Spring Broke
Posted by Toni | Filed under Adventures at Home, Day Trips, Get Outdoors, Local Adventures, Parenting
If finances are keeping you close to home for spring break this year, read on.
While many families are heading someplace warm or with water slides for spring break, due to current budget constraints, we’ll be spending our week off closer to home. Even if I’m a bank-account-mostly-empty parent right now, I’m also a coffee-cup-half-full kind [...]
Ring in the New Year with a Happy Jar
Posted by Toni | Filed under Adventures at Home, Featured Articles
Kick off a year-long family adventure tonight.
My friend Sarah at This Mom’s Wired came up with a fantastic New Year’s project for families and was nice enough to let me share it here. A mom of two girls ages 4 and 7, Sarah was looking for something fun to do as a family on New [...]
October.
Posted by Toni | Filed under Adventures at Home
Crisp air, changing leaves, and the kids outside . . . building a beaver lodge?
At our house, we’ve learned to ask “Why not?” instead of “Why?”
Recently, the kids and I watched a documentary on the National Geographic Channel that was as fascinating as it was fun to watch called “American Beaver.” (And don’t think for [...]
Hands-On Back to School Fun
Posted by Toni | Filed under Adventures at Home
Something about September leaves me feeling downright nesty. Perhaps it’s the leap from relatively languid to structured days, or maybe some dormant part of our animal brain awakens, sensing it’s time to make room in the closet for snow boots.
Last year, I spent Labor Day weekend organizing the kids’ art [...]
