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Nature Journal Writing Prompts (Free Printable)

April 15, 2014 By Laura 7 Comments

Last week, I shared our Nature Journals with you. Today, I wanted to give a few writing prompts, in case your children have trouble deciding what to write about in their new journals. There are so many things they can write about outside — the weather, their surroundings, the animals they see, how they’re feeling. They can really […]

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It’s About the Journey…

April 11, 2014 By Laura 1 Comment

It’s the last day of Nature Week here! By now, you should be able to pack up your nature journal and other hiking supplies, read a few books about what you might find while exploring…and you should be ready to get outside with your kids! Here’s the thing, though — you’re not going far. While I do […]

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11 Children’s Books About Nature

April 10, 2014 By Laura 10 Comments

It’s Nature Week here on the blog! And today — children’s books that will inspire kids to get outdoors and investigate things. But as I was making up this list, I realized that “books about nature” encompasses a lot of stuff. Animals. Oceans. Birds. Bugs. Hiking. Camping. Boating. Eco-friendliness. You could go just about anywhere […]

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What to Bring Hiking With Kids

April 8, 2014 By Laura 8 Comments

Welcome to Nature Week! We’re spending a week on tips for getting outside with kids which, I’m hoping, will lead to a spring and summer filled with outdoor adventures (around here, just getting there can be an adventure. We take our thrills where we can get them.) And so today — what to bring when hiking […]

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Nature Journals

April 7, 2014 By Laura 26 Comments

It’s Nature Week here on the blog! Spring has sprung, we have about a month and a half of school, and I’m feeling the pull to spend more time outdoors. Also, I’ve noticed that the (good-natured) shrieking and bellowing that goes on around here sounds quieter outdoors (bonus: it also alerts mountain lions and bears, […]

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Operation: Momma Ain’t Making Dinner

March 27, 2014 By Laura 14 Comments

1.) (And I cannot stress this one enough) Momma Ain’t Making Dinner. The kids are. They can make easy dinner recipes — they just have to not be made by me. It’s Spring Break. On Tuesday it occurred to me — four kids. Four weekdays left. ‘Nuff said. 2.) Each kid plans dinner one night. They must […]

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5 Tips for Gardening With Kids

March 10, 2014 By Laura 13 Comments

5 Tips for Gardening With Kids

It’s staying light later…and yesterday, it was almost 70 degrees here. I know what’s going to happen. It always does. The weather turns warm, I get suckered into planting something fun and colorful outdoors, and then we get a snowstorm that buries my flowers and a little bit of my soul under a foot and […]

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Thanksgiving Kid Crafts

November 25, 2013 By Laura 2 Comments

Thanksgiving Kid Crafts

I was thinking back on all the Thanksgivings we’ve spent as a family and I realized — we never do the same thing twice. We once spent a low-key Thanksgiving with just our two kids (way back when!), eating early so my husband could go to work. We’ve driven to California and spent Thanksgiving with […]

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A Fairy Tea

September 10, 2013 By Laura 14 Comments

We’re in the middle of a Birthday Blitz. Since three of the four kids have birthdays within a month of each other, our parties are pretty low-key. We don’t rent anywhere out, or hire anyone to come here with jungle animals or anything — though we love being invited to those sorts of parties, thrown […]

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10 Things to Keep In Your Car For Summer

June 5, 2013 By Laura 13 Comments

10 Things to Keep In Your Car For Summer

So the kids and I don’t go out and do stuff every day of the summer. I don’t want you thinking we’re parading through the Rocky Mountains like the von Trapps while you’re trying to get through your first cup of coffee and debating whether you can make it one more day without a shower. […]

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