Portland Parents

School’s out — and it’s hot! Is there anything better than cuddling up with your kids in the air conditioned theater, enjoying a free movie? Regal Theaters offer free movies on Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the summer! Check out their site, or look on our calendar here (on your right) for more information.

thanks to urbanmamas for the tip!

Every summer, Regal Cinemas puts on a Free Family Film Festival: every Tuesday and Wednesday morning at 10AM, local Regal theaters show a free G or PG movie. In Portland, that means the theater in lovely Lloyd Mall. So brave the food court and come on down…first come, first served.

Lloyd Mall 8
2320 Lloyd Center Mall
Portland ,OR 97232
800-326-32646

Every summer, Regal Cinemas puts on a Free Family Film Festival: every Tuesday and Wednesday morning at 10AM, local Regal theaters show a free G or PG movie. In Portland, that means the theater in lovely Lloyd Mall. So brave the food court and come on down…first come, first served.

Lloyd Mall 8
2320 Lloyd Center Mall
Portland ,OR 97232
800-326-32646

Every summer, Regal Cinemas puts on a Free Family Film Festival: every Tuesday and Wednesday morning at 10AM, local Regal theaters show a free G or PG movie. In Portland, that means the theater in lovely Lloyd Mall. So brave the food court and come on down…first come, first served.

Lloyd Mall 8
2320 Lloyd Center Mall
Portland ,OR 97232
800-326-32646

Every summer, Regal Cinemas puts on a Free Family Film Festival: every Tuesday and Wednesday morning at 10AM, local Regal theaters show a free G or PG movie. In Portland, that means the theater in lovely Lloyd Mall. So brave the food court and come on down…first come, first served…

Lloyd Mall 8
2320 Lloyd Center Mall
Portland ,OR 97232
800-326-32646

Every summer, Regal Cinemas puts on a Free Family Film Festival: every Tuesday and Wednesday morning at 10AM, local Regal theaters show a free G or PG movie. In Portland, that means the theater in lovely Lloyd Mall. So brave the food court and come on down…first come, first served…

Lloyd Mall 8
2320 Lloyd Center Mall
Portland ,OR 97232
800-326-32646

New To The Neighborhood has left sunny California and come to … well, sunny Portland Oregon. They’re traipsing around our lovely town discovering fun things to do with their kids. I’ve gotta recommend their site to you.

We family-bedded our firstborn, and even when she was eight it was a drama every night about her sleeping in her own bed (she hogs the covers!). With our second child we were more determined to put her in her crib. Her crib was in our bedroom in a corner, and we’d put her in there. Some nights we’d be a little quick to stick her in the crib, and she’d cry for a long time.

Last weekend, we moved her crib to a more central location; it’s a little room between the rest of the house and our bedroom (we’ve used it for a study and a nursery). It’s strange, because it’s a little noisier and people have to walk past her crib more often, but she’s quieter in there and falls asleep a lot quicker. She’s learning how to get herself to sleep and to sleep through the night (She’s two and has been sleeping through the night for many months). Our now-nine year old is still trying to get herself to sleep.

How do you get your kids to sleep?

With the summer looming in front of us, you may be looking for ideas on what to make for picnics. In Italy, there is a delicious rolled sandwich creation named “stromboli,” a name that summons up “strolling along the pier” for me. We make it here about once a week, and it’s very easy to do. It also travels well and tastes great cold.

Like spaghetti, most anything can go into your stromboli; we use cheese, ham, sun dried tomatoes and marinated artichoke hearts. I boil the tomatoes in water in the microwave for about four minutes to get them to soften up, then chop them up, and chop up the artichoke hearts. Then I take a roll of pizza dough (it’s from Pillsbury; you can get it near the biscuits in your supermarket, on the same aisle as the chilled cookie dough), spread it out on a floured cutting board so that it’s roughly rectangular. Then I spread shredded cheese (my current favorite is the “italian style” with provolone and mozzarela), thin sliced ham from the lunch meat counter, and then the tomatoes and artichoke hearts. When it’s all relatively even, I roll it up, starting from one of the two narrow ends of the rectangle. I roll it to a cylinder and then seal it up by pressing the dough together (and the ends too).

Once I bake it at 375 for 25 minutes (or so), it’s good to eat! And it’s even better the second day.

Last Day of School