Choosing the BEST Kids Water Bottle
Choosing a water bottle is not the simple task that it used to be. Enter any store and you’ll easily be overwhelmed at the huge …
How to Build a Treehouse Part 4: Finishing Touches
Finally, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…how to finish your treehouse. What, you haven’t all been waiting for this? Well, I know at least …
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How to Build a Treehouse Part 3: Framing
Did you think that I forgot about the treehouse series? I didn’t…but I’m beginning to think that I may be just as distractable as my …
Feeding a child’s climbing passion
Lately, Mason is really loving climbing. I’m still on the fence determining if this will develop into a full on passion, but for now, it …
How to Build a Treehouse Part 2: Planning
As you read in part one of our treehouse series Part 1: Getting Inspired a simple treehouse wasn’t going to cut it for us. So now we had …
How to Build a Treehouse: Part 1 getting inspired
Exactly 1 year and 2 days ago, we gave Mason the best birthday present a 5-year-old could ever want. A pile of wood. He was …
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Tips for reluctant skiers
Recently, I got this email from one of our readers: “My husband and I love to ski, but my 5-year-old…. not so much. We took …
Ice Skating on Evergreen Lake
I’m 31 years old (gasp). I consider myself outdoorsy and adventurous. Until recently I’ve never gone ice skating on a real lake! Okay, maybe that …
An Adventure Love Story
I’ll readily admit that I’m a sucker for a good love story. You know, the kind the kind that will leave your eyes a little …
How Cold is Too Cold for Kids?
I had great plans for today, really I did. Right about now I should be packing up the kids and heading to the mountains to enjoy …
How to Make an Adventure Friendly Home
We all remember the cool house. The friend’s house as we were growing up that we loved to go to and always had a blast …
5 Ways to be a more Adventurous MOM
ad·ven·ture/adˈvenCHər/ Noun: An unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. Let’s face it: Mom’s get a bad rep in the outdoor world. They’re the …
Geocaching with Kids
Don’t worry, this one is simple and awesome. So the treasure always changes. Some show you great destinations. Some are puzzles and riddles, or they …
10 Things to Do Outside on a Rainy Day
Don’t let a little rain stop your adventures outside. Keep the whole family happy by throwing on a jacket or a rainsuit and boots and …