Bend Nest

SPRING 2019

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Little Feet on the Street 2019 SUMMER

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CONTENTS UPFRONT

13 EDITOR’S NOTE 15 Q & A 16 LITTLE FEET ON THE STREET

17 NEST NEWS

SECTIONS

36 TRENDING 38 CALENDAR 45 CULTURE 47 HEALTH 53 BOOKSHELF

19 EDUCATION With a new elementary school opening in the fall and district lines redrawn, many children will be attending a new school next year. Find out more about the shuffle in Jaclyn Brandt’s article.

21 SUMMER CAMPS GUIDE It may seem a little early, but summer camps fill quickly! We’ve got you covered with our comprehensive guide to the best of what’s happening for kids this summer.

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48 OUTDOORS You’ve certainly heard about the decline of the bee population in recent years. Why not become a “bee-friendly” family? Suzanne Johnson has some wonderful ideas for creating habitat for bees in your own backyard.

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don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to some longer days and a little more sunshine. Recently, I was lucky enough to travel overseas where I spent a couple of weeks with my son who is there for a year before college. It’s fun at this age to be able to put parenting aside and reap the benefits of all that time spent together in the early years.

This issue is very special in that we are featuring the champions of our annual Best of the Nest. You voted, and now we are proud to show off the business owners in our community that rise to the top for kids and parents.

Bend Nest recently caught up with the experts on what’s so great about mothers. Little Feet on the Street makes its debut just in time for Mother’s Day. This time of year, most everyone is at least thinking about spring cleaning. Popping up here and there are organization specialists who can help sort your belongings and provide tips for living a simpler life.

Check out Annette Benedetti’s article on the topic of organization in Trending.

Most of us have heard about school-based health centers, but may not be aware of some of the rights given to children as young as 14 when it comes to parental consent. Learn more about this invaluable service in our Health section.

One of the benefits of our community coming together and approving the school bond in 2017 is that a new elementary school will be

Kids, work, soccer practice, shopping, dinner prep!

With life’s ever increasing demands on your busy schedule, the thought of making a move has likely stopped you in your tracks!

opening its doors come this fall. In Education, Jaclyn Brandt breaks down the school boundaries and fills us in on those affected by the newly drawn lines.

Concerning education outside the public schools, find out more about some wonderful opportunities for children who are musically inclined at the Cascade School of Music. They have a new Executive Director, as well as a new and improved space.

In Outdoors, this issue, Suzanne Johnson shares her expertise on honeybees and has some beautiful ideas for making a bee-friendly garden as well as sharing some recipes for treats made with honey.

And, who hasn’t heard of The Cottage Day Care in Bend? In Things I’ve Learned, we highlight the founder and visionary behind this loving mainstay of Bend.

This issue has some fabulous and fun articles that we are sure you will enjoy.

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Q&A Dr. Mary Rogers

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PEDIATRICIAN AT CENTRAL OREGON PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATES

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My 7th grade daughter has hit a growth spurt and towers over her friends. She is very self-conscious about her height. She hates being tall and feels very awkward. Any advice on how to help her feel normal?

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The middle school/pre-teen years can be the toughest and most amazing times for our kids. They’re establishing a solid foundation of self-identity, which involves self-doubt and questioning. This can result in friend shifts and enhanced sensitivity. Add in hormones, changing bodies and it is understandable that most kids this age are self-conscious.

The typical girl will grow 2.5 inches in her 12th year, her fastest growth year on average, and girls typically ‘sprout up’ earlier than boys. Most importantly what we can do as parents (and doctors) is validate her experience, because they really want to be heard. You might offer something like this: “It sounds like it’s hard to experience your body changing so much while many of your friends haven’t started those changes, yet,” or “It sounds like it’s tough to hear people commenting on how tall you are,” or “You’re strong and smart and a good friend, and you just happen to be growing faster than others.” Keep in mind her reactions are mostly about feeling awkward and different.

When your teen wants to share with you that she’s feeling insecure and uncomfortable, this is a good indication that you’re doing a great job as a parent. Just continue to listen, validate, understand and support.

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My five-month-old baby seems a little lethargic. He is just way too easy going compared to other babies we meet. I notice that other kids his age cry or laugh a lot, but it seems like my baby is always asleep. I’m not complaining but am starting to worry about him.

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It’s normal to compare to others (even when everyone tells you not to!). And it’s tough to tease out what is normal baby behavior/habits and when you should worry. As a pediatrician, I have learned to appreciate the wide spectrum of “normal” and what’s unique to every child. While we have general and specific markers that are tracked and monitored, under the developmental umbrella there is much variability. Sleep has a huge range of “normal.” Five-month babies are often transitioning from three to two naps per day, and yet some are still sleeping up to 12 to 16 hours per day.

If your little guy is napping and sleeping well, but he’s engaging, wanting to play and active when awake, I typically wouldn’t worry much about it.

The term lethargic often means something very different to a pediatrician, so I do want to clarify that. When medical providers use the word lethargic it’s defining ‘sluggish’ or ‘diminished arousability.’

However, most every time a family uses the word lethargic they are referring to being extra sleepy or laying around from being sick. That said, a parent’s gut instinct is very important as you’re closer than anyone to your child. If you’re breastfeeding, make sure your supply hasn’t dipped and

he gets a weight check. And, as always, it never hurts to see your pediatrician if you think he is sleeping too much, or you are worried about him.

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I hear there is a new strain of influenza going around. What is it? Should my child get more than one flu shot per year?

We have been seeing a lot more influenza these last few weeks of winter. Preliminary data from this season shows the main strains circulating are H1N1 and H3N2 influenza viruses.

The CDC is reporting that the H3 strain is more severe this year and there is speculation that we may continue to see influenza into early May. The “variant” strain that you likely heard about is the H3N2 strain, which is making up nearly 47 percent of the positive cases to date. The vaccine for this season is showing better protection to H1N1 (62 percent) and 44 percent effective to H3N2.

There is not an updated vaccine that has better coverage for the H3N2 strain and so there’s not a recommendation to get a booster or other flu vaccine. The data, even on years when we get a variant strain, shows that the vaccine protects against hospitalizations, severe illness and death from influenza. It’s always disappointing to get influenza from a variant strain when you have gotten the vaccine, however, vaccinated individuals have less severe symptoms and better outcomes.

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NEST NEWS “Little Bird” Books Expand to Babies

by Nicole Vulcan Last year, Bend-based author Kristen Riggle released her locally focused book, “Little Bird Explores Bend,” introducing young readers to some of the animals and geography of the region.

Now, the author has launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce her newest book, “Hello, Bend!” geared toward a younger set, children age 0 to 3.

Riggle says she conceived of her latest Bend-inspired board book after hearing feedback from parents who thought their youngest kids weren’t quite old enough for the first “Little Bird” book quite yet. The Kickstarter campaign started in mid-February.

People can find the campaign by searching “Hello Bend book” at Kickstarter.com.

Pilot Program Takes Aim at Childcare Shortage

by Nicole Vulcan Parents of young children already know there’s a huge shortage of child care options in Central Oregon. The entire state faces this problem, too—one that affects parents’ ability to work, and affects employers’ ability to find and keep staff.

Now, the State of Oregon’s Early Learning Division is launching a pilot program to help. The ELD put a call out to the 13 Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies in Oregon, and selected three to take part in the pilot, titled “Baby Promise.” ELD chose NeighborImpact Child Care Resources—which serves Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties, as well as the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs—as one of the three agencies to launch the program.

The pilot program will offer fully funded “quality child care” for up to one year for 109 kids ages 6 weeks to age 3 in the tri-county area. Families involved in the program will be able to work with a host of child care providers in the region. To qualify, families should be at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level. Information about NeighborImpact is available at neighborimpact.org.

Crisis Line Connects Teens to Teens

by Nicole Vulcan Teens in crisis have a resource to talk to other teens when they’re experiencing any issues that may be bothering them. The YouthLine, organized by Lines for Life, is staffed by teens from 4pm to 10pm every day (and staffed by adults at all other times).

Teens can call 877.968.8491, text 839863, email youthL@linesforlife.org or chat by visiting oregonyouthline.org.

Bend-La Pine Graduation Rate Highest in History

by Chris Miller A report released by the Oregon Department of Education in January shows the student graduation rate for Bend-La Pine Schools marking an all-time high for the percentage of students graduating on time. The rate of students earning a diploma on time improved by more than 10 percentage points in the last six years alone—up from 68.2 percent in 2011 to 78.7 percent for the 2016-2017 school year.

Bend-La Pine Schools’ student graduation rate continues to outpace the state graduation average. Across the state, Oregon students’ on-time graduation rate was 76.7 percent.

The graduation rate tracks students beginning in ninth grade and measures how many of those students graduate within four years. The rate is adjusted for students moving in or out of the district.

Jefferson County Rates Leap Forward

High school graduation rates for the Jefferson County School District show students also making significant improvements.

While the district’s graduation performance has been improving over the past two years, 2017 showed a 12 percentage-point increase over 2016, moving from 60 to 72 percent for students graduating in four years. Madras High School increased to 78 percent, not including graduation rates for the new Bridges High School which opened in September of 2016.

“We are extremely proud to see the results of the hard work and focus from Madras High School staff and students,” said Jefferson County’s Superintendent Ken Parshall. “This didn’t happen overnight. Our team has been working to engage students at a deeper level and provide them with the support they need to be successful in school, graduate and explore college and careers.”

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EDUCATION Elementary School Shuffle

Many children throughout the district will attend a new school next fall

By Jaclyn Brandt

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ome next fall, a brand-new elementary school on the north end of town will be opening its doors in Bend. Pine Ridge Elementary School’s current principal, Kevin Gehrig, who has been leading the planning process, has been named principal of the new school.

Exciting as that is, especially with Bend’s ever-increasing population, the opening will cause hundreds of children to have to change schools next year.

The new elementary school, which was funded by the construction bond that voters approved in 2017, is located near O.B. Riley and Cooley Roads and will hold around 600 students.

All families with students affected by the new addition (in Kindergarten through fourth grade) should have received a letter from the Bend-La Pine School District in early February.

“To populate that school, we have to move students there,” said Lora Nordquist, assistant superintendent at the Bend-La Pine School District. “And then we also needed to relieve overcrowding at a number of our elementary schools. So, the process ended up impacting almost every neighborhood elementary school in Bend, because you can’t just shift students from the neighboring schools to the new schools, because then they’ll have really low enrollments, and all the other schools...they’re close to being overcrowded.”

The students being moved will be going into Kindergarten through fourth grade, with around 800 students impacted by the boundary change. Although some of those students have yet to enter school, Nordquist believes the new addition will affect around 11 to 12 percent of total students.

“Essentially we had a shift northward in general from both sides. So, we have a number of Miller students, for example, who ended up going to High Lakes. A number of High Lakes students ended up going to the new school. And then on the other side, Lava Ridge, Ponderosa, and Buckingham come toward the new school: Ponderosa to Lava Ridge. Buckingham to Ponderosa… and then shifting students north all the way from Jewell on up.”

Current fourth graders who are affected by the change will be able to request a “grandfathered” exemption to stay in their current school — however, if they choose that option, their transportation to the school will be the responsibility of the family.

Bend-La Pine Schools will be going through this process again in the next few years, with plans to open a new high school in the fall of 2021. Starting in the fall of 2019, the school district will begin looking at existing middle school and high school boundaries and how those will need to change. Their goal is to notify families and students of any boundary changes by the spring of 2020.

“People will know a year and a half before the boundaries actually change at the secondary level, because it could impact where a student might want to start high school, for example. If you had a ninth grader in the fall of 2020, and the student knew he was going to be moved to a different high school boundary, he might choose to go ahead and start at a different high school if it wasn’t the new school.”

The process of changing elementary school boundaries has been challenging, but Nordquist and other district officials seem to understand that changing high school boundaries will add an additional challenge.

“We wanted to give families a lot of notice about that,” she said. “Moving high school boundaries is hard, because the older you get, the more attached you are to a particular school. So, it’s a difficult process.”

Bend-La Pine Schools collected data through forums and surveys, and Nordquist said “not one person wanted his or her child to move to a new school.”

“Whether it was the brand-new school, or anywhere else, everyone said, ‘Please keep us where we are. We love our school.’

So that’s great, but it doesn’t work to relieve the overcrowding.

So, I would say in general, people who got moved were not thrilled by the idea.”

The new high school has yet to be named, but will be located in south-central Bend, off Knott Road and 15th Street.

The school district will be selecting the planning principal for the new high school this summer, with plans for them to come on board in July 2020. They will bring a committee together to start plans for the school, including the naming process.

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Summer Art Camps at ARTdog will run June through August and include Builders Camp, Explorers Camp, Dog Camp, Space Camp and Magic Camp. Campers will play and create outdoors and have lots of open studio time to play with materials and follow ideas. There are lots of registration options to fit your summer schedule.

Register for a 4-day week or add on Friday to make it a 5-day week. Camps run 9am-3pm with limited morning-only spots available. Learn more and register online. artdogbend.com

Athletic Club of Bend

Let ACB be part of your family’s healthy and active lifestyle. Summer camps are open to the public with a focus on providing hands-on fun in a safe and engaging environment. Youth Camps for ages 6 – 12 serve up sports, camp games and group tennis lessons offered Monday – Friday, between June 17th and August 30th. Explorer Camps for ages 3 – 6 encourage children to explore the world around them. Campers are welcome to dress in costume and fully immerse themselves in the weekly themes. This camp is offered Monday – Friday, between June 17 and August 30. Caravan Camps for ages 10 – 14 are designed for the adventurer at heart. Each day will feature an interesting, unique excursion to local Central Oregon destinations and is offered

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Base Camp Studio

Offering Art and Play All Day for kids 5-11 years old. Camps run Monday through Friday 9 am – 3 pm. Each week-long camp has a theme that will expose children to a variety of materials and techniques that encourage them to explore and discover their innate creativity. Groups are kept small, the play is fun, and we take the studio outside to enjoy Bend’s summer. $200/week. basecampstudio.org

BEAT Children’s Theater

Offering camps with a variety of themes such as Improv, Three One Acts, Is Acting for You? Mini-Musical, Shakespeare, Musical Theatre, Dance and Movement for the Actor. Camps include several different sessions and themes, run half days, (mornings or afternoons) and are geared toward kids ages 7-17. Dates are July 1518, July 29-August 1, August 5-8, August 12-15 & August 19-22. beatchildrenstheatre.org

Bend Endurance Academy

Rock Climbing camps are designed for the youth climber that has a little bit of previous climbing

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Bend FC Timbers Soccer Camp

Two sessions for boys and girls ages 5-12. Camp takes place at Big Sky Park in Bend and includes a camp T-shirt. $160 for full day/ $100 for halfday (9 am - 12 noon). July 15-18 and 22-25. bendfctimbers.com

Bend Hoops

Offering several summer camps for boys and girls. Each session is for kids entering 1st-8th grades. Check the website for 2019 dates and times. bendhoops.com

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Bend Science Station

Want to spark your child’s inner scientist? Check out the Bend Science Station’s summer line up!

Camps combine hands-on STEM investigations with summer adventures and new discoveries all in their spectacular new learning laboratories on the OSU-Cascades campus! bendsciencestation.org

Big Lake Youth Camp

Offering a variety of exciting overnight camps for different ages, including Adventure (ages 7-9), Junior (ages 10-12), Tween (11-13) and Teen (13-17) Camps run every week starting June 23 through August 11. Check out their website for a full listing! biglake.org/summer-schedule

Camp Courage

An art day camp for children experiencing loss and grief. Campers engage in activities to express their feelings in a fun, safe and supportive environment. July 22-25. Registration is required – for more information call 541-382-5882.

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Camp Tamarack Experience

A traditional overnight camp here in Central Oregon. With a 1 to 4 staff to camper ratio, they offer campers ages 8-13 a wide variety of weekly classes to participate in, from photography to ceramics, paddle boarding to snorkeling, and team sports to wood working! The days are full and the days are fun! $495 for a week-long session. June 30-August 23. camptamarack.com/summer-camp

Camp Fire

SummerKids (9 weeks) Under the Sea, Survivor Camp, Mad Science and more! This camp is for ages K-6th grade and runs a full week, every week in the summer between June 17 – August 16.

Financial assistance is available. Location TBD.

Tumalo Day Camp

A rich group outdoor learning and growing experience that lets kids from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade share joy and responsibility while making new, lasting friendships. Location is Tumalo State Park and two sessions are available: June 24 - 28 & August 19 - 23.

Teen Service Challenges

Offering teens the opportunity to learn leadership skills while giving back to their community. Five sessions offered: July 1 - August 16.

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Cascade Indoor Sports

Cascade Indoor Sports offers a variety of summer camps, including an All Sports Camp, in their premier indoor sports & family fun facility.

They have almost 50,000 square feet for soccer, roller hockey, roller skating, flag football, and lacrosse. cascadeindoorsports.com/kids/sports-camp

Cascade School of Music

Cascade School of Music offers several different types of camps, including Discover World Music Camp (ages 6-8) which is perfect for kids who want to explore the world of music making.

Sing, play with kid-friendly instruments, dance and create. Meet the Instruments (ages 9-11) is designed to launch your child into the world of instrumental music. Each child will get a chance to try four different instruments: violin or cello, guitar, piano, and drums. Ukulele Camp (ages 7-12) introduces children to chords, strums and picking notes and includes Hawaiian, folk and contemporary songs. Percussion Camp (ages 10-14) is for beginners who will try out Marimba, glockenspiel, snare drums, bass drums, tenor drums, cymbals, and other percussion instruments. See website for dates and times and to register online. ccschoolofmusic.org

Cascades Academy

Cascades Academy offers some fantastic camps on their 21-acre campus all taught by their teachers for children is grades K-5. Themes for 2019 include Tomorrowland, Castles & Dragons, Forensic Investigation and more. Check out the new program for pre-K children offered half days from 9am-1pm. Camps are weekly and run from June 24 – August 3. Half days and full days available. cascadesacademy.org

Central Oregon Gymnastics Academy (COGA)

Offering camps that give athletes a chance to advance levels or become more proficient at their current level. Camps run Tuesday-Thursday from 9am-1pm and include 2 ½ hours of gymnastics instruction a day and fun games for the remainder of the time. 6:1 ratio. Camps are by level and occur every week from July 9 – August 15. cogymnastics.com/summer2019

Chockstone Climbing

Offering camping and climbing at Smith Rock State Park with local AMGA SPI and Certified Guides: 4-day camps for beginner to intermediate climbers ages 11-15 (all gear included) and 11-day camps for experienced indoor or competitive climbers age 12-17: June 18-28 and July 24-Aug 3. Call for details and registration: 541-318-7170.

Chockstoneclimbing.com

Diane’s Riding Place

These five-day riding camps take place Monday through Friday from 9am to 12pm, with the option to extend the camp hours until 2pm during some weeks. Camps dates are every week from June 17 – August 30. Cost is $350 per session. bendhorseride.com

High Cascade Snowboard Camp

Offering an all-inclusive 8-day summer snow-

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SUMMER CAMPS board camp located at Mt. Hood. They offer five 8-day world-class snowboard freestyle camps starting June 16 – August 2. Find out more information online. highcascade.com

High Desert Museum

Offering multiple camps for children in grades K-5 weekly from June 17 – August 23. Themes include Forces of Nature, Bug Out! Wildlife Care and more. Consult the website for a full listing and don’t delay in registering, as these camps fill fast! highdesertmuseum.org/kids-camp/

Jordan Kent Multi-Sport Camp

Coming to Bend June 24-27, July 15-18, & August 12-15 from 9am-3pm. The camp offers football, basketball or soccer where kids will participate in skills, drills and games while learning about nutrition education. Open to boys and girls ages 6-12. Cost is $179.95 /149.95 (partial day).

New this year - Bend Baseball Camp’s dates are July 29-August 1 and the cost is $129.95 for half day. jordankentcamps.com/bend-camps

Kid Made Camp

Is your child a budding business person, restauranteur, artist, designer, or cook? Kids in grades K-4 and 5-8 will learn money management, art and cooking, marketing and sales. Camps available in Sisters and Bend. June, July and August dates. Register online. kidmadecamp.com

MBSEF Cycling

Four separate summer mountain bike sessions for kids ages 6-14. Each session is two weeks long with the option of riding two, three, or four days a week. The focus is to build skills and endurance all in a fun, supportive environment. Camps are Monday – Thursday, 9am-11am, June 24-July 3, July 8-18, July 22-August 1, & August 12-22. mbsef.org/cycling/cycling-home

MSCS Summer Camp

Offering Junior Explorers (ages 3-5) and Explorers (ages 6-12) Camps, featuring field trips, arts and crafts, games, water fun, science experiments and hands-on academic review.

Camp is located on an 11-acre private campus with low child-to-teacher ratio. mscsbend.org

OMSI Summer Camps

Offering various overnight camps with themes like Backpacking, Desert Survival, Fossils and Geology. There’s even a family camp and one for teen girls only! Locations vary throughout Oregon. omsi.edu

Oregon Olympic Athletics (OOA)

Offering several exciting summer camps this year. Consult their website for all the details.

oregonolympicathletics.com/camps

Oregon Adaptive Sports

Offering a variety of youth summer programs for a wide range of populations, including adaptive cycling, kayaking, hiking and golf. oregonadaptivesports.org

Outward Bound Summer Adventure Camps

For kids starting at age 12. If your child loves the outdoors and wants to learn important survival skills, these camps are the way to go. Various locations and schedules available outwardbound.org

R.A.D. Camps

Offering a unique approach to summer with fun excursions to places like Smith Rock, Cultus Lake and Tumalo Creek. If your child loves to explore and be outdoors, this is the one! Camps are geared for kids ages 7-12 (R.A.D. Kids) and 13-17 (R.A.D. Teens). Camps run from June to August, from 8am-4pm. radcamps.com

Rhinestone Ranch

Offering 9 sessions of horse-riding camps this summer every week except July 15-19 from June 24-August 30 from 9am-1pm. Children ages 5-18 are welcome. $325/week. rhinestoneranchbend.com

River Song Montessori

offers a fun music, art, and adventure camp based on Montessori educational values for youth ages 7-12. The camp is in partnership with Rise Up - Bend Roots Education Project.

Classes include yoga, rhythm, ukulele, filmmaking, mystery games, outdoor walkabouts,

geocaching, and a variety of interactive art activities. The camp will run from June 17th-August 24th. 8:30am-3:30pm with an after-camp option.

Offering a full 10-week camp. Pay in full for a discount. Weekly camps available. bendriversongschool.org

Samara Learning Center Academic Camp

Review, progress, and have FUN! Help prevent “summer slide” with direct instruction in math, spelling, and reading, which are blended with experiments, games, art, crafts, outdoor activities, and weekly field trips! Camp is for incoming 1st8th graders and dates are July 8-August 2 from 8:30am-1pm, Monday-Friday. samaralearningcenter.org

Tula Movement Arts

Offering two exciting camps: Moving Joyfully Camp, for ages 3-6 is filled with art projects, movement exploration, obstacle courses, acrobatics, and games. On the last day, there will be an informal show for families. June 17-21 & August 12-16 from 9 - 11:30am.

Circus Ninja Camp features multiple days of slacklining, acroyoga, juggling, hooping and aerial yoga. This camp is for total beginners or seasoned circus ninjas. Camp finishes the week with a performance for family and friends. Ages 5-8: July 15-19, July 29-August 2 & August 12-16 from 1:30-4pm and ages 9-12: July 8-12, July 22-26 & August 5-9 from 1:30-4pm. tulamovementarts.com

Tumalo Creek Kayak Kids Paddle Sports Adventure Camp.

These 4-day camps offer instruction for kids, ages 8-15. The week includes a day of standup paddle boarding, kayaking, rafting and sailing on Elk Lake. Cost is $395/week and dates are: Spring 2019 | 25

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SUMMER CAMPS Discovery Kids offers creative fun camps with varying weekly themes. The cost is $100 per week, or $30 per day. Camps run weekly throughout the summer from June 17 – August 8, Monday through Thursday, 8 – 11:55am. discoverykidspreschool.com

Sunriver Nature Center

June 24-27, July 8-11, 15-18, 22-25, August 5-8, 12-15, 19-22, 26-29 from 9am-4pm. tumalocreek.com/tour/kids-paddlesports-adventure-camp

Wildheart Nature School Summer Camps

Nothing gets our nature spirit moving like the summer season! Camps are divided into groups for ages 4-13 with themes like Witches and Wizards, Dragon Riders and more! Sessions are weekly, beginning June 24 – August 9. Locations include Tumalo State Park and Skyliner Lodge.

Check out the full schedule online.

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Youth Camp at COCC

Offering a unique opportunity for children ages 10-14 to explore culinary, technology and special interest subjects like archaeology and aviation on a community college campus. Camps are held Monday – Thursday at all COCC locations: Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras. Registration is online and begins April 8. cocc.edu/youthcamp

Dana’s Discovery Kids

Looking for a half day camp for the little ones to keep them busy during the summer? Dana’s

Sunriver Nature Center offers two camps for kids of different ages. Summer Nature Camp is for kids ages 5-10 and runs Tuesdays – Thursdays from 9am-12pm. Your budding naturalist will love exploring woods, wetland and wildlife!

Kinder Critter Camp is for kids ages 3.5-5 on Fridays. Learn about a new animal each week through games, crafts and stories.

Sunrivernaturecenter.org

Trampoline Zone and Adventure Park

Offering camps throughout summer – Monday through Thursday 8:30am-12:30pm. $40 Per Day or $140 Per Week. The All Sports Camp program is the Original and Best Sports Camp designed for boys and girls currently enrolled in 1st through 5th grade. During these days of no school, your child will be involved with many different sports related games. Playing all the biggest hits from soccer to football and pickleball, skating to dodgeball, and of course, Happy Ball! Invite your friends and come conquer top coaches! http://tzbend.com

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What makes a business successful? Obviously, many factors come into play, but to be a mainstay of the community, a business has to go that extra mile to create a quality experience that is perfect in every way.

It’s about hard work and commitment.

Bend Nest offered our readers the chance to recognize the businesses in this community that they cherish. You voted, we counted and now it’s time to share the love!

Announcing the 2019 winners of Best of the Nest…

Best Of Healthcare

Best Of Education

Best Pediatrician

Best After-School Program

Best Children’s Dentist

Best Day Care

1st Dr. Mary Rogers (Central Oregon Pediatric Associates) 2nd Dr. Michelle Mills (BMC - Summit Medical Group)

1st Drs. David & Elise Burrus (Pediatric Dental Associates) 2nd Drs. Steve & Stephanie Christensen (Deschutes Pediatric Dentistry)

Best Children’s Orthodontist

1st Dr. Brian Rosenzweig (Rosenzweig Orthodontics) 2nd Dr. Blair Struble (Struble Orthodontics)

Best Children’s Optometrist

1st Dr. Gabby Marshall (Elemental Eyecare) 2nd Dr. Derri Sandberg (Lifetime Vision Care)

Best OB /Midwife

1st Dr. John Murphy (Central Oregon OB/GYN) 2nd Dr. Mary Ann Ahmed (East Cascade Women’s Group)

Best Alternative Healthcare Practitioner for Children & Families

1st Drs. David and Sarah Lutz (Pure Light Family Chiropractic) 2nd Havilah Brodhead, FNP (Hearthside Medicine Family Care)

Best Speech Therapist / Pathologist

1st Caroline Skidmore, M.S. (Skidmore Speech & Language Services) Tie for 2nd Casey Collins, M.A. (Sonos Neurotherapies) Tie for 2nd Stephanie Wilhite, M.A. (Skidmore Speech & Language Services)

Best Veterinarian

1st Dr. Byron Maas (Bend Veterinary Clinic) Tie for 2nd Dr. Debbie Putnam (Riverside Animal Hospital) Tie for 2nd Dr. Cody Menasco (Riverside Animal Hospital)

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1st KIDS INC. (Bend Park & Rec) 2nd Boys & Girls Clubs

1st The Cottage Daycare Inc. 2nd Inspire Early Learning Centers

Best Preschool

1st The Cottage Daycare Inc. 2nd Seven Peaks School

Best Tutor / Learning Specialist

1st Sylvan Learning Center 2nd Heather Ashley, M.ED / Learning Specialist

Best Arts Instruction

1st Base Camp Studio 2nd Bend Park & Recreation District’s Art Station

Best Day Camp for Little Kids 1st High Desert Museum 2nd Camp Fire Central Oregon

Best Day Camp for Older Kids 1st Camp Fire Central Oregon 2nd RAD Camps

Best Of Recreation Best Place for a Playdate (Indoor) 1st Mountain Air 2nd Trampoline Zone & Adventure Park

Best Place for a Playdate (Outdoor) 1st Columbia Park 2nd Mt. Bachelor

Best Martial Arts School

Best Parent’s Date Night

Best Kids Yoga

Best Place for a Sweet Treat

Best Dance Studio

Best Mom’s Night Out

Best Place for a Child’s Birthday Party

Best Dad’s Night Out

Best Teen Hangout

Best Of Shops & Services

1st Sortor Bushido Kai Karate 2nd Oregon Tai Chi WuShu

1st Tula Movement Arts 2nd Obsidian Education

1st V!be Dance Center 2nd Gotta Dance

1st Mountain Air 2nd Trampoline Zone & Adventure Park

1st Old Mill District 2nd Trampoline Zone & Adventure Park

Best Family Festival

1st Bend Summer Festival 2nd Balloons Over Bend

Best Family Night Out

1st Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails 2nd Ariana Restaurant

1st Goody’s Chocolates and Ice Cream 2nd Bonta Gelato

1st Portello Winecafe 2nd The Dogwood Cocktail Cabin

1st Stihl Whiskey Bar 2nd Crux Fermentation Project

Best Children’s Clothing Store (New) 1st Hopscotch Kids 2nd Stone Soup Kids

Best Children’s Consignment Store 1st Stone Soup Kids 2nd Kids Paradise

1st McMenamins Old St. Francis School 2nd Lava Lanes

Best Teen Clothing

Best Place for Kid-Friendly Camping

Best Skate Shop

1st Elk Lake Resort Campground 2nd Tumalo State Park

1st Vanilla Urban Threads

1st Tactics 2nd SOLSK8S

Best Place to Feel Like a Kid Again (for Adults)

Best Toy Store

Best Of Dining

Best Place for a Child’s Haircut

1st Trampoline Zone & Adventure Park 2nd Mountain Air

Best Kids Menu

1st Life & Time 2nd Jackson’s Corner

Best Family Restaurant 1st Jackson’s Corner 2nd Pacific Pizza & Brew

Best Kid-Friendly Brewery 1st Crux Fermentation Project 2nd Worthy Brewing

1st Leapin’ Lizards Toy Company 2nd Learning Express Toys

1st Sprouts Kids Salon 2nd Bishops

Best Photographer for Children and Families 1st Natalie Stephenson 2nd Jewel Images

Best Non-Profit Serving Families

1st KIDS Center 2nd Family Resource Center of Central Oregon

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Best of the Nest feature written by Howard Leff

Photos by Megan Baker

Best Arts Instruction

Base Camp Studio Darlene Becker, Executive Director/Founder

✿ Why is art training so important for kids?

Making art is a great way for young children to engage their senses, learn and explore their world. Our philosophy is to offer open-ended art experiences that enable children to be creative while gaining self-awareness, confidence and independence.

The focus is on process over product.

For older children and teens, art can offer a much-needed creative outlet, a healthy passion and a great way to connect with others.

✿ Which activities do preschoolers and toddlers enjoy the most?

We make a variety of homemade doughs which toddlers and preschoolers love. They roll it, make shapes and stick little animals or items from nature in it. It’s a great activity for young children and a perfect way for parents and their children to interact. Any type of painting is typically a hit. We like to use a variety of traditional and non-traditional painting tools, as well as different surfaces on which to paint. Young children also like to squeeze lots and lots of glue!

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✿ Why did you decide to create an art group for teens experiencing anxiety?

Coping with anxiety seems to be an issue that many of our teens are facing. Art therapy groups can offer coping skills, a way to express feelings, increased self-awareness and connection with other teens having similar experiences.

✿ How does your Parent’s Group class enable grownups to join the fun?

Creating a place where parents can connect with one another as well as their children is very important to us. Our hope is to create a culture where everyone wants to participate and play with materials. We often hear parents say that they would love to offer these opportunities at home but don’t because of the prep and the cleanup.

When we facilitate events for parent groups, families just need to be present with each other and we take care of the rest.

Base Camp Studio

2531 NE Studio Rd., Bend 503-953-2175 basecampstudio.org Check website for class schedules

Best Nonprofit Serving Children

KIDS Center Shelly Smith, Executive Director

✿ What would you like our community to know about KIDS Center?

KIDS Center is a child abuse intervention center built by the community 25 years ago. Our mission is to prevent, evaluate and treat child abuse.

We provide unique, compassionate and comprehensive services to children and families impacted by abuse in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook Counties.

✿ What services do you provide for families?

KIDS Center supports children impacted by all forms of abuse – physical, sexual, neglect, witness to domestic violence, and drug endangerment. We employ a multifaceted approach to the problem of child abuse through medical evaluations, which include a child-friendly forensic interview and medical exam; therapy, for the child and family to break the cycle of abuse and begin a cycle of healing; family support, for identifying and addressing issues impacting a child’s ability to heal; and prevention and education, to raise awareness of child abuse, as well as ways to prevent, identify and react responsibly.

While these photos represent KIDS Center’s direct services, due to confidentiality purposes, children and adults in the photos are not actual clients of KIDS Center.”

✿ What can adults and children expect during their first visit?

KIDS Center staff strives to meet each family where they are, providing professional and compassionate services without judgment or bias. From the moment they walk in the door, each family is supported by a team consisting of a family support specialist, medical examiner, forensic interviewer and a dedicated therapist.

✿ What can we do to help?

Get involved! Take a training to learn how to help prevent child abuse and share this information with other adults in your life. Speak up! Talk with children about body boundaries and encourage them to tell a trusted adult if someone does or says something that makes them uncomfortable. Donate! No child is ever turned away at KIDS Center, and services are provided at no cost to the child and family. (The average cost per child receiving full comprehensive services is $5,000.) Donations from individuals and businesses in our community make our services possible.

KIDS Center

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Best Kids Menu

Life & Time

Garrett Wales and Mike Moor, Cofounders

✿ What’s the concept behind “free range fast food”?

Parents know all too well the struggle of keeping up with a busy schedule while still feeding their kids the nutrients they need. It’s become too easy to pick up something fast that doesn’t contribute to their health or wellness. We’re here to change that.

We don’t want parents to have to sacrifice the health of their children, or themselves, for convenience or price. That’s why Life & Time exists; we’re working to bring healthy, sustainable, organic and most importantly, real food options to everyone — at speeds that compete with the traditional fast food restaurants.

✿ Why did you decide to include special menu options for kids?

Children are the face of our future and we want to help grow and sustain healthy communities. While we were building out our menu, we always knew we wanted to put a major emphasis on affordable, healthy options for kids. Our founders are both parents themselves, so the need for food that they’d feel comfortable feeding their own kids was very important.

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✿ What’s the secret to making healthy food that kids actually like to eat?

Thoughtfully sourced ingredients are at the heart of delicious, healthy kids food. We took traditional items that kids are familiar with and searched to find the best ingredients possible to make them in a way that parents would actually feel good about. Take for example our Crispy Chicken Tenders — this is a very traditional item you’d find on a kid’s menu, but we make ours in-house with 100 percent organic free-range chicken breasts, house-made gluten-free breading that’s free of MSG or additives, and we crisp the strips in sunflower oil.

✿ Describe the perfect PB&J.

We’d have to say ours! Between two pieces of organic, whole wheat, 24-grain bread, we spread organic peanut butter and a no-sugar-added marionberry jam.

Our twist on this classic features bread that’s packed full of nutrients and a jam that isn’t loaded with added sugar. Plus, it’s delicious!

Life & Time

320 SW Century Dr., Suite 100, Bend 541-797-0168 lifeandtime.com Mon.-Sun., 7am – 9pm

Photos by Megan Baker

Best Alternative Healthcare Practioner for Children & Families

Pure Light: A Family Health Studio Dr. David J. Lutz

✿ How does chiropractic care benefit children?

Given the exponential growth and development of babies and children, there is no better time for their central nervous systems to be in balance. A child’s spine undergoes various levels of stress during birth as they learn to walk, crawl, play and become involved in sports and activities.

Benefits of pediatric chiropractic care include optimal brain development, achieving developmental milestones appropriately, a strong immune system, a balanced digestive system, improved sleep, the prevention of injuries and optimal health physically and emotionally.

✿ What sort of work do you do with expectant mothers?

Both Dr. David and Dr. Sarah Lutz are certified in the well-known Webster Technique for pregnancy care. It is a specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment for pregnant mothers that reduces interference to the central nervous system and balances pelvic muscles and ligaments. This adjustment promotes proper baby positioning, optimizes uterine function, and allows for a safer, easier birth for mom and baby.

✿ What techniques do you use with newborns?

We use very gentle adjusting techniques that allow babies

to feel comfortable, safe and nurtured. There is no twisting or “popping” of the spine. Light touch and sustained pressure —the same amount of pressure to check the ripeness of a tomato — is all it takes to balance their little bodies.

✿ Overall, how can chiropractic care help families thrive?

Chiropractic adjustments promote health and optimize human performance through every stage of life. Our focus is always on enhancing the function of the master control system of the body — the central nervous system. Gentle, specific chiropractic adjustments improve connection between the brain and the body, allowing for greater adaptability to our stressful toxic world.

Pure Light: A Family Health Studio 497 SW Century Dr., Suite 120, Bend 541-382-1118 purelightfamilychiropractic.com Check website for hours & appointments

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Best Kids Yoga

Tula Movement Arts Lotsie Cash, Owner ✿ What does the term “movement arts” encompass?

We offer so many different kinds of classes that we couldn’t just call ourselves a yoga studio. We have classes like Aerial Yoga, AcroYoga, Hoop Dance and Slackline, so it feels appropriate to refer to us more as an innovative movement facility. I was a professional ballet dancer so performance, creative expression and the joy of movement are part of my DNA. They’re certainly at the core of Tula’s mission as well.

✿ What are the advantages to starting movement classes at a very young age?

There are so many! For one, young kids don’t have a story about what they can and can’t do yet; they just show up with a sense of curiosity and play. They learn so much faster because of this. There are also tons of kinesthetic advantages like increased coordination. Plus, several studies show that movement in early childhood can lead to increased intellectual capabilities.

✿ Tell us about your “aerial” yoga classes for kids.

For the younger kids, simply swinging and/or laying in the

hammock never gets old. For the older kids, we offer a range of basic yoga poses to more advanced circus-style poses depending on the level. It’s a great way to strengthen and stretch the body, increase coordination and even build confidence. It’s so much fun that it is easy to forget it’s also a lot of work!

✿ Why is yoga an important part of prenatal care?

Prenatal yoga is an incredible way to alleviate the aches and pains of pregnancy, while preparing the body for optimal labor, delivery and postpartum recovery. We often see a lot of bonding between the mamas in Prenatal Yoga that often carries over to Mom & Baby Yoga and even sometimes beyond the studio. In my own pregnancy (just this past year), I honestly couldn’t imagine going through the experience without prenatal yoga and the other women I connected with in class.

Tula Movement Arts

2797 NW Clearwater Dr., Suite 100 & 500, Bend 541.322.6887 tulamovementarts.com Check website for class schedules Spring 2019 | 35

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Spring Cleaning & the Consequences of Clutter

By Annette Benedetti

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pring is the time of year when people start thinking about breaking out the garbage pails and mop buckets and cleaning house. The changing of seasons signifies a change in lifestyle. More outside time is around the corner, and getting a fresh start with a fresh house just makes sense—but finding the motivation can be difficult.

Out of control snacking, insomnia, deteriorating relationships: a cluttered home results in so much more than an unattractive space. In fact, the state of your home may be the very reason your interest in much-needed home organization projects wanes before you even get started.

The consequences of clutter

While a clean and organized home is easier to navigate and makes everyone look good to visitors, the consequences of a cluttered living space are more serious than most realize. Research shows that a messy home negatively affects important areas of life.

The following are four negative effects that studies have shown result from living in a disorganized home.

• People are more likely to make poor food choices when they live in a chaotic environment.

• People who view their home as disorganized tend to experience more stress and depression.

• Sleeping in a messy room may cause interrupted sleep and insomnia. A tidy environment translates to a more restful night.

• One study found that participants who lived in a clean and organized home were healthier than those who did not.

Most studies agree that a tidy home makes for a healthy and happier life. That said, turning a cluttered home into an orderly space isn’t a simple task. It requires time, effort and a whole lot of strategy. That’s where the experts come in.

Decluttering your home

If organizing your house isn’t among your greatest strengths, there are experts you can turn to for help. The recent success of the show, “Tidying up with Marie Kondo,” has put professional organizers in the spotlight. These individuals, much like Kondo, can come to your home and help you turn a wreck into a coordinated living space.

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If you are more of the DIY type, or if the idea of someone else going through your piles of stuff makes you cringe, consider kicking off your cleaning projects with some tips from those who know best.

Marie Kondo’s Best Lessons

You’ve got kiddos, a job and a house to hold together and you don’t want to spend your free time watching someone organize a house on TV. That’s fair. Skip the show and get started on your own home with these tips from some of Marie Kondo’s early episodes: • Put everything in one pile so you can see the accumulation of your stuff. Ask yourself what you want to bring into your future. Only keep items that spark joy.

• Aim for a small rectangle when folding clothes. Each item should be able to stand on end when you are done.

Tip: Watch “Marie Kondo: Basic Folding Method” on YouTube for instructions.

• Don’t store things in garbage or plastic bags. Use boxes (clear containers make it easier to see what you have).

Advice From a Local Professional

Julie Hooks, owner of Bend’s Organized & Really Living, helps locals declutter, streamline and purge their homes. She has plenty of tips and tricks for families who are ready to dive into spring cleaning.

Here are just a few: • First, clean out your car, pick up some cardboard boxes and garbage bags and grab a notebook and pen.

• Ask yourself this question: who are you? Are you a family of ski bums or scholars devoted to furthering your knowledge?

What makes you feel like you are really living?

• Write down each person’s passions and ask yourself how you want your home to feel to you. Do you want your home to be a peaceful place of rest or an exciting Grand Central Station for all of your friends and family? Boil it down to the basics and make a note of this.

• Consider a possible fire evacuation. What items would be most important?

• Everyone in your home must be on board when decluttering.

Include each member when going through their be-

longings—even the 2-year-old.

• For every item I bring into my home, I donate a similar item back to the thrift store.

• Hit each room one at a time with your notebook, boxes and bags labeled “donate,” “gifts,” “trash” and “repair.”

• In the kitchen, lay out a rug gripper on a large flat surface to prevent items from getting knocked over. Empty out every cabinet at once. This is a great time to deep clean them.

• Organize like items with like items on your flat surface, one at a time.

• Do not keep anything which irritates you, brings you pain or gives you guilt.

Spring cleaning offers families more than a fresh house; it provides an opportunity to purge the home of the things that obstruct healthy living. There are a variety of approaches you can take to tidying up your place, however, one thing the professionals agree on is you must focus on what brings you joy. Nothing is as satisfying as a happy home.

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CALENDAR It’s Kid’s Day at the High Desert Museum March 27.

Monday-Friday

Stroller Strides

FITNESS — This total-body condition workout is designed for moms with kids in tow.

growth mindset-based national curriculum, exploring what are called “Trails” — themes that build life skills, understanding and a child’s sense of self-worth. Open to all K-3rd graders.

FIT4MOM Bend | First class free, packages avail.

Amity Creek Magnet Library | $60

Mondays

Mondays

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Starflight After School Club

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Mommy/Daddy & Me

PLAY — Incorporate art, storytelling, animal demonstrations, games, movement, music and literature into an enjoyable class for both children

and adults! For ages 2 – 4, accompanied by a parent. April 29th: Chickens and Dinosaurs! | May 6th: Scavenger Hunt! | May 13th: Weather! | May 20th: Pollinators!

Skyliners Lodge | $44/4 classes wildheartnatureschool.com

Tuesdays

Youth/Adult Slackline

LEARN — This class teaches a combination of basic poses, transitions, floor exercises, stamina drills and games. All ages and levels welcome.

Tula Movement Arts | Drop-in and

class packages available

tulamovementarts.com

Tuesdays

Creativity Lab for Toddlers

ART — Come join an art class specifically designed for toddlers to engage in age-appropriate open-ended art-making activities. Children will have the chance to explore a variety of materials in a safe and playful environment that you don’t have to clean up! Drop in for ages 1-3 years old w/caregiver.

Base Camp Studio | $10

basecampstudio.org

Tuesdays

Mom & Baby Yoga

ing a different book each week, followed by an art-making experience inspired by the story.

Perfect for ages 1.5-5 years.

PLAY — Mothers with babies through early walkers are invited to stretch, strengthen, relax and have fun in a child-friendly environment. Moms will focus on shoulder opening, easy yoga sequences and postnatal core-building while spending time bonding with their babies and connecting with fellow new moms. No experience necessary.

ARTdog | Packages available

tulamovementarts.com

Tuesdays-Fridays

Go Fly a Kite After School Club

CREATE— Children will be introduced to a variety of media and techniques through process-oriented exploration and investigation. Ages 3-6 years old w/caregiver.

Amity Creek Magnet School | $78

Tula Movement Arts | $17/drop-in

Creativity Lab for Preschoolers

Base Camp Studio | $10 basecampstudio.org

Wednesdays (April 17-May 1)

Drawing for Kids

ART—This class offers new approaches to shake things up and move kids past drawing with hard outlines. We’ll explore fun and radical techniques such as automatic drawing, super-large-scale drawing, trace monotype and reduction drawing. Valuable for both budding artists and ambitious art students. For ages 9 and up. 3-5pm.

Bend Art Center | $110 includes supplies

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Wednesdays

Creative Story Time

STORYTIME — Bring your little for this unique story time featur-

Kids Rock the Races, Hot Cocoa Run

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Wednesdays

After School Wednesday

SKATE — Come skate with Coach Gabe after early release from school every Wednesday!

Bearings Skateboard Academy

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Wednesdays (through April 17)

KITE — Design, build and fly your own kites! Kids will be able to get creative and have the opportunity to learn about aerodynamics and engineering as they put their designs to the test. Let’s go fly a kite! Open to all K-3rd graders. ultracamp.com

Wednesdays (thru March 27)

Kids Camp: Art Around the World ART — Learn and create art around the world. Ages 6-9 years. Online registration required.

Downtown Bend Public Library | Free deschuteslibrary.org

Thursdays (thru April)

Skating Open Practice

SKATE—Come get some skating practice in! This special 40-minute practice session is open to the public from 6:207:00pm

The Pavilion | $6 including skate rental bendparksandrec.org

Thursdays

Kids Skill Building Series-Wood/Welding/ Craft

BUILD— Kids ages 10-14 will have a lot fun in this monthly class series while learning valuable skills. The classes include making a Glockenspiel, stitching a leather wallet, creating sheet metal art and crafting a cutting board, cedar birdhouse, classic toolbox, planter box and more. All materials will be provided, and the kids will go home with a handcrafted project each week. Students are required to sign up for the whole series

unless otherwise noted.

DIY Cave | $160/month diycave.com

Thursdays

Art Club

CRAFTS — A unique after school program that develops creativity, for ages 5-11! Register for a single drop-in session to try it out, or sign up for a month of sessions.

ARTdog | $24/class, packages available artdogbend.com

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CALENDAR

Come to a free demo at the Learning Groove with Ms. April - April 6

First Friday Art Walk

ART — Downtown Bend swells with a ton of art events on First Friday, including some family-friendly events at local businesses like Wabi Sabi.

Downtown Bend & Old Mill District | Free bendfirstfridayartwalk.com

Third Saturday of Every Month

SELCO Family Art Day

ART — Family Art Day invites children, ages 6-12 accompanied by an adult, to craft a family-friendly art project.

Instructors will lead each session. All materials provided.

SELCO Community Credit Union – West Bend Branch | $5 selco.org/art

March 22

March 23 & 30

PLAY — Learn about DnD and how to build a character. Ages 12-17 years.

FLY — Raptors take flight overhead in this intimate demonstration. Experience these powerful predators like never before as our wildlife curators showcase the birds’ agility and grace.

Intro to Dungeons & Dragons

Downtown Bend Public Library | Free

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March 23

Celebrate “World in the Snow” ART — Create art pieces to celebrate the 2018 Caldecott Winner, “Wolf in the Snow.”

Ages 6-9 years.

East Bend Public Library | Free deschuteslibrary.org

Sky Hunters

High Desert Museum | $5

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March 24

PreClay

ART — This is a starter class for little artists to experience the wonders of clay. Children will squish, push, form, flatten and create a ceramic piece and decorate it with bright colored glazes. (Child must be accompanied by adult).

Art Station | $19-$22.80

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No School Day Recreation Swim SWIM — When school’s out, swimming is in!

Juniper Swim & Fitness | Varies bendparksandrec.org

March 27

Kids Day

PLAY — Hands-on activity stations will be set up throughout the museum for kids to explore microscopes, pelts, etc.

High Desert Museum | Free with museum admission highdesertmuseum.org

March 27

LEGO Block Party

BUILD — Kids + 1 gazillion LEGOs = fun. All ages.

East Bend Public Library | Free deschuteslibrary.org

CALENDAR March 27

River Art Workshop

ART — Create river-inspired art to submit it to the Honoring Our Rivers Project. All ages.

make friends and bond with your child.

Gotta Dance Studio | Free (Must RSVP) thelearninggroove.com

Redmond Public Library | Free

April 7

March 28

FUN RUN — Help your Little Fry hatch into a runner — register them for the Little Fry Run, a part of the PacificSource Kids Rock the Races series! If your child is too young to run with the big salmon, this fun run will still get them moving upstream.

A non-competitive, healthy event kids 3-10 will enjoy.

Everyone receives a finishers ribbon for participating.

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Tiny Explorers: Ribbon Play

EXPLORE — Tiny Explorers encourages new parents to kick-start a healthy life enjoying the outdoors by getting their little ones in nature at a young age. The program focuses on new families with infants and toddlers, from birth to 3 years old.

Hillside Park | Free

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March 29

Royal Tea Party

TEA TIME — Wear your finest for a taste of royalty, entertainment and refreshments. Ages 2-11 years.

Downtown Bend Public Library | Free deschuteslibrary.org

April 6

The Learning Groove with Ms. April LEARN — Join Ms. April for a free demo of her parent/child music and movement class for children ages newborn to 4 years old! Learn, sing, dance,

Little Fry Run

Athletic Club of Bend | $5

bendraces.com/salmon-run

April 12-14

Big Wave Challenge

Snowboard— Big Wave is back again! Every year Mt. Bachelor holds this one-ofa-kind event inspired by the event’s host — legendary surfer and Mt. Bachelor Ambassador, Gerry Lopez.

See website for full event schedule. Everyone welcome!

Mt. Bachelor

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April 13

Brooks Resources 50th Anniversary Community Appreciation Day

Earth Day Fair and Parade will come to downtown Bend on April 20.

Build homes for amphibian friends with Children’s Forest April 13

FREE DAY — Free admission to the museum and all the exhibits within, courtesy of Brooks Resources.

High Desert Museum | Free highdesertmuseum.org

April 13

Puddle Stompers: Toad Houses

NATURE — Get the creative juices flowing by building natural homes for amphibian friends with the Children’s Forest of Central Oregon and Discover Your Forest. Ages 3-5 with family.

Riley Ranch Nature Preserve | Free childrensforestco.org

April 13 - June 1

The Learning Groove with Ms. April

Carol Sternkopf Photography

LEARN — Join Ms. April for her spring parent/child music and movement class for children ages newborn to 4 years old! Learn, sing, dance, make friends and bond with your child. Gotta Dance Studio | $135/6-week session (Must

pre-register)

thelearninggroove.com

April 17

Dyslexia & School

LEARN— Representatives from Bend-La Pine Schools will help parents understand how they can best work with the school district, teachers and administrators regarding support for their children with dyslexia.

Samara Learning Center | $5 donation suggested decodingdyslexiaor.org

April 20

Earth Day Fair & Parade

CELEBRATE—The Environmental Center organizes Bend’s annual Earth Day Fair & Parade – a colorful celebration of the natural world and our vibrant community. Join us for live music, local food and family-friendly activities in downtown Bend. See the website for a schedule of events.

The Environmental Center | Free envirocenter.org/tec-events/ earth-day-fair/

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CALENDAR Sunriver Resort Easter Brunch and Egg Hunt April 21

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Youth Paddle camps

July & August

April 20

Thorn Hollow String Band

MUSIC—Hear some toe-tapping tunes from the pioneering house band at the High Desert Museum. Bring the whole family - dancing encouraged!

High Desert Museum | Free with Museum admission highdesertmuseum.org

April 21

Easter Brunch and Egg Hunt

EASTER — Join Sunriver for their annual Easter egg hunt and fabulous Easter brunch at Carson’s American Kitchen!

Sunriver Resort | $55/adult, $29/ child destinationhotels.com/ sunriver-resort

April 27

Oregon Spotted Frog Stewardship Adventure

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NATURE — Learn about the Oregon spotted frog and how to keep our local watershed healthy in this interactive workshop. Take a field trip to an Oregon spotted frog habitat and participate in a stewardship project. For children ages 7 to 10 and a caregiver.

High Desert Museum | $10, members receive discount highdesertmusum.org

April 27 & 28

Banff Mountain Film Festival

FILM—Ignite your passion for adventure! For the past nine years, Friends of Realms has hosted the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour as a fundraiser for Realms Middle School and now the new High School too. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will exhilarate all with amazing big-screen stories

Tower Theatre | $22-$25 towerttheatre.org

May 3-5

Children’s Yoga Teacher Training w/ Deven Sisler

YOGA — This teacher training weekend is for parents, caregivers, yoga teachers and educators who want to share the benefits of yoga and mindfulness with children. Learn poses, guided meditation, partner yoga, use of story and mindful games for ages 7-10 years old and more!

Namaspa Yoga Studio | $400/ before April 15, $450/after April 15. namaspa.com

May 11

Birds Beyond Borders: A Migratory Bird Day Event

BIRDS — Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day, cosponsored by the partners of the Children’s Forest of Central Oregon and Oregon State Parks. This family event features kid-friendly bird walks, educational activities, cultural and art activities and more. Activities offered in English and Spanish.

High Desert Museum | Free, $5 state park fee per vehicle highdesertmuseum.org

May 11

Dyslexia for a Day Simulation

LEARN—Come experience dyslexia for yourself. Participants experience the power of empathy as they take part in a variety of activities that mimic the learning experiences and associated frustration and anxiety that students with dyslexia face on a daily basis. 9:30am – 12:30 pm

Redmond location TBD | $5 donation suggested

decodingdyslexiaor.org/ events

May 11

With Your Child: Wildflower Gardens

MAKE — Just in time for

spring, create wildflowers with your child, ages 5 and up!

Families will work together to create tack-fused and slumped piece depicting wildflower gardens in fused glass.

Additional charge of $30 paid to instructor for raw materials and firing cost.

Art Station | $36-$43.20 bendparksandrec.org

May 18

Puddle Stompers: Fledgling Fun

NATURE — Spark a sense of wonder for nature through imaginative play, exploration, songs and stories with the Children’s Forest of Central Oregon and the High Desert Museum. Ages 3-5 with family.

Stone Creek Park | Free

childrensforestco.org

May 18

With Your Child: Spring Nests

MAKE – Create a unique bird’s nest using clay. Build your nest using small coils and then sculpt little birds and fun eggs to fill your nest!

Paint your eggs with colors and designs — or go for a more realistic look. The sky’s the limit!

Art Station | $49-$58.80 bendparksandrec.org

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The Sound of

Adventure Cascade School of Music enjoys a new home and director

By: K.M. Collins

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With the new year came a big change at Cascade School of Music—including a new Executive Director, Robert Lambeth, and the relocation to a new space on 3rd Street and Emerson.

As the zealous Lambeth walks through a labyrinth of music rooms (formerly real estate offices) in the school’s new building, the melodic notes of an electric guitar and bass become louder and clearer. The talent is undeniable. Shockingly, the musicians are tweens and have been playing for only two years.

Youngsters Andres and Roman are two members of the Fearsome rock band, one of many ensembles CSM hosts while training the musicians. Their pedagogue, Nathan Wegner, who also teaches saxophone, compares Fearsome’s sound to the Foo Fighters (an alt-rock throwback from the ‘90s). Andres compares the sound to “old school rock ‘n roll.” Roman shares a little about the music programs at CSM (of which he is enrolled Cascade School of Music’s Development Director, Kate Hanni (left), in several), enthusiastically Executive Director, Robert Lamexclaiming, “It’s awesome beth (center) and Registrar, Carly here. I have learned so much Marunowski (right). from my teachers.”

Lambeth beams over the whole exchange like a doting parent.

Being a former opera singer with a cornucopia of other music industry experience, Lambeth was the perfect fit for the CSM executive director position, which he started in April 2018. His first mission in the role: find a new building for their 522 students.

Now with more classroom capacity, Lambeth has increased the number of enrollees to 700 (22 percent adults, 78 percent youth) and brought the total number of teachers to 32, with four new hires.

New onboard is the Emerging Faculty Program, which Lambeth also set in motion. The inspiration? Two of the new teachers were musically trained in the CSM program and were ready to graduate and move into a teaching role.

Lambeth, always looking toward a comprehensive vision, says

CULTURE he wants to continue to bolster and support students even as they move beyond the confines of CSM in Bend and into their music careers.

He hopes to bring advice and guidance by engaging and exposing students to music industry folks on all levels, in all genres.

At CSM, to grow musically, pupils are offered individual lessons, classroom instruction, camps and performance ensemble opportunities, as well as Kindermusik classes for the younger set. With pride, Lambeth notes, “Our youngest student is 2 months old and our oldest is 82!”

In addition to Kindermusik, for the younger proteges, classes with titles like Cuddle & Bounce, Sing & Play and Moove and Groove are offered.

To round out CSM’s offerings, Lambeth points to Roman finger picks “Sunday Bloody Sunday” by U2 with back up from bassist, Andres. Photo by K.M. Collins a vibrant outreach program life and has learned what it means to work as part of a team. She anchored to participating orgaalso has learned about dedication, responsibility and hard work. nizations including Bear Creek Middle School, Latino Community Her journey might never have happened if we had not received a Association, Boys & Girls Club, MountainStar Relief Nursery and scholarship for her initial venture into music…”

REACH. As a community music school, CSM chooses to make With a new leader and location, CSM is music education available to everyone amplifying its mission like never before: to through tuition assistance and an emergenenrich the community by providing exceptioncy tuition assistance program providing a al music education and experiences for all 30 to 50 percent cost reduction for students Central Oregonians. In the words of Lambeth, in need. Rentable instruments and scholarprinted in the program guide, “Whether you’re ships are also available. looking to develop the mind of your one-year“We are passionate about underserved — Executive Director, Robert Lambeth old or maintain your cognitive abilities as a youth,” shares Lambeth. retired senior… I invite you to discover, or Some of this passion is fueled by Lamre-discover, the power and joy of music!” beth’s own experiences stemming from a As a 501(c)3 non-profit, income from tuition covers 65 percent of premature birth, a speech impediment and cognitive setbacks, operating expenses, with the rest coming from community fundraising. though these roadblocks are far from evident today. “Seeing

cognitive development issues in children hits home for me,” says

“We are passionate about underserved youth.”

Lambeth. For this reason, Lambeth says cultivating a music therapy program is next on the docket.

About tuition assistance and her daughter’s experience with CSM, local mother Misa Olsen relays, “My daughter came to CSM with raw talent and a love of music... Ani has been introduced to a variety of musical genres, has worked with people from all walks of

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HEALTH Deschutes County SBHCs Pave the Way to a Bright Future for Local Students

By Annette Benedetti Every parent wants the best for their child, and education and healthcare top the list of priorities. Unfortunately for many, access to adequate insurance lies just out of reach. The toll a single trip to the doctor’s office can take on a family’s finances is hefty, with only partial or poor coverage. As a result, many wait to make sure it’s absolutely necessary before taking their kids to see a physician. Every day that passes means another day of missed classes for children attending school.

Fortunately, the Oregon School-Based Health Alliance, a state-wide nonprofit organization serving the state’s families, recognizes that a child’s success in school is greatly affected by their overall health. This organization helps support school-based health centers throughout Oregon—and in Deschutes County—to deliver both quality and affordable healthcare to young people on or near school grounds.

What are Deschutes County SchoolBased Health Centers?

To date, there are 76 certified SBHCs in Oregon. According to Elizabeth Fitzgerald, the clinical supervisor of Deschutes County SBHC, School-Based Health Centers are a national model of healthcare for youth. She says SBHCs are a partnership between the state program office, local public health authority, a medical sponsor and the school or district where the SBHC is located.

Deschutes County currently operates seven SBHC’s in partnership with three medical sponsors: St. Charles, Mosaic Medical, La Pine Community Health and four school districts: Bend-La Pine, Redmond, Sisters and Klamath school districts. SBHC locations include Ensworth Elementary, M.A Lynch Elementary, Redmond High School and others. Locations can be found on the Deschutes County website.

SBHC Services

SBHC’s are staffed and operate much like most family healthcare clinics. They have administrative staff and clinical providers, and in some cases, onsite mental health care providers. The services they offer include: • On-site pediatric care including, but not limited to, well-child exams, sports physicals, vaccinations and diagnosis and treatment of injuries and acute and chronic illness

• Drug and alcohol screening, including tobacco use and referrals for smoking cessation as well as referrals to higher levels of care as needed.

• Mental health services including screening, assessment, treatment planning, individual and family therapy and safety planning.

Who is Eligible for Care?

Deschutes County SBHC school sites are chosen based on demographic data indicating students may be at risk for being underserved. They are open to any youth within the county ages 0-21, and no child may be turned away for their inability to pay.

Additionally, a child may receive a screening, referral or other needed interventions.

What Parents Need to Know

SBHCs give students access to health care services during the school day in an effort to reduce barriers to care and missed school days. Parents must be notified and give consent for the treatment of their young children; however, this changes once a child turns 14.

At the ages of 14 and 15, according to Oregon state law, teenagers can seek out certain services without their parent’s knowledge or consent.

Oregon state law allows the following: • Persons 15 years and older can receive general medical services without parental consent.

• Persons 14 years and older can receive mental health services, including drug and alcohol screening and treatment, without parental consent.

• There is no age of consent for reproductive health and sexually transmitted disease services.

Unlike Multnomah County, Deschutes County SBHCs do not provide family planning or birth control services. However, students can receive screening, testing and treatment for STIs at all SBHCs. According to Fitzgerald, when a teenager seeks treatment without parental consent, the goal for treatment, whenever it is safe and clinically indicated, is to establish or repair supportive relationships. A student may have anxiety about telling a parent they are struggling and may choose to begin treatment confidentially but, with support from their therapist, may choose to let parents know, at which time they may be invited to become part of their child’s treatment plan. It should be noted that students reporting suicidal ideation cannot be kept confidential.

While it is impossible to completely erase a parent’s concerns about their child’s future, with a little help fears can be alleviated.

SBHCs offer an opportunity for families to receive the kind of support and care they need to provide their children with excellent healthcare and the education they need for a success-filled future.

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The spring thaw is approaching, and Central Oregon families are dreaming about bountiful gardens and lovely lawns, with pots of blooming color and nary a weed in sight.

But what would a bee see in that yard? She’d see that perfect grass as a desert, with nothing to eat and no place to call home.

These days, both honey bees and wild bees struggle to survive.

They’ve lost habitat space and food sources, and are threatened by pesticides. Fortunately, every family can make their outdoor spaces more bee friendly.

Meet the wild bees

Honeybees get a lot of press, and rightly so! Beekeepers lose a third of their hives each year to disease and weakness from mites and pesticides. But honeybees have help from beekeepers—it’s the wild, native bees most at risk.

About 4,000 species of wild bees live in North America. That includes a crazy variety of insects such as solitary ground bees, shiny green sweat bees and the lovable, lumbering bumblebees. Fun fact: bumblebees’ tiny but mighty wings can vibrate 2000 times a second!

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By Suzanne Johnson

Not-fun fact: a quarter of bumblebee species are at risk, and two are critically endangered.

Bees are often confused with wasps, their more aggressive cousins. Recognizing a bee is easy: most species have furry, thicker bodies. Wasps and hornets have no hair and tiny waists. Wasps like people-food, and hover around picnic plates and sweet drinks. Bees stay busy collecting pollen and nectar, so they hover around flowers and generally ignore people.

Each bee species plays an important role pollinating plants, from wildflowers to squash to alfalfa to fruit trees. It’s no exaggeration that our whole food system depends on wild bees and honeybees. Just as importantly, bees are amazing creatures that fill unique spots in the ecosystem’s web.

Three ways to create a bee friendly yard

1) Choose a corner of the yard to keep wild for native bee habitat Native bees don’t live in hives—they nest in holes in the ground or old trees. They like undisturbed areas with a bramble of grasses or shrubs for shade. Bumblebees especially like abandoned mouse tunnels for their nests.

2) Keep the garden blooming from spring into fall Plant perennials that bloom at different times: Fruit trees and Oregon Grape give bees an early spring boost; lavender and sunflowers feed bees through hot summer days. Catnip and rabbitbrush stretch the foraging season well into fall. Learn more about pollinator friendly plants at the Environmental Center’s happy hours in the learning garden, from 4pm-6pm every Tuesday, May through August (envirocenter.org).

3) Ditch the chemicals and use non-toxic sprays Did we mention that dandelions and clover feed bees all season?

Spraying these with herbicides causes double trouble by removing food and exposing bees to poisons. Non-toxic recipes (see sidebar) can replace herbicides and pesticides, and are safer for kids and pets, too.

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Become a citizen scientist

Not all scientists work in laboratories. Many work outdoors, observing and interpreting the natural world. Kids and families can join the ranks of citizen scientists, and add to what we know about wild bees.

Start a Family Bee Journal With just a simple notebook, a bee journal makes a fun and educational summer project. Record bee sightings, and what kind of flower she was on. Were the back legs full of pollen? How many flowers did she visit? Can you discover where she lives? Date each entry, and add sketches or photos.

Join online Citizen Science groups Several conservation organizations collect data from people around the country. One example is Bumblebeewatch.org, where people share sightings and photos. Another is Nature’s Notebook (usanpn. org) which collects information on many species, including bees.

SWEET TREATS: RECIPES WITH HONEY Honey Banana Pops (makes 4 servings)

Ingredients: 2 bananas 4 popsicle sticks 1/2 cup peanut butter 2T honey 1 cup Crispy Rice cereal

Cut bananas in half and insert a stick in each half Freeze for several hours Mix peanut butter and honey in a small bowl Spread bananas with honey mixture, then roll in cereal.

Eat right away, or freeze for later.

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For a great time that really makes a splash, Juniper Swim & Fitness Center is the place to be.

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Honey Yogurt Fruit Dip (makes 4 servings)

Ingredients: 1 cup plain yogurt 2T honey Sprinkle of cinnamon 2 cups berries, or fruit cut in chunks.

Stir honey into yogurt in small bowl, and sprinkle with cinnamon Use toothpicks to dip fruit and enjoy!

RECIPES FOR SPRAYS DIY Non-toxic Herbicide Recipe: Fill a 1 liter spray bottle with distilled vinegar. Add 1/2 cup table salt, stir to dissolve, and add 1 T liquid dish soap. Generously spray unwanted plants once or twice daily, for several days.

RECREATION SWIM SPECIAL: Adults are $5.00 each with paid child.

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DIY Non-toxic Pesticide Recipe: This essential oil solution keeps away most garden pests. Spray the whole plant, including the undersides of leaves (test solution on one leaf overnight to check the concentration).

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HUMOR: DEATH BY CHILDREN The Pencident

By Bull Garlington When I married my wife, I married her friends, too. In an instant, I became their mover, their lifter, and their Starbucks butler.

Shortly after my son was born, my wife’s friend asked if WE would watch her children and her house while she and her husband jetted to the Caribbean to create another baby because the two in her house were lonely. So WE moved into her manse for a week with the plan that WE would wrangle her preschoolers while WE went through her medicine cabinet, her closet and her wine rack.

This house would make Martha Stewart roll her eyes. It was opulent. It was luxurious. It was ridiculous. Of course, I wasn’t worried about being left in her house with her two children AND mine because my wife would be with me because WE were watching the house and . . . wife? Wiiiife? Hello?

Yeah, it was just me.

I spent a week in mortal terror as the children slung frosted Cheerios in every direction and peed in their sheets. But I handled it. I locked them in the basement.

Well, us.

My wife’s friend’s basement was wall to wall oh my god and blanketed hip deep with hand crafted Swedish gender-neutral toys. I drug in a crate of juice boxes and Cheezits and we watched cartoons and stayed away from the good china and all was well. Until I sat down on the sumptuous, well-tailored snow-white couch and there, where my shoulder sunk deep into the alabaster upholstery, was a hideous

scrawling splatter of black ink. &*^%$#@!

It was like a capital letter out of the Rorschach alphabet.

It was like a squid threw up. It was like one of the kids had found a sharpie.

“WHO MADE THIS MARK ON THE COUCH!?”

This is rhetorical question, natch. No kid in his right mind is going to answer me, much less admit that — “It was me!”

The little prince. The lord of the manse. My wife’s friend’s son, barely three and a half. I glare all the way through the back of his thin skull but he just beams up at me like ruining a $4,000 couch is no big deal.

High over our heads my wife’s friend was arcing through the sky on her way back home to count her silverware and garden gnomes. Her limo was due at sunrise. I called my wife.

“Hey babe, how’s the house?”

“We’re moving to Florida.”

We were up all night. We went to Walgreens twice. At three in the morning, the spot faded to a dark gray. Around 5, it vanished. I fluffed the pillows and prayed.

The limo screeches to a stop at sunrise. My wife’s friend prances into the house and we’re all enjoying a glass of [unpronounceable snobbish something something] when my wife’s friend flits away down into the basement. Her feet had barely graced the Berber when she squeals.

Well that’s it. We’re buying a couch. The friend comes up, staring at us with a look very similar to what I imagine she would level at a guy who’d just pooped in her wine cellar.

We’re reaching for our checkbook when she says, “Oh my God, how did you get rid of that old stain?”

I level my best Bruce Willis at her kid and seethe: “You said you did it.”

And he says, “Yeah, when I was two.”

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Do you have a favorite bird song or poem? Yolen’s collaboration with her adult children and National Geographic is a beautiful combination of interesting facts, delightful poetry and amazing photographs. From bird definitions, anatomy, eggs, beaks and more, readers will be excited to flap their wings and discover something new! Do you know your state bird? An amazing “State Birds” section is included with a United States map followed by full photographed pages of each bird. A wonderful celebration, perfect for the whole family to read aloud. Answer fun questions about birds, dive into the science of birds and explore “Birds in Stories.”

After reading Yolen’s new book, you will be ready for a Bird Party! (poem on p. 181). A “Find Out More” section is included.

Are you ready to explore nature? Pignat’s first poetry book encourages readers to look around while “the sun whispers” and “dancing trees sway.” Acrostic and couplet poems fill the pages describing seasonal experiences. Watch out for creepy-crawly insects, pick as many apples as possible and shiver in the snow surrounded by ice crystals.

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THINGS I’VE LEARNED Meet Sue Stendahl, owner and operator of the Cottage Day Care in Bend Sue is the mother of two daughters, Hannah and Haley, who are now 38 and 29. With her daughter, Hannah, she runs the Cottage.

Haley has worked with them too in many different capacities. At the day care, they care for 70 to 80 kids on a daily basis—they guide, teach, nurture and actually parent them while their own parents are at work. The Cottage is really one huge family!

What is the single biggest thing you have learned from being a parent?

The love you feel for your children is immeasurable, unpredictable and anxiety-producing. Every day, every situation, every child is different. Parenting is difficult and more rewarding than any other experience in life. I am so grateful to have my daughters.

What led you to open a day care?

My first real job, at age 19, was working in a daycare center. After being there for 18 months, my then-husband and I decided to try to open one ourselves—thus the Cottage was started in 1978.

It was just before my 21st birthday, and March 1 marks the 41st year of being in business.

What Superhero power do you wish you in your profession?

I wish I could keep all children safe and innocent and protected from harm.

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How are kids today different than when you were a kid?

I see them as less respectful, less disciplined, more demanding, more entitled and emotionally fragile. They have been given things instead of attention and don’t often have a healthy balance in their lives. They have been exposed to too much too young. But they have the same needs as children always have: boundaries, conversation, affection, experiences, security and consistency. They need face to face, hand in hand, heart to heart time.

What did you learn from your parents about parenting?

Discipline, respect, responsibility, independence. Work hard, do what is right.

What do you hope your children learn from you?

What I hoped for and what they actually have learned are most likely different. I was a single working mom with a 9-year-old and a newborn at one point. I made mistakes and have regrets. Yet, through it all, I hope they knew that I always loved them and tried to do what was best for them. I hope they learned what true love is.

What is the funniest thing you’ve seen in your line of work?

There is no way I could choose only one funny thing in my line of work. The kids are funny. They make me laugh every day. They are so real and honest!

What do you think the next generation has in store for us?

There are so many different variables in this next generation. I hope there is kindness, tolerance, diversity, acceptance, strength and courage. But there is so much brokenness, loss and pain in this generation — I hope they can overcome that to achieve what’s best for the next generation.

If parents were to ask not, “what can your day care provider do for your children?” but “what can I do for my day care provider?” what would that be?

Be involved. Listen. Read the information provided and be aware of what is going on every day. Help your child understand why we have rules. Support us by communicating honestly what is going on in your child’s life so that we know how to help them.

Realize that we see your child objectively, not emotionally, and we have high standards and expectations for them. Use your time with them at home wisely — they grow up quickly!

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