 | Art, Community News - Southwest Metro Neighbors Oregonian, Culture, Kids, music, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Southwest Weekly Oregonain, West Linn, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
BY CORNELIA BECKER SEIGNEUR (Originally published in June 19, 2013 print edition The Oregonian OREGONIAN LINK – CAMP KENSINGTON) Children ages 5 to 12 can travel the world this summer without leaving West Linn, and help a couple of nonprofits while doing...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 10, 2013 | Authors, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Parenting, Southwest Weekly Oregonain, SW Weekly, West Linn, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news, Writing
(Originally published in print edition of The Oregonian, Feb. 9, 2013, found at: Oregonlive.com STORY -) By Cornelia Seigneur, Special to The Oregonian February 09, 2013 Email Chad Dingle and his grandmother, Joan Callander, wrote a book together about addiction....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 10, 2013 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, Real LIfe, Slowing Down, Technology, Writing, Youth
My kid wanted an I-Pod 5 for Christmas. Before this he wanted a new computer for Christmas. But, then his only waking thought became an I-Pod 5. My kid is 9-years-old. He asked me many times. He sent me links to where I could get an I-Pod 5. He told his Granma that he...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 5, 2013 | Adventure, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
Omi took me to the woods. My memories of times with my German Grandma on my mother’s side are walking on pine needle carpets along tree lined paths in Hessen Germany. She’d look for mushrooms on the way while she held her walking stick and as we meandered along on...
