About Me
I'm Debbie, mother of two delicious kids,
and I write about traveling with little kids. That's
my 6-month old son in Paris on Halloween.
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With its walkable downtown and great (indoor and outdoor) activities for kids, Portland is a great destination for a few days with the kids. While you're wandering, be sure to watch for small horses tied to the city's old horse rings.
Ace Hotel This modern hotel is at the edge of downtown, just adjacent to ...
DeLuxe Hotel The deLuxe hotel has lovely rooms with a glamourous old Hollywood theme. ...
Hotel Monaco This hotel has colorful decor that kids (and design savvy grownups) will ...
Andina Andina is an upscale restaurant best suited to well behaved kids. That ...
Burgerville Located in the Hawthorne District, not far from OMSI, this old fashioned ...
Clyde Common Clyde Common is one of the hottest restaurants in Portland right now. ...
Cupcake Jones This cupcake bakery sells delicious filled cupcakes (and mini-cupcakes) to take away. ...
Hotlips Pizza With a location close to Jamison Park, this is a great place ...
Children's Museum While the children's museum is a bit old, there's plenty of fun, ...
Jamison Square This fantastic public wading pool is fed by a waterfall that can ...
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) The science museum includes a planetarium, omnimax, a submarine tour, laser shows, ...
Oregon Zoo This huge zoo has a variety of different natural habitats for its ...
Powell's Book Store Powell's has been one of my favorite Portland destinations since long before ...
Green Frog Toys This upscale toystore has a great selection of toys from upscale toy-makers ...
Posh Baby Posh Baby sells adorable clothing (much of it designed by the owner) ...
Baby gear rentals are available from Babies on the Go
A great source for "current events" with kids is Urban Mamas. You can also find local information for parents at Stumptown Mom
If you are participating in Photo Friday this week, don't forget to link back to this post. Linkbacks help new people find out about Photo Friday keep the carnival growing from week to week, ultimately bringing more traffic back to you!
Looking back at old photos, it's always ...
One of our tricks for getting good restaurant behavior from the kids is to avoid bringing them to too many restaurants in a single day. Hoping to have both kids still in a good mood by dinnertime, we started the day with bagels and cream cheese in the stroller instead ...
After staying up later than they ever have before, you would think that our kids would sleep in on July 5th. Not so much. I got up and dressed with them, and we headed out to, as E put it, "have an adventure."
Both kids were thrilled to see the ...
Last week, I was interviewed for an article about last minute getaways with kids for TravelMuse. The article isn't published yet, but just talking about a getaway made me antsy to get out of town for the long Fourth of July weekend!
Friday morning breakfast was a little disorganized ...
For the long holiday weekend, we took a last minute trip down to Portland with the kids (about three hours south of Seattle by car). I'll write more about the trip tomorrow, but I thought I would share this picture of D enjoying the wading pool at Jamison Square ...
I always love to hear what my son remembers after returning from a trip. Here's what he talked about today
"The train is coming in three ...
People often tell me that they're worried their kids will be scared sleeping away from home. I can only speak for my own kids, but now that he's old enough, my toddler repeatedly asks to stay in a hotel. Here are his favorite things.
Everyone slept in today, giving us parents a much needed break! We had a low key breakfast in the hotel room with food we had picked up at whole foods the night before, and met my parents down in the lobby.
One of the toughest things about leaving always is ...
The car ride down was reasonably successful. It took the kids a little while to fall asleep, but they eventually did. Checkin at the Hotel Monaco went smootly, and we love the suite. There's a bedroom and a separate sitting room with a sofa. The decor is funky with ...
My parents have been visiting this week, and our planned getaway to Bellingham (we have family friends there) fell through. We had so much fun in Portland a few weekends ago, that we've decided to drive back down for the weekend and spend a few more days. My parents ...
Stuff I wish we had time for in Portland
Our last day in Portland!
My son wanted to ride in the stroller & check out the town & I wanted to shop. What a great combination! We stopped in at the Excellent Pearl Bakery (102 NW 9th St @ couch) to pick up some breakfast. Pearl is known as the best local ...
The kids did me the favor of sleeping in a little bit this morning, but of course E (my toddler) decided he had to have milk as soon as he woke up. Knowing that there was a coffeeshop in the lobby, I told him that we were going to have ...
Portland is about 2 ½ hours from where we live, or 3 ½ hours by train. We thought we’d take the train from Seattle to Portland, but in the end, after factoring in the door to door time with the bus & train as well as the risk of having ...
It’s time to get out of our element and check out Portland for a few days
First step is to get packed and prep the kids (ages 8mo & 2 yrs) for the trip. Lugging too much stuff is the most tiring part of any trip for me, so I ...
