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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 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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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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Kids Activities: Adventures After Dark

May 7, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Kids Activities: Adventures After Dark

  My kids always have a hard time adjusting to summer. Actually, that’s not true. They love summer. They love swimming and hiking and reading and doing kids activities (and playing video games. I won’t lie to you.) They have a hard time, however, understanding why their mother would possibly attempt to put them to bed when […]

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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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Pinecone Angel Christmas Crafts For Kids

November 14, 2017 By Laura 9 Comments

Pinecone Angel Christmas Crafts For Kids

When I was in college, my aunt sent me a Christmas care package with two tiny pinecone angels she and her kids made for me. Those little angels followed me all through college, and on to my first apartment. They were so stinking cute. That’s why I like these. They’re Christmas crafts for kids, but […]

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5 Tips for Bird Watching With Kids

March 29, 2016 By Laura 6 Comments

5 Tips for Bird Watching With Kids

Our bird watching started as a winter habit. We were all cold and snowed in one winter morning, and we put birdseed in our bird feeder and crowded around the window to see what happened. And what happened was that while the entire world was holed up in their warm homes, the birds were out […]

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5 Ways to Get Outside on Thanksgiving

November 25, 2015 By Laura Leave a Comment

5 Ways to Get Outside on Thanksgiving

So after the turkey…and the stuffing…and the gravy and potatoes and cranberry sauce and maybe a green veggie but before the pie, I always feel the need to get outside and get some exercise. The kids need it, too. Today I’m over at BabyCenter, sharing 5 easy ways to get outside on Thanksgiving with the kids […]

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A Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

November 20, 2015 By Laura 4 Comments

A Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

Are you an early Thanksgiving feaster? Or a late one? It seems to me people fall into two camps — those who eat their Thanksgiving dinner around noon (this always reminds me of the Little House books, where Ma served dinner in the middle of the day), and those who eat their dinner around 6pm […]

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Fairy Garden Rocks

August 3, 2015 By Laura 1 Comment

Fairy Garden Rocks

It’s no secret we love our fairy gardens! We usually set ours up at the beginning of the summer and the kids play with them off and on for the rest of the season. But we decided that, after a few months, the fairy garden needed some new decorations to spruce things up a bit.

Filed Under: Kids' activities Tagged With: kid, kids, kids activities, kids and nature

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