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15 Winter Books for Kids to Read on Chilly Days

January 25, 2019 By Laura 37 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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Welcome fall with pumpkin spice French toast

December 12, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Welcome fall with pumpkin spice French toast

I was compensated by Bays English Muffins for this post. All opinions are mine alone. I feel like our weekend family breakfasts are even more special in the Fall. This is a busy season for us. It seems like after the lull of summer, school starts off with a bang…and so do all the after-school […]

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14 Children’s Christmas Books

December 5, 2018 By Laura 7 Comments

14 Children’s Christmas Books

We have some fun Christmas traditions. Some years, we head to the mountains to cut down our tree. The kids have Christmas concerts and recitals. We decorate. We try to fit in some baking (though I don’t think it’s happening this year). I’ve started making my older kids watch cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies with me, which […]

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Embroidered Handmade Christmas Cards

December 1, 2018 By Laura 3 Comments

Embroidered Handmade Christmas Cards

I’m not a scrapbooker. I’m a knitter and a mediocre sewer and a baker and I love doing Christmas crafts with kids young and old, but I have no imagination for scrapbooking. I have great admiration for people who do, and I wish I had lovely scrapbooks full of my pictures…and handmade cards I could […]

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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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How Mean Green cleaners save me during the holidays

November 15, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

How Mean Green cleaners save me during the holidays

This post is sponsored by Mean Green. All opinions are my own.  We’re in the thick of it now. It seems like just yesterday that we were frantically trying to decide what to be for Halloween and scrounging up costumes, and tomorrow we’re going to get a Christmas tree. I know from experience that this […]

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The Most Delicious Candy Cane Hot Chocolate Recipe You’ll Ever Try

November 8, 2018 By Laura 4 Comments

The Most Delicious Candy Cane Hot Chocolate Recipe You’ll Ever Try

**I first shared this post almost 3 years ago, but I wanted to share it at the beginning of the holiday season this year so you can get a jump on your cocoa-drinking** We still have a ton of candy canes around here. The kids got a bunch at every party and concert and in the […]

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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 […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, halloween, kids, kids activities, kids reading

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