by Kate Etue | Tips + Tricks
We’ve still got a lot of summer left for camping out with the kids! If you love the idea, but you’re not sure you’re ready to head out into the wilderness with the family just yet, a backyard campout is a great place to start. If it goes wrong...
by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Art + Decor, Toys + Playthings
If your kids got as excited as ours did following all of the cool space-themed events this weekend, you can check out our roundup of our favorite space themed toys and kids’ gifts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. But if you’re...
by Caroline Siegrist | DIY
It’s been a while since we put together some of our favorite free printable summer coloring pages for our kids. With the weather fairly unbearable around the country right now, seemed like a good time to find some new printable coloring pages with summer themes...
by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Adults
Summer is one of the rare times each year that I have time to read for pleasure, and this year I am taking full advantage with these new books, all by women authors. It’s such a diverse group of writers, offering diverse perspectives and themes, and wow, I...
by Liz Gumbinner | Toys + Playthings
The trend of crazy inflatable lawn sprinklers and cool pool floats shows little sign of slowing down. But if rainbow and unicorn sprinklers aren’t quite up your kid’s alley, I wouldn’t be surprised if a predatory, inter-dimension humanoid lawn...
by Kate Etue | Father's Day Gifts
This Father’s Day, if you’re shopping for a dad who loves the outdoors — and struggling a little — I feel you! My husband would rather take my kids hiking and camping than pretty much anything else, and I love that so much. And yet it can be...
by Liz Gumbinner | Kids, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
I always have responded to my kids’ bruises and scraped needs with, “good! That shows that you’re being a kid!” And it’s true. They’ve become proud of their playground battle scars — but that doesn’t necessarily make the...
by Kate Etue | Family Travel
If you’re planning a family trip to one of our amazing national parks this summer, I want to recommend that you schedule some time to let your kids take part in the National Parks Junior Ranger program. This is a wonderful educational program that helps kids...
