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10 Nautical Baby Blanket Knitting Patterns

April 15, 2020 By Laura 3 Comments

10 Nautical Baby Blanket Knitting Patterns

I’m doing a lot of knitting these days. It makes me feel like I’m doing something on these days when we can’t leave the house to do much else. I feel so productive, creating things at home. I know a lot of people are doing different things while they’re home – baking bread, learning an […]

Filed Under: crafting Tagged With: knit, knitting pattern

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 […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, seasonal, Sponsored Tagged With: autumn, fall, kids, kids activities, kids and nature

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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Cooking with Kids – Making Musubi

September 5, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Cooking with Kids – Making Musubi

Although we’re mostly a road-trip family, we took the vacation of a lifetime a few years earlier and went to Hawaii with my family. It was magical. And while my kids came back with a love for palm trees and surfing, they also came back with a new appreciation for musubi. You can pick it […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: dinner recipe, lunch recipe, recipe, recipes

6 Steps to End Homework Battles

August 20, 2018 By Laura 11 Comments

6 Steps to End Homework Battles

This is going to come as a shock to you, but sometimes? I fight have spirited discussions with my kids. Mostly about things they don’t wanna do…that I want them to do. For a long time, we’d have these “discussions” about homework, until it hit a fever pitch a few years ago. One of my children […]

Filed Under: just...living, Kids' activities Tagged With: back to school, kids, kids activities, school

A Fun Way to Display Kids Artwork

August 17, 2018 By Laura 1 Comment

A Fun Way to Display Kids Artwork

So with school starting up again, we’re faced with the never-ending dilemma. What on earth do we do with all the projects and papers they bring home? How do you decide which of your kids’ projects to keep? I tend to favor the ones where I can see my kids’ creativity. Some projects come home […]

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Delicious Posole Rice Bowls Your Family Will Love

August 16, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Delicious Posole Rice Bowls Your Family Will Love

This post was sponsored by The School Nutrition Association. All opinions are my own. About a month ago, I was invited to attend the School Lunch Nutrition Association’s annual conference to learn about what goes into our children’s lunches. It was really an eye-opening experience – I had no idea of the scope of the conference, and […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: back to school, dinner, dinner recipe

12 Fall Books for Kids

August 14, 2018 By Laura 15 Comments

12 Fall Books for Kids

Fall might be my favorite season for kids’ books. There’s so much to read about! There are animals getting ready to hibernate. There are different colored leaves to investigate and learn about. There are apples and pumpkins. There are holidays (and reading about holidays with kids is just about the best thing ever). Now that […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities Tagged With: autumn, books, fall, kids reading, read, reading list

7 classic kids books no one reads anymore (but they should!)

July 9, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

7 classic kids books no one reads anymore (but they should!)

Are you doing a summer reading program with your kids? I really love our library reading program, because even babies can participate (parents track the minutes they read out loud), and adults can as well. I always sign up along with the kids because I feel like I can’t nag them to read unless I’m […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities Tagged With: indoor activities for kids, kids, kids activities, kids reading

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