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March 2009 - The Photography Issue
Click here to view the March 2009 issue in its entirety. To download your own copy feel free to log in using our guest ID and password below. Login ID: NWKguest Password: nwkids » Teresa Weis: Why Parents For Parental Leave is Necessary
A plan. To plan. The Master Plan. It's been planned. Like so many parents, we thought we had planned for everything. We planned to start "trying" early (as an infertile couple, we were advised it could take quite a while to conceive). So of course, we got pregnant within one month, throwing our timing off course. Our plan was for our son to be born at the beginning of next summer, not the end of this one. » Take Better Photos: Ten Tips to Turn Your Photos into Keepsakes
Contributors: Melissa Hathaway, Melissa Tomeoni, Emma Darden We all love having beautiful shots of our kids, and often we rely on sessions with professional photographers to get “frame-worthy” prints. Problem is, we do this maybe once or twice a year, and the kids make beautiful memories every single day. So we asked a few experts how to take better shots to capture the other 364 days of the year. » Read more » Family-Friendly Photo Sharing Sites
Ten years ago we would have balked at the idea of checking our personal email more than once or twice a day and certainly any convo involving texting, Facebook apps or Twittering would have rendered us clueless. We would also pore through family and friends’ scrapbooks, albums, or if your family is like mine, flip through stacks of unfilled photos… we even perhaps sat through a slideshow of someone’s trip to Europe. » Read more » Mary Gardner: OPB Childrens' Programming Chief
As OPB’s children’s programming manager, Gardner chooses which shows — and when —air on your local PBS Kids. Her opinion can shape which TV characters your children will fall in love with. Gardner spoke with NW Kids about what goes on behind the scenes at PBS and OPB. » Read more » Personalized Books from MeMedia Kids Perfect for a Birthday or Any Day
Who wouldn’t want to be the star of his or her own adventure? Rich Nevin, a Portland parent and founder of MeMedia Kids, thought that kids should star in their own stories. Doing so could help them connect with reading and enjoy all that great picture books have to offer, he thought, so he set out to make a great children’s book. Within a few years, MeMedia Kids has married the personalized book concept with compelling storytelling that places your kids in the center of the action. » Read more » Spring Flowers Made With Paper Rolls
Since spring time is here and the flowers are popping out their pretty little heads, why not make some flowers of your own? This project is perfect to do inside on rainy spring day or outside on a sunny spring day, but no matter the weather, when you are finished you will get to enjoy a bit of outside beauty inside! » Read more » Recipes: Chicken Pot Pie / Creating meals the whole family can eat
by Alisa Gaylord The first few months of feeding my daughter solid food was simple. I prepared and froze batches of puréed baby food that I could pull out of the freezer to defrost at meal time. Then bang, day Claire turned ten months old, she stopped eating puréed baby food. It seemed that overnight, she refused her up-to-that-point beloved food. » Read more » |
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