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5 Ways to Go Green This Summer

May 28, 2015 By Laura 1 Comment

5 Ways to Go Green This Summer

Over the past few years, I’ve been looking at how we operate as a family. What we eat, what we buy, what we throw out. And while we’re not 100% clean eaters, and don’t make all our own clothes, or use only public transportation, we do try to be mindful and go green where we […]

Filed Under: frugal living, gardening Tagged With: frugal living, green living, kids and nature

Nature Pictures and Flower Art

May 25, 2015 By Laura Leave a Comment

Nature Pictures and Flower Art

After an unusually wet spring, we have a ton of flowers…and leaves…and growing things (and weeds! But let’s look on the bright side, shall we?). We collected a bunch last week and made some flower art, which I’m sharing over at In the Playroom. Check them out! And if you make any of your own, […]

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

Girl Scouts Activity: Making Fairy Gardens

May 20, 2015 By Laura 8 Comments

Girl Scouts Activity: Making Fairy Gardens

If you’ve seen any of our other early spring and summer posts, you know this: we love our fairy gardens. They get kids outdoors and interested in nature and planting and gardening. They allow for hours of creativity and play. And they don’t require much in terms of money or things — anything you don’t […]

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Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Morning

February 26, 2015 By Laura 2 Comments

Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Morning

I had so much to do Tuesday. I used to hear people declare they had so much to do, and I’d compare their so-much-to-do lists with my so-much-to-so list and try to decide which one of us was really truly busier (that’s a thing, right? Being competitive over how busy you are? I’m not the […]

Filed Under: just...living Tagged With: kids and nature, nature

12 Spring Books for Kids

February 9, 2015 By Laura 2 Comments

12 Spring Books for Kids

Spring books for kids are great fun, because they encompass so much. Animal babies and hibernating and bugs and flowers and gardens and rainy days…there’s so much there. Personally, I’m always drawn to books about flowers (maybe because it takes so long before we can plant them here?). And if you need a grown-up book […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: kids, kids and nature, kids reading, read, reading list

Play Outside.

October 29, 2014 By Laura Leave a Comment

I love hanging with my kids outside. On a very practical note, no one is messing up my stuff. Noise is not as noisy, because it’s not echoing off the four walls of my house. Everyone spends a lot of energy and is nice and sleepy when we get home.

Filed Under: 31 Days, Kids' activities Tagged With: 31 days, kids, kids activities, kids and nature, kids play

Play Cards.

October 18, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

Playing cards is just a simple, fun way to enjoy a few minutes with the family. Cards don’t take up much room, so we always bring them along on road trips and campouts. They don’t have lots of pieces to keep track of. Just easy fun.

Filed Under: 31 Days, Kids' activities Tagged With: 31 days, indoor activities for kids, kids, kids and nature

Go Bird Watching.

October 10, 2014 By Laura Leave a Comment

Now that it’s getting colder out, I find us doing more bird watching. The birds get hungry, and if you’re one of the houses generously feeding them you become very popular with the birds. Here in Colorado, where most available water freezes, even putting out a birdbath with fresh water attracts lots of birds.

Filed Under: 31 Days, Kids' activities Tagged With: 31 days, kids, kids activities, kids and nature, kids play

Take a Hike.

October 4, 2014 By Laura Leave a Comment

Hiking trips begin at our house with me all, “Hey, kids! We’re going hiking! Come on! Get your stuff and load up!” and them all, “Unhhhhhh. Blahhhhh. Blurt. Bah. Do we have to? And also when will we be home?” I see it as my job — as a caring, sensitive, loving mother — to […]

Filed Under: 31 Days, Kids' activities Tagged With: kids, kids activities, kids and nature, kids play

Weekend Odds & Ends: Kids Activities

May 23, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

I’m getting ready to run this on Monday. People have called it the best 10k in the country, and I agree it’s pretty fun. But I’m totally not ready for it. I say this every time and somehow I always manage to finish but this time I mean it. The guy who always runs in a gorilla […]

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

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Welcome! I'm Laura -- a mom of four kids aged thirteen and under. I run occasionally and love really bad puns.

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