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15 Winter Books for Kids to Read on Chilly Days

January 25, 2019 By Laura 11 Comments

15 Winter Books for Kids to Read on Chilly Days

On a cold and blustery day, there’s not much better than snuggling up under a huge quilt with some winter books for kids. We go two ways with our winter reading. Sometimes we like reading about snow, and snow animals, and what other kids might be doing in the snow. Other times, we live in […]

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The Outdoor Christmas Tree

November 20, 2018 By Laura 1 Comment

The Outdoor Christmas Tree

  One of our favorite winter nature activities is birdwatching. Maybe it’s because you don’t see as many wild animals out and about in the winter. Maybe it’s because, even when we’re stuck inside on a below-zero day, we can still see them out there, flying about, living their little birdy lives. Whatever the reason, we’re […]

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Felt Turkeys: Make These Adorable Thanksgiving Crafts

October 10, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Felt Turkeys: Make These Adorable Thanksgiving Crafts

I like having stuff for kids to do while they wait for Thanksgiving dinner. Ours help make different side dishes and desserts, and they have a great time. But there’s still a long wait between everything going into the oven, and the big meal at the end. So I like to have an activity to […]

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How we get outdoors and enjoy fall in Colorado

October 4, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

How we get outdoors and enjoy fall in Colorado

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. I love getting outdoors this time of year! The leaves are starting to turn, and the air is crisp and a little chilly. The kids are in school all week, so when we can go for a hike […]

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Fourteen Halloween Books for Kids

October 1, 2018 By Laura 14 Comments

Fourteen Halloween Books for Kids

Oooh, I do love reading at this time of year. From now until New Year’s, there are all sorts of themes and holidays to celebrate…and we have books for almost all of them. We’ve already shared our favorite fall books…here are some of our favorite Halloween books (and oh, yes — the day after Halloween we […]

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These Luminaria Make Great Halloween Decorations

September 27, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

These Luminaria Make Great Halloween Decorations

For a long time, we didn’t really decorate out front for Halloween. By the time I figured out everyone’s costumes, and got all the candy, and helped with school parties — Halloween decorations sort of got lost in the shuffle. But these luminaria are something I can set the kids making, and end up with some […]

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Make These Autumn Suncatchers With Kids This Fall

August 22, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Make These Autumn Suncatchers With Kids This Fall

I don’t want to brag or anything, but we’re about a week or so away from this: I love this time of year. I never get tired of watching the leaves turn all these different colors. And the aspens! They’re my favorite. This time of year is also so much fun with kids. We read […]

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31 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

August 12, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

31 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

Are your kids back to school yet? We just finished our first day. I always have mixed emotions – the freedom of summer is wonderful and we love getting out and exploring. But in reality, we don’t do that every day…and the days we don’t often have plenty of bickering and too much screen time […]

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Printable lunch notes to brighten anyone’s day

August 7, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Printable lunch notes to brighten anyone’s day

I can’t believe we’re already here. I’m pretty sure every parent is saying this, or something similar to this, this week. But it feels like we just started summer and now school’s starting again. My kids actually go back next week, and we have done zero back to school shopping because I’m deep, deep in […]

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5 Ways to Start Now to Prep for Summer Break

April 16, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

5 Ways to Start Now to Prep for Summer Break

This post was sponsored by Blueprint4SummerCO. All opinions are my own. We just returned from Spring Break, and I’m already looking forward to summer. Honestly, sometimes I think I get as excited about summer vacation as the kids do. I love the warmer days. I love the looser bedtimes when everyone migrates outside after dinner […]

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