Get Off the Beaten Path & Live Life Using Your Two Hands and Two Feet

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I have heard a lot of stories from other parents over the years about the questions their children ask. One of my favorites is “Do angels have feet?”
My children have not been quizzical at all. No questions, no curiosity. Nada. Nothing. Zip.
Until recently. And they have been making up for lost time. Especially my 7-year-old. [...]

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Learning at the amusement park.
We took a trip to Elitch Gardens in Denver today. It is an amusement park and water park all in one. It’s a ton of fun and really not the first place you think of when looking for lessons and learning.
We definitely focused on the fun and the family time [...]

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I usually spend time on family outings looking for opportunities to ask questions or teach my girls something.
During a recent trip to Woodland Park, Colorado, we discovered the Dinosaur Resource Center. It’s easy to find right on the main street.
After driving by and seeing the giant life-sized dinosaurs outside and the fossil skeletons through the [...]

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Nature and learning in the great outdoors

My family and I went camping for the second time this summer. This is the first summer we’ve taken our girls camping. My youngest just turned four, so this year we felt she was ready to brave the great outdoors. Before four, we would have been using our tracking [...]