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Fun With Rocks

What is it about kids and rocks? Here’s a few ideas for fun things to do with rocks beside hurl them at one another. Kids can paint words on rocks with acrylic paint. Words like “dream” “believe” or “peace” are fun. Kids will also like to paint their own names on rocks. It’s also fun to paint a few clues for a scavenger hunt on rocks. For a fun surprise in a garden, it’s fun to paint a few happy faces on flat rock surfaces. Paint Markers work great, too. When they were little, my boys also liked to make … Continue reading →

Hiking with the Family

The weather is finally warming up here in Colorado. This year we’ve had the snowiest, iciest winter in the fifteen years we’ve lived here. As the days are finally getting warmer, we are all anxious to be outside. I love to hike. I’m a slow hiker and I like to take my time and notice the changes the seasons bring. I look for wildflowers, or the way the ice has formed at the creek edges, the autumn leaves laying on the ground damp from a recent rain, or the way the wild roses form rose hips in the fall. So … Continue reading →