Helping Families Explore Outdoors
I’m proud to call myself an outdoor mom, so much so that earlier this year I launched the Outdoor Mom Academy with two awesome outdoor family bloggers – Amelia at TalesofaMountainMama.com and Rebecca at Hikelikeawoman.net. We put together this six week course for outdoor beginners because we want to help more families explore outdoors.
Continue reading “Outdoor Mom Academy – How to Be an Outdoor Mom”
Kids learn a lot from play, and adults can too. Often times as an adult we think we’re too mature to just “play” but the benefits of a playful life are powerful.
Continue reading “September Scramble: How PLAY Can Change Your Life”
My blogger friend Heather Balogh Rochfort over at Just a Colorado Gal just published 
Continue reading “Backpacking 101 Book Review and My Son’s First Backpacking Disaster”
I like to just BE in the outdoors. Yesterday I sat on my deck and listened to the rain patter through the trees. The air smelled clean, with a whiff of dark mustiness. The tempo of the raindrops varied. I closed my eyes and tried to imagine all the trees around me talking to each other.
It felt relaxing – just what I needed after my kids’ poking, jumping, exuberant craziness. For about five minutes, I breathed it all in. Then fearing that my kids had destroyed the house or each other, I tried to go back in. Only I couldn’t.
My children locked me out of the house. Continue reading “Just BE in the Outdoors – August Outdoor Challenge”