Books are an avenue for endless travel experiences. Experiences that don’t include airport delays and travel headaches. Plan a couple of reading adventures with your kids that will help them fall in love with reading. Reading Adventure: A Book Themed Dinner This book themed dinner is based on Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. A…
Leap Year Party with Littles
Leap year comes around only once every four years, so a leap year party is rare. Though rare, this party is rather easy to put together. You don’t need to be crafty to come up with a leap year party your littles will jump for joy over. Leap Year Banner Start building this party’s theme…
Little Love Valentine Party
Flowers, chocolate hearts and sweet messages all come to mind at Valentine’s Day. I celebrate this special holiday with my boys by creating a few picture-themed decorations and tossing together some sweet treats to throw a Little Love Valentine Party. Decorations The Little Love Valentine party is both personalized and meaningful, starting with the decorations…
Ice Castles
Spires of frozen water come to life as caves, glaciers and frozen waterfalls at the Ice Castles. Crews spend over two months “growing” nearly 20,000 icicles each night to delicately design the winter wonderland. By day, the Ice Castles are steely blue, but at night LED lights make the ice formations dazzle a wide array…
We love you because….
I believe each of my boys was made on purpose for a purpose. This belief is just one of the reasons I capitalize on February’s focus on love to affirm just how valuable these little men are. Beginning February 1st, I post a new reason why I love my little guys on their bedroom doors…
Alphabet Family Adventure
To start off the new year, our family is adding 26 fun, family-friendly experiences to our calendar. We call it our Alphabet Family Adventures. Each month we’ll partake in an adventure (or two) designed to introduce us to a wide variety of opportunities in our community. Come join us! Alphabet Adventures: Planning With 26 letters…
Super Easy Super Bowl Party
We plan to throw a Super Easy Super Bowl party this Sunday, despite the fact our favorite team isn’t playing. Instead of cheering for the home team, we’ll cheer for half time performances and funny commercials during this Sunday’s Super Bowl showdown between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Super Food I…
Hoppy Birthday Party
Each year my kids spend months contemplating and deciding on what type of birthday party they want. Dinosaurs, fire trucks and ninjas have all been centerpieces of this yearly decision making process. A couple years ago, I casually asked our preschool aged kiddos what type of party we should plan for their daddy. My four-year-old…
Yurt Camping at Cuyuna Country Recreation Area
Winter in Minnesota can be brutal. We try to make the most of it by plugging into winter activities like skating, skiing and even camping. Another way to take advantage of winter in Minnesota is to camp in a yurt. Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area offers yurt camping year-round (no electricity, water or sewer; heat…
Snowshoeing at Jay Cooke State Park
The lure of a fresh few inches of snow drew us to northeastern Minnesota to cut the first tracks for some snowshoeing at Jay Cooke State Park. We planned a VERY quick, one night stay at one of the park’s camper cabins. The state park camper cabins have electricity and heat, but no running water…