Posts tagged - Outdoor Adventures
One of Maddie’s favorite places in the world is the beach. She has known it since she was very small, which is just one of the reasons we take a trip to the coast many times a year. Maddie has been going to the beach for her entire existence — her first summer beach vacation was when she was just two weeks old and apparently we got her hooked. The first time we stuck her toes in the sand she curled up her legs and wasn’t sure about it, but [...]
Summer may be nearing its end, but we still have plenty of time to squeeze in any last activities with our kids. Especially if our children are heading back to school, we will want to go have some fun while we still can! If you have older children too here are some activities that everyone in the family will enjoy. For now we will focus on summer activities and will wait to talk about what to do in the winter when the time comes. Here are my top 5 Summer [...]
As much as I hate to say it, because I am not a fan of summer heat, there are a lot of great activities to do with your kids in the summer. We have discussed already some activities with toddlers that your little one might enjoy but whether or not your toddler will enjoy fishing depends more on her personal likes and dislikes. Take your toddler fishing! When Maddie was two I couldn’t help but get her a tiny little fishing pole made for kids — I realized that no [...]
Don’t toddlers have an incredible reserve when it comes to their energy supply? I know mine keeps me going from the time she awakes to the time she sleeps. These toddler years though are so important in our child’s development – much too important for us to rely on the TV, computer or video games to keep them entertained… we need to have fun and enjoy many different activities with toddlers to keep them going. In this article, I am going to focus on fun activities with toddlers that engage [...]
One great thing that summer brings is local, organic, farm fresh food that is super delicious and much better than anything you can buy in a market. If it must be 100ºF out at least there are some benefits, right? Well, on one of these 100ºF days we decided that we just had to get some sweet corn and other great produce that our local farm provides …so we made the trip. Maddie was very excited the whole way, asking when we were going to get to the “farm” because [...]
