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Portland Sites | Dawson Park
With Spring and Summer come busy weekends so we have been making an effort to pack up meals to take along with us while we are out. As much as we enjoying the occasional dining out we don’t want to make it too much of a habit. Two weekends ago now we packed up lunch … [Read more…]
Portland Sites | Westmoreland Park Nature Area
Spring is officially here and we are back to visiting all the parks that the Portland area has to offer! I just finished up a feature on Westmoreland Park it’s the new Nature Play Area. If you haven’t been yet get down there and go because it is fantastic! Edith had a blast and we … [Read more…]
PDX Events | Macy’s Holiday Parade & Giveaway
Who else is thrilled for the week ahead? We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving for a variety of reasons but I do love that Neil will have both Thursday and Friday off from work and guess what they will be paid days off because he is now full-time! Along with this full-time position came a promotion – … [Read more…]
Weekend Fun | Forest Park Hike
Happy Daylight Savings! Yeah I don’t know how happy you are about it but I’m less than thrilled. I’m also less than thrilled that Neil moved our clock in the bedroom forward instead of back so he and Edith were up at 5am while he was thinking it was 7am (can we say daylight savings … [Read more…]
The Pumpkin Patch & Babywearing With Umi Sling
I love, love, love Autumn. It’s my favorite time of the year. I love the smell of the crisp air, the changing leaves, squash, pumpkin beer, warm apple cider and all the seasonal activities. We had our first seasonal outting this weekend to The Pumpkin Patch on Portland’s Sauvie Island. We went with friends of … [Read more…]
Outings With A Toddler & Newborn | Adventures in Portland
This post was written in collaboration with Orbit Baby. These days, getting out has become a little more of a challenge. We are still getting used to being a family of four and while Alder is in the wonderfully portable newborn stage, we also have an active two-year-old. Getting out the door has become quite … [Read more…]
Duck Walk
We are lucky to live within walking distance to a beautiful Portland park which is just getting more beautiful as they finish the renovations. It has always been our park of choice to go down and do a family walk, feed the ducks, avoid being attacked by the geese and play a little ball. Now … [Read more…]
Summer Bucket List // Berry Picking
With a baby on the way and lots of other changes happening over here our summer bucket list this year is on the short side. For me one of the top items however was to get out and go berry picking. We had planned to do this opening weekend but we were unable to go … [Read more…]
