We’re in one of the most beautiful times of the year; at least I think so. The weather is crisp and cold, and so, so dry, that I’m using up hand cream and lip salve by the day. We huddle in jackets and hats and gloves leaving the house in the morning in the low…
Category: Fall
Why you should slow down and walk around with your kids
Yesterday we all jumped in the car ten minutes before the school bell was due to go, and it wouldn’t start. The battery had died, and no amount of furious turning of the key was changing anything. Luckily, we live barely a mile from the school, and although it was a chilly 28F, we could…
Snap It Outdoors: Lonely Leaf
We worked hard on our yard clean-up this weekend. If you want to know how we persuaded the boys outside for big parts of the day, check out Fall Yard Clean Up which allows you to download a free e-book with hints and tricks to try to encourage the kids outdoors. As we were raking…
Don’t Fear the Fall Back – Tips to Help Kids Adjust to the End of Daylight Savings Time
I first wrote this post a year ago, lamenting the fact I have young kids who are bad sleepers. Every sleep difficulty we go through, I assume it’s just a bad spell, it will pass, they’ll grow out of it. And yet. Here we are, a year later, and we’ve been getting up in the…
Fall Yard Clean Up – free e-book
In Boise we are deep in yard clean up right now – the leaves are falling faster than we can rake them! I love this time of year, but there’s a lot of work to be done putting the garden in order for the winter, and my husband and I don’t want to hire a…
Snap It Outdoors: Changing Seasons
I’m currently sitting at my computer in a cardigan, leggings, and insulated slippers. On Sunday, it looked like this. My husband and I made it out for a quick bike ride while our sitter watched the kids, and even though I sweated through most of it, I’m glad I did. It’s that change of season…