The Holiday Big Reveal

Portland's Car Seat Clinic Calendar

Ninety percent of car seats are unknowingly installed incorrectly! Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians and trained volunteers will check for correct installation, damage, recalls, and size and age appropriateness for free. Have them check your seat's installation before the baby is born. Have them check the seat again with the baby in it. Have them check every time your child grows into a new car seat. It's free. And you will know your baby is as safe as possible in your car.

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World’s Biggest Playgroup Visits the West Coast!

When: Thursday November 6th 10 A.M. - 2 P.M.

Where: Washington Square Mall 9585 SW Washington Square Road Portland, OR

Highlights include:
Interactive classes for moms and babies from Kindermusik
Live music performances from family educator and entertainer Louie Miranda
Hands-on experience with Sony Alpha, Handcam, and Cyerbershot cameras
Video game station from Game Crazy
Yummy yogurt and smoothie samples from Stonyfield YoBaby
Tummy time play area from Boppy®
Diaper Changing Station provided by Desitin
Valet Stroller Parking provided by Kolcraft
Loads of additional product samples and demonstrations
Multiple raffle drawings

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I can do this!

Get Out of Your Dinner Rut… for Good!

If you’re like me, each night’s dinner is a struggle. What’s in the fridge? Are we really having tacos again? And don’t tell me I have to go to the store again!

So in comes Relish! It’s an online weekly menu-planning service at www.relishrelish.com that helps you map out and prepare healthy and creative dinners—every night! Simply choose your weekly recipes, and the site gives you the most brilliantly formatted shopping list ever with ingredients coded by meal, then categorized by grocery store aisle, including a list of "items you probably already have" so you're not adding oregano to your list. Brilliant!

Plus all dinners are kitchen-tested (no more disasters!) and take 30 minutes or less to prepare. We absolutely positively love that. Choose from vegetarian menus, simple gourmet, super quick, slow-cooker/crockpot, low-calorie, and even kid favorites that don't include the word "nugget."

And did we mention that it’s budget-friendly? Five dinners and five sides will cost less than $85 per week—research shows enormous grocery savings if you have a plan and shop with a list, btw.
As if that weren’t enough, they also offer monthly freezer meals, fun dinner parties, seasonal desserts and healthy lunches. They do the planning for you—all you do is cook.

It’s only $7 a month to subscribe, and if you subscribe to Relish! now and enter the code Portland Picks, you’ll get a free kitchen gadget from Crate & Barrel!

p.s.: Living gluten-free? Visit their sister site at http://www.gfreecuisine.com/.

Thanks to Porland Picks for paaing this on http://www.portlandpicks.com/

Halloween Candy Recalled

There is a new warning put out by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency....Sherwood brand Pirate's Gold Milk Chocolate coins are being recalled due to the fact that they contain Melamine, the ingredient in milk product that has caused many infant deaths in china.

These candies are sold at Costco, as well as many bulk and dollar stores. Please make sure to check your children's Halloween candy and DO NOT LET THEM EAT THE PIRATE COINS!

Registry Concierge At POSH

Because we are minimalists at heart, our approach to baby preparation follows our belief that most new parents don't need everything that is out there.

Please join us every First Thursday of the month (starting December) at 7pm and get the run of the store and find all the help and answers you need. We make it easy by helping you know what you'll need and pick which products will work best for you based on your family's lifestyle.

Have fun, mingle have a drink and get all the help you need in a casual atmosphere.

Email registry@poshbaby.com to signup

The Halloween Election - PLEASE VOTE!!!

Trick or Treat! It's Halloween time. Let loose your ghosts and goblins, unlock your vampires and werewolves. There are costumes to be worn, parties to be attended, and much candy to be eaten.

Halloween and the election are only separated by one slim weekend leaving plenty of opportunity for making one celebration run right into the other. While what's scary this season for Republicans and Democrats might be vastly different. (Visions of a "government health care plan" and "victory in Iraq" could make each shriek, uh, respectively.) We just got  a pumpkin this weekend, so I found these political pumpkin carving templates just in time.