One of my favorite things about summer is having more free time with my kids. One of my least favorite things is not knowing what to do with that free time! I'm sure you know the feeling -realizing that...
One of my family’s favorite summer past times is festival hopping (Look it up. It’s a thing.) There is just something about a street festival, live music, and traditional fair food that screams, “IT’S SUMMER TIME!” (Not to mention...
In approximately one hundred days I will walk to school with my two babies like I’ve done for the last two years. Except this time it will be different. I will walk home alone. My kids are school aged...
Summer is here! Woohoo! Days of sunscreen, swinging in the back yard, and a Popsicle dripping down our chins stretch out before us. I love spending these days with my kids. But sometimes my kids and I need a...
Imagine, for a moment, that you are in a public place with your toddler (who has most definitely been taught to be kind and polite) when suddenly he begins to laugh. You look down at him, and to your...
Our community has experienced what seems like an influx of suicides. In fact, just last year, Colorado lost 1,058 people to suicide, setting a disturbingly new state record and placing us at the seventh highest rate of suicides in the nation. (source)...
For most women, there seems to be a natural progression that can start as early as our elementary school days and follow us throughout our whole lives. This progression follows the road of nurturing and selflessness. The act of...
In this day and age of social media, moms are trying to show that they are keeping it together. I’m guilty of it, also. I think as moms, social media can become our main form of communication, especially with...
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“Summer is taking FOREVER to get here!”
My 4 year old says this to me at least twice a week after he asks if our neighborhood pool is open yet. I keep having to tell him...
I tell my daughter to look in people's eyes, shake hands, speak so they can hear her, and a host of other things to help her socially in the world. In turn, she has little trouble making friends and...
In + Around CO Springs
The Colorado Springs Guide To Indoor Play Places
When you are planning activities with your kids, the weather seems to play an important role! Let's face it, there are days when as...
