Wednesday, 1/9/13

We will resume our playdate at Colossae on Wednesday 1/9 from 12-2 pm. Pack a lunch for you & your kiddos and we look forward to catching up with everyone!

No Play Date This Week - 12/19/12

Sorry for the late notice, but there won't be a play date today.  Some of us have sick kids, are out of town, or just getting ready for the holiday.  So sorry for the inconvenience!

Playdate Wednesday, 12/19

We'll see you at Colossae this week - 12pm - 2pm on Wednesday, 12/19.  It will be our last chance to connect before the holiday!  We will take a break and won't have playdate 12/26 or 1/1.  See you soon!

Wednesday, 12/12 Playdate

We will meet at Colossae 12178 Southwest Garden Place  Tigard, OR 97223
from 12pm - 2pm on Wednesdays going forward for fun indoor play in the bounce house and with other fun toys.  Please bring your bikes, ride on toys, etc. and a picnic lunch for you and your little ones and hang out with us until naptime or you have to go.

We hope this will make it easier for you to make it to playdates and will be a great way for our preschool kiddos to connect with their friends as well!  

Please post a comment if you'll be able to make it!  Hayden, JT and I are planning on being there!  

Wednesday, 12/5/12 playdate

We will meet at Colossae 12176 Southwest Garden Place  Tigard, OR 97223
from 11:45am - 2pm on Wednesdays going forward for fun indoor play in the bounce house and with other fun toys.  Please bring your bikes, ride on toys, etc. and a picnic lunch for you and your little ones and hang out with us until naptime or you have to go.

We hope this will make it easier for you to make it to playdates and will be a great way for our preschool kiddos to connect with their friends as well!  

Please post a comment if you'll be able to make it tomorrow!  Hayden, JT and I are planning on being there!  

Wednesday, 11/28 playdate

We will meet at Colossae 12176 Southwest Garden Place  Tigard, OR 97223
from 11:45am - 2pm on Wednesdays going forward for fun indoor play in the bounce house and with other fun toys.  Please bring your bikes, ride on toys, etc. and a picnic lunch for you and your little ones and hang out with us until naptime or you have to go.

We hope this will make it easier for you to make it to playdates and will be a great way for our preschool kiddos to connect with their friends as well!  

Please post a comment if you'll be able to make it next week!  Hayden, JT and I are planning on being there!  

No Playdate Thanksgiving Week

Hi there,

There won't be a playdate this week as it's the day before Thanksgiving and most of us will be out of town/busy with preparations.  Have a great week and we'll see you back on Wednesday the 28th!

Playdate, Wednesday November 14, 2012

We will meet at Colossae from 11:45am - 2pm on Wednesdays going forward for fun indoor play in the bounce house and with other fun toys.  Please bring your bikes, ride on toys, etc. and a picnic lunch for you and your little ones and hang out with us until naptime or you have to go.

We hope this will make it easier for you to make it to playdates and will be a great way for our preschool kiddos to connect with their friends as well!  

Please post a comment if you'll be able to make it next week!  Hayden, JT and I are planning on being there!  

Playdate Wednesday, November 7 - NEW TIME!!

A few of us decided to change up the time we meet so that those of us with kids in preschool or babies who nap will be able to make it to more playdates.  So how does this sound?  

We will meet at Colossae from 11:45am - 2pm on Wednesdays going forward for fun indoor play in the bounce house and with other fun toys.  Please bring your bikes, ride on toys, etc. and a picnic lunch for you and your little ones and hang out with us until naptime or you have to go.  

We hope this will make it easier for you to make it to playdates and will be a great way for our preschool kiddos to connect with their friends as well!  

Please post a comment if you'll be able to make it next week!  

No Playdates this week

Hi there fellow moms,

With Halloween being this week, we won't be having a playdate.  Let's reconnect next week!

Playdates week of 10/21/12

Hi there,

Here's what we'll be up to this week - hope to see you!

Monday, October 22 - Book Babies @ Tigard Library
Ages 0-12 months
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.Babies and their grown-ups are invited to share nursery rhymes, finger plays, songs and a simple book while making new friends and developing early literacy skills! Stay and play after the program.
Karyn & JT are going to start going to this on a weekly basis, hope those of you with little babies (under 1 year) can join us! 

Wednesday, October 25 - 9-11 am Playdate @ Colossae
Come play indoors in the bounce house or bring a ride on toy to play with.  We'll have toys out for the kids and the moms can exercise or just chat over a cup of coffee.

Reminder - Playdates this week

Here's a reminder of this week's playdates in case you didn't see the post last Thursday:


Hi there,

This week we'll be having some fun indoors.  Here are the details, hope to see you Wednesday or Friday!


Monday, October 1 - Book Babies @ Tigard Library
Ages 0-12 months
Mondays, 10:15 – 10:45 a.m.Babies and their grown-ups are invited to share nursery rhymes, finger plays, songs and a simple book while making new friends and developing early literacy skills! Stay and play after the program.
Karyn & JT are going to start going to this on a weekly basis, hope those of you with little babies (under 1 year) can join us!  


Wednesday, 10/17/12 - 9-11 am Playdate @ Colossae
Come play indoors in the bounce house or bring a ride on toy to play with.  We'll have toys out for the kids and the moms can exercise or just chat over a cup of coffee.

Friday, 10/19/12 - 9-9:30 am  30 Day Shred @ Colossae
Let the kids play while you get a quick workout in.

Update - tomorrow's get together for 30 Day Shred DVD

Hi there,

There's a meeting at Colossae tomorrow, so we'll be moving the workout to Anna's house.  12330 SW Fielding Ct. in Beaverton.  Hope you can make it!

Also, the book club blog has been updated with the pick for November.  Be sure and check it out on our blogroll if you'd like to read together.

Playdates - Week of 10/14/12

Hi there,

This week we'll be having some fun indoors.  Here are the details, hope to see you Wednesday or Friday!


Monday, October 1 - Book Babies @ Tigard Library
Ages 0-12 months
Mondays, 10:15 – 10:45 a.m.Babies and their grown-ups are invited to share nursery rhymes, finger plays, songs and a simple book while making new friends and developing early literacy skills! Stay and play after the program.
Karyn & JT are going to start going to this on a weekly basis, hope those of you with little babies (under 1 year) can join us!  


Wednesday, 10/17/12 - 9-11 am Playdate @ Colossae
Come play indoors in the bounce house or bring a ride on toy to play with.  We'll have toys out for the kids and the moms can exercise or just chat over a cup of coffee.

Friday, 10/19/12 - 9-9:30 am  30 Day Shred @ Colossae
Let the kids play while you get a quick workout in.

Playdates week of 10/08/12

Hi guys,

Sorry for the late post, hope everyone's week is off to a good start.  Going forward, I'll try to get this blog posted on Thursdays so everyone has a few days to plan for the upcoming week.  Here's what we're up to this week:

Wednesday 10/10/12 - Walk & Playdate 9am - 11am
Meet at Albertson's parking lot (Barrows & Walnut in Tigard) at 9:00 and we'll walk a loop - through Barrows Park, down Menlor over to New Seasons to grab a coffee then back to the park at 10:00 for our playdate.  The playground is located near the intersection of Barrows & Menlor.

Friday  10/12/12 - 30 Day Shred DVD 9:00-9:30 am, Colossae 12176 Garden Place Tigard, 97223

Hope to see you at some point this week!

Volunteer Opportunity - Tigard Compassion Clinic October 13, 2012

Hi all,

Just a reminder that the Tigard Compassion Clinic (a free clinic offering medical, dental, vision, chiropractic and immunization care to our community's underinsured) will be taking place October 13 at Tigard High School.  Please consider volunteering for this special day.  I know as moms, it can be tough to find time to volunteer but it is so rewarding.  Here's a link to the website for more information and to sign up.  It only takes a minute to sign up.

http://compassiontigard.com/

If you need someone to watch your kiddos during the day of the event, please leave a comment and I'll contact you.  A few of us moms are getting together to watch kids for the volunteers that day.

Thanks,

Karyn

Playdates & Activities - Week of October 1

Hi Friends,

It's a pretty busy week for us moms, lots of good opportunities to connect and make new friends!  We also added a "Upcoming Events" section to this blog (on the left) so you can see what's coming in the weeks ahead and mark your calendars accordingly.  :)  

Monday, October 1 - Book Babies @ Tigard Library
Ages 0-12 months
Mondays, 10:15 – 10:45 a.m.Babies and their grown-ups are invited to share nursery rhymes, finger plays, songs and a simple book while making new friends and developing early literacy skills! Stay and play after the program.
Karyn & JT are going to start going to this on a weekly basis, hope those of you with little babies (under 1 year) can join us!  

Wednesday, October 3 - Playdate @ the Park
This week we'll be taking advantage of the nice weather (while we can) and hitting up Greenway Park in Tigard/Beaverton for our playdate.  Feel free to meet up at 9 if you'd like to go for a power walk or 10:00 if you just want to play at the park.  Greenway Park is a very long park on the Fanno Creek trail so here are some specific directions as to where we'll be:

9:00 meeting spot (for power walkers):
Park on Springwood Dr. near Scholls Ferry and we'll hit up the walking trail. (Springwood intersects Scholls Ferry near "Big Red's Western Restaurant")

10:00 meeting spot (for play date):
Park on Springwood Dr. (see directions above) and walk north on the trail to the first playground (the playground backs up to the shopping center with Big Red's and Portland Running Company.  If you can't find us, just text or call Karyn @ 805.340.6two32

Friday, October 5 - Workout Morning 
This week we'll also be gathering at Colossae Church  to do the 30 Day Shred DVD this Friday at 9:00 am.

12176 SW Garden Place
Tigard, OR 97223
Bring your kiddos to play while we do a quick workout for 30 minutes.


Saturday, October 6 - Girls Game Night
Ladies! Let's get together to share some snacks, chat, play some games and hopefully get to know somebody new within our church. We will be meeting this Saturday, October 6th at 7:30 at the church. Please bring a goodie/snack or to share as we gather. We will have some coffee and tea available as well. The heart behind this is simply to get to know each other better as our church body grows and expands. 

One challenge I would like to put out there: before you attend, check your schedule for the follow

ing week and have some times in mind that you might be able to meet up with somebody new that you meet at the event. I think it's an easy way to make sure we come away feeling a little more connected!

Please feel free to invite anyone whose name I may have missed as I definitely don't know everyone at Colossae!

If you have questions, feel free to contact Kristen Helton at
503.505.3113 or email me at kristenmhelton@gmail.com

Hope to see you at some point this week!

Workout Morning!

Hello everyone,

Just a heads up that we will be meeting at Colossae Church this Friday, Sept 28th at 10 am to burn some calories together with 30-Day Shred! Hopefully we can make this a habit and have fun doing it together!  The kids can play while we workout.

See you then,
Stacy Leatherman

Cook Park Playdate - Thursday, 09/27/12

Hi there,

Let's meet at Cook Park this week - 17005 SW 92nd Ave. Tigard from 10-1ish.  See everyone there!

http://www.tigard-or.gov/community/parks/cook_park.asp

Tuesday, September 18 Playdate - Oaks Park Preschool Rides

This week we'll be hitting up Oaks Park on Tuesday for their Preschool Rides.  This is a great morning out for you and your preschooler, for $6.50, they can ride unlimited rides from 9:30-11:30.  Parents are free, and after the rides close, there's a story with Chipper the Chipmunk, cookies & milk.

A few of us usually pack a picnic lunch and eat there as well.  Be sure to leave a comment below so we can keep an eye out for you!

Here's a link with more information:

http://www.oakspark.com/chippersrides.html

Women's & Children's Clothing Swap TOMORROW! (Monday, 09/17/12)

Hi Everyone:
We will have our all size swap this Monday, Sept. 17th at 7pm sharp. Please get there at least 10 min's early to ensure we can start in a timely manner. Please spread the word and if people are interested, have them email me so I can add them to the list! All unswappedclothes will go to another great organization this month; Cindy will share on Monday. 

There will also be a kids clothing swap this month following the women's swap if you would like to participate in both! If you are interested in the kids clothing swap, please view the attached flyer for more details. We try to have a kids swap 3-4 times a year. The next one will most likely be January and then April or May.

See info. below if this is your first swap!
Bring clothes/shoes/accessories that you no longer love but are still clean and in good condition to our Sept. swap. 

What: All size women's/teens clothing swap (it's FREE!)
When: Monday Sept 17th at 7pm (Always the 3rd Monday of every month)
Where: Colossae Church, located in Park 217, you'll see a blue sign outfront that say's "Colossae". Address is 12176 SW Garden Pl, Tigard, OR 97223. 

What to bring: Bring only CLEAN womens clothing - thanks for washing up everything you bring:). Also bring any accessories, shoes, purses, and other wearable items. Bring bags to take your new clothes home with you. 

The idea behind the Swap is to offer and get free clothes, forever. No money changes hands with these clothes ~ even if you get them home and decide they aren't quite `you', we ask that you GIVE them away to someone. Leftovers from the swap will be donated to a local charity. We'll also be taking men's clothes this month if you have any to donate.

1. Wash all items before bringing to the swap. Check the pockets for tissues, gum, and money.
2. We are a clothing swap, not fabric swap, so the bottoms of pant legs or sweaters with a sleeve missing are not usable for us regular people. Also, please no household items. 
3. People who've been to swaps before know this, but thought I'd bring it up for newbies...No cheating! No taking, or hiding, or stuffing things into your sack before we officially start! It only makes it fair for all of us. And NOHOARDING once the swap begins, let's be fair to everyone who is there.
4. Wear a swim suit or spandex workout clothes under your street clothes when you swap. Try stuff on before you take it home. See how great you look in a mirror (we'll have at least 3 available for you). If it doesn't fit, throw it back into the pile so someone else can see if it fits them. 
5. It's fun to see people smile as they try on something you brought, or see the encouragement of 'that looks great on you' and 'here are some jeans your size'. You'll be able to try new fashions you'd never dream to try on in a store
6. All remainders will be donated to a non-profit that will give the items away for FREE:) 
7. Please do NOT bring: children's clothes, or clothes that are stained/dirty/smelly/not wearable. If you are participating in the kids swap, then bring your children's clothes and thatswap will take place in a separate area after the women's swap.
Go to swappositive.wordpress.com to find details on the children's clothing swap , different size swap, or other swap venues taking place. 

If this is your first swap, Here's how a Swap works...
Shoes, purses, accessories, and jewelry will be in a separate pile. 

All of the clothes will be kept in bags while we wait. Shoes and accessories can go into a separate pile...but no pre-swapping please. When everyone is present, the swap coordinator will give the go-ahead and we'll empty bags into piles on the floor. After you empty your bags, please step back until everything is out and ready. Things in the middle of the room in rows are free. Items in little piles around the room, against the walls in bags, or on chairs are someones' stash.

When everything is in piles, the swap coordinator will say, "Go!" And we'll all start at the same time. That way everyone has the same opportunity to find new clothes.

Take what looks good to you, gather it into your pile, then try them on. Mirrors are available. If they aren't quite `you', throw them back into the pile for someone
else to enjoy.

Please support our mission by enjoying the swap as a place to get free stuff, and if you part with your new-to-you swap items, we ask that YOU do it in a free way too! 

For further information, go to the swap website, swappositive.wordpress.com
Please bring friends and spread the word; the more the merrier and more clothes to swap! No need to RSVP, we currently have the space!

Thursday, September 13th playdate

Hello,

This week we will be meeting on Thursday and heading to Metzger Park in Tigard.  We'll be there around 10 am and stay til around noon.  Hope to see you there!

http://www.co.washington.or.us/Support_Services/Facilities/Parks/MetzgerPark/index.cfm

Thanks!

Wednesday, September 5th Playdate

Hello,

This Wednesday we are going to head to Snyder Park in Sherwood for our playdate!  They have a sand/water area and some really fun playground equipment for the kids.  Hope you can join us!

Wednesday, Sept. 5th
10 am-1 pm
Snyder Park
15365 SW Sunset Boulevard, Sherwood
Bring: picnic lunch
http://www.sherwoodoregon.gov/parks-department

August 30, 2012--Jamison Square Playdate

Hey everyone!

Welcome to the new blog for SW PDX moms!  We are so excited to start using this blog as our new hub for all our  playdates and get-togethers.  Hopefully you can pass on our site to your friends!

This Thursday we'll be headed over to Jamison Square in the Pearl District for a fun playdate!  This is one of my favorite places to take the kids in the city and hope you can join us. The kids and I will definitely be there, so please comment below to let us know if you're coming so I can look out for you!

Thursday, August 30th
Jamison Square
810 NW 11th Ave., Portland
10 am-1 pm
Bring: swim gear (there is a great fountain) and a picnic lunch
http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?PropertyID=1140&action=ViewPark

Thanks!
Stacy Leatherman

July 31, 2012 - Tuesday Playdate @ Wilsonville Memorial Park

Hi SW PDX Moms,

Welcome to our blog!

This week we'll be hitting up the Memorial City Park in Wilsonville (near the intersection of Wilsonville Rd & Memorial Dr) for some playtime.  This looks like a fun park, there is a play structure and water play area.  Bring a picnic and we'll have lunch after.

http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=264

Someone should be there approximately 10am - 1pm or so...

Stacy & Joellen are planning on being there, please post a comment if you will be there as well, and we'll keep an eye out for you.  Stacy's cell is 503-828-7805 if you get to the park and can't find us.