Presented by Dr. Steven Hughes
Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 7:00-8:30pm
Crowne Plaza, Belmont Ballroom
1441 NE 2nd Avenue, Portland
Tickets are $10 per person
We all want our children to be happy, successful, and to possess good self-esteem. What are the best ways to achieve these goals? The rules have changed over the past [...]
The 4th Annual All Born “In” inclusion conference put on by the Northwest Down Syndrome Association, PSU and other area partners. The conference is held on April 18th from 8:30 am - 5:30 pm at the Ambridge Event Center, 1333 NE MLK Blvd, Portland, OR 97232. This unique one-day conference [...]
And if you haven’t started your plantings yet, you should get to work :).
My four year old is delighted in growing things. I figured I’d show her how to grow more stuff than she can shake a stick at. I rinsed out some milk jugs and then found this [...]
Is your second or third grader ready for Dora?
You might think of Dora as a preschooler’s cartoon. Backpack and map are engaging for the younger kid. Maybe even a kindergartener. But a third-grader? Most third-graders have outgrown the three-problem, Swiper the Fox engagement, where’s the answer on the screen format [...]
The deadline for the School Choice paperwork is March 13. Get it in early; the lottery’s coming.
And Oregon School Choice Contest is sponsoring a contest to win $10,000. Just make a (superb) video about School Choice and submit it to their website!
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Looking for a light summery read? Summer Interns is just your book. It’s about Kira, a girl from outside Philadelphia, interning at a New York fashion magazine. Don’t expect War and Peace, this is no Tolstoy tome, but this is a good light read you [...]
Signup is Today and Tomorrow
We still have some slots open for out ASD Parent Workshop Series. If you are interested, please follow the registration instructions on the flyer. After registering there is a prompt to click on/cut and paste a link to complete a short survey to select your specific [...]
The Ninth Annual Wells Fargo Celebrity Spelling Bee, one of Portland’s first Carbon Neutral events of the year, brings the community together in support of Schoolhouse Supplies - the award-winning Free Store for Teachers, with a cocktail reception, silent auction and celebrity participant spelling bee, featuring the biggest names [...]
You’ve heard of Home Star Runner, but have you heard of Home School Radio?
For all of you home schoolers out there, and some of you school-schoolers, this might be an interesting site.
This week’s show is about George Washington Carver. He’s the brains behind peanuts as an agricultural crop. Check [...]
Greetings! My best friend and I have started a new theater for children, called Ohana SE PDX. Our very first show, "The Adventures of Jojopotomus and his Best Friend Ralphred" has started and we have a special offer for this coming weekend!
With the purchase of a full price adult ticket [...]
Jeff Wright is the tournament director at the Oregon Golf Club.
They’ve been hosting fundraising golf tournaments for many years and are reaching out during this economic crisis, offering to help raise assistance. He’d like to talk to you about what they can do for you.
You can reach him [...]
Presented by Ginni Sackett, Director of Primary Training
Too often, parenting is thought of as something we do ‘to’ or ‘for’ our children. This series brought to you by the Montessori Institute Northwest explores how we can fulfill our expectations as parents while living ‘with’ our children in [...]
The Jazz Festival is February 13-22
Numerous Education Opportunities Highlighting Portland and Northwest Artists Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air Portland Jazz Festival presented by The Oregonian A&E will present numerous educational workshops, jazz conversations, panel discussions and free concerts at the PDX Jazz Pavilion @
Pioneer Courthouse Square throughout the festival [...]
Are you an artist? Is your kid? Does your family enjoy the Summer Reading Program? How would you like your artwork to be seen by teens across the county?
Illustrate the cover of the 2009 Teen Summer Reading gameboard. The winning artist will receive a $50 gift certificate to Art [...]
This is an email I received and am forwarding it on to all the members of the Portland Moms group because it’s something I really believe in. Having had my first child when I still lived in Canada I had a full year off work, paid. When I heard that [...]
No, not with the green food coloring or easter egg dye, but that’d make a cute hulk-oriented or st-patrick’s-day oriented scrapbook page, wouldn’t it?
It’s a class at OHSU.
Growing Baby Green is both safe and simple. Discover easy tips and tricks to promote and protect your familie’s health, and [...]
You may think of “science” as the cold hard facts that make up the body of our knowledge. However, science is more than that. Learning about science includes data, but also ethics, peculiar personalities, hunches, obsession, and perhaps the most important trait for a human to possess.
Curiosity
OMSI educators and local [...]
Iron Jaw and Hummingbird by Chris Roberson is good. Not great, somewhat better than average.
Mars is controlled by the Chinese, who call their civilization the Celestial Empire. But for teenagers Gamine and Huang, it is anything but heavenly. Gamine was taken off [...]
Are you ready for the new year?
Instead of making a resolution (or five), how about selecting a single word that you’ll be trying to emulate. Some good suggestions are “Focus,” “Relax,” and, my favorite, “Chocolate.”
Ninety percent of resolutions do not last to the end of January. One thing [...]
Happy Boxing Day!
Interested in a social network for all of Portland, not just the parents? Check out Bright Neighbor. It’s designed to bring people with similar interests together, whether it’s for learning or for commuting. Add in a layer of trust, and it’s a great replacement for MySpace or [...]
This was a fun book. I’m mildly worried that the protagonist will be one of those “I can do anything” kinds, like the one in Eregon, but the ride there will be fun. At the moment, it’s enjoyable and fun. And an easy [...]
The Queen of Kafooster writes in with a book suggestion:
Great book series for young adults would be The Belgariad, (five books: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician’s Gambit, Castle of Wizardry and Enchanter’ Endgame) and The Malloreon. (also five books: Guardians [...]
If you like those tasty Burgerville shakes, you can buy one, get one free with this coupon (print it out) from K103’s Bruce Murdock.
Snow fell today in most, if not all, of Portland. We’re in St Johns and I can see at least one whole inch of accumulation. This has the possibility of bringing Portland to a crashing halt.
Unfortunately, it’s a busy season. If you’re not up at the Zoo looking at Zoolights, [...]
We were at the Holiday Expo yesterday, and our four year old really took a shining to these BeatBuckets. Basically, they’re a special lid for a 5 gallon (round) bucket. You might have one or two of the buckets around, in which case you just need the lid and [...]
Have you already gotten your Christmas Tree (if you don’t do Christmas trees, feel free to ignore this question). Allow me to recommend “Genetech” christmas trees at 1600 NW Skyline Blvd. There’s a huge variety of beautiful trees, from tiny little two foot shrubs all the way up to some [...]
This was a great story.
First, you should understand that I like stories about superheroes. I like superheroes. However, I abhor flawless heroes. I can’t stand the “I can fly, I have super speed, you can’t shoot me, I’m super strong” hero that [...]
In good news to parents everywhere, and especially this parent here in Portland, Kellogs announced that they will be purchasing the recipes and trademarks of Mother’s Cookies. It plans to bring back many of the popular cookies.
Hurray!
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“Smashies” is a delicious way to get your kids their fruits! It is an all-natural line of organic apple sauce that comes in a revolutionary pouch. No mess, with an easy to open screw on cap, they are a great way to keep a nutritious [...]
I wanted to like this book. Kathleen Bryan’s use of stained glass as a container or structure for magic is refreshing. The characters are interesting. The structure of the plot is interesting- not too unusual, and yet different enough from the [...]
While you were sleeping off your turkey induced coma, the Winter Wonderland at PIR opened. Surprise! It’s widely recognised as the biggest drive-thru Christmas Light display in all of the Northwest. It’s two miles long and loaded with new lights every year (of course some of the [...]
This recipe is from the Over The Hedge; visit there for more crafts and recipes!
Crust: 2 cups of flour, 2 sticks of cold margarine, 1/2 cup of powdered sugar.
Blend the ingredients with a pastry blender. Press them tightly and evenly into a 13×9 dish sprayed with pam and [...]
Here’s an idea “stolen” from a message board, on how to create inexpensive coasters. You can use larger tiles to make trivets too.
I took ceramin tiles (4×4) and decoupaged photos/prints on them. If you get them from a wholesale supplier, they were cheaper. I am getting them for $0.17 each [...]
Get your flock of animals down to the Oregon Zoo while you wait for the Turkey to cook. the Oregonian reports that admission will be free, in celebration of the passage of their $125 million bond measure.
That measure will pay for chimpanzee expansion, elephant expansion, and a new hospital [...]
Starting today, Tiny Prints is having a big two-day sale ! They are valid through 11/26/08.
Tiny Prints.com is a great place to order your Christmas and Hanukkah cards from; they specialize in wonderful unique cards for friends and family.
10FREE = $10 off + FREE shipping on orders $99 or [...]
Want to give mindful gifts this year? Tired of commercialized Christmases? (yeah, I’m buying Barbie™ some friends too)
Shop at the 7th Annual Mindful Gifts Bazaar, Saturday December 13, from 10AM to 4PM.
It’s at the BridgePort UCC, at 621 NE 76th Avenue (Two blocks north of Glisan, on Irving [...]
Peter Pan is being put on at PCC Sylvania, directed by Elise Ericksen. Come check it out December 6th!
It’s that time again: 103.3 has switched their programming over to 100% pure unadulterated Christmas saccharine. As usual, some good, some bad. But tune in and burn out for the next five weeks while we burn out on Christmas Candy, Cookies and Music!
The Queen of Kafooster is a wickedly funny mother of two energetic boys. Her post about the “insignificant booger” is a must-read. 
She’s a great Portland Parent who we’d love to keep tabs on. And if Obama doesn’t fix the US, we’d be happy to [...]
What is this to you? Nobody is asking you to embrace their expression of love. But don’t you, as human beings, have to embrace that love?
The world is barren enough! It is stacked against love, and against hope, and against those very few and precious emotions that enable us, all [...]
It’s another lovely rainy day in Portland, and just in time, Stephanie has posted a great recipe for Granola. And because it’s made in the crock pot, it won’t burn as badly as that last batch you tried to make in the oven. See her recipe (link previous) for [...]
The Not Its are coming to town at 4PM on December 6. They’ll be at the Mississippi Pizza Pub at 3552 N Mississippi, across from the Rebuilding Center. Mark your calendars now!
There’s a $5 per family admission price.
The Not Its is Seattle-based rock band making music enjoyed by both Kids [...]
One of my favorite things to cook in this cool weather is an apple crisp. With the kids’ candies sitting around, I admit that sometimes I raid their Halloween buckets for caramels and throw them in as well.
Here’s a tasty recipe I like to use:
3 pounds of apples ( [...]
The kids’ll be home on Tuesday ( 11/11 ) anyway, so why not take them to the Portland Japanese Garden? It’ll be cool and rainy, a perfect time to contemplate the serenity of this garden. At the heart of the Japanese garden is harmony with nature, and Oregon’s autumn, [...]
Tuesday, Nov 4 is the day to get your vote on. If your ballot hasn’t been mailed or dropped off yet, then get your procrastinating little fanny to the polling place. Take a friend.
I think it’s obvious that you should vote for Barack Obama. It’s not even an anti-Palin choice; [...]
SCRAP, the School and Community Reuse Action Project, has tons, I repeat, tons of different Scrapbooking Paper Packs(50 sheets)for $4.00, individual sheets are 10 cents each. Come by and check them out!
SCRAP is located at 3901A N. Williams Ave.
Wed. 11-8
Thurs-Sat 11-6
Sun 11-5
Mon/Tues CLOSED
