Author: NW Kids

It wasn’t until after years of trying to conceive a child that we began to read about adoption options and learn about open adoption.

It’s November, meaning the holiday season is upon us! To help your family get into the spirit, here’s an assortment of holiday happenings and other events going on around town this weekend.

‘ Photo Courtesy of Friends of Trees Tis better to give than to receive, or so we tell our kids. But as parents, we know that practicing what we preach will instill a lesson that sticks with little hearts and minds for a lifetime.

Halloween is over and you’re over it. Next step: unload the candy. Your kids may have outgrown the switch witch or candy fairy, but there is a growing list of dentists in the Portland area who will buy back your candy once the trick or treating dust settles.

Before parenthood, I loved every Halloween except one spent hosting a Jr. High costume party fraught with bad decisions and tween drama.

Here are our Halloween book picks for kids! What are your favorites?   Wickle Woo Has a Halloween Party (Tiny Tab Book) By Nosy Crow (Board Book $7.

by Maya Barbon, age 15   Northwest Children’s Theater’s premiere adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, which opened this weekend to an enthusiastic audience of young detectives-to-be, leads right to 221B… Baker Hall that is.

There is a lot of proof lately showing the benefits of yoga for kids. Some are obvious like learning how to stretch and move.