Summer Fun

Welcome back to our Summer Science series — today’s science theme is Geology!

This is a favorite area of science for kids for two reasons — explosions and digging 🙂

I don’t know about your house but in ours, there are rocks everywhere!  I’m not kidding — on the science table, stacked up near the garden in the backyard, in the dryer (yep, it seems like every week I’m pulling rocks out of someone’s pocket). 

What can I say, kids are attracted to rocks.

Since they’re going to collect the darn things anyway, why not spin it into some great hands-on learning 😉  Shhh…don’t tell them.

Enjoy these fun activities & games to play at a local park! It’s May again and that means we’re celebrating Kids to Parks Day with a whole slew of AWESOME ideas for games to play & fun activities to do at the parks! Be sure to visit last year’s idea list of 30 Fun Games …

We love spending time outdoors during the summer!  Well, I LOVE to be outside no matter what!  The kids really enjoy it as long as there’s something fun to do. 

During our Discover & Explore Backyard Games linky, we had some absolutely AWESOME ideas shared for how to make your backyard a creative fun zone this summer!

The Summer Olympics are beginning soon & we’re going to make them an AMAZING event for your family! Besides cheering on your favorite country, we thought it would be fun to create a friendly Learn & Play Summer Olympic Challenge for the kids too. We’ve teamed up with an outstanding group of kid-friendly bloggers from …

It’s summertime, which for many families also means some travel fun too!  We are a big traveling family — for as long as I can remember, we’ve taken a summer vacation.  When I was younger, my parents would toss all three kids (along with a heaping pile of pillows and blankets) into the back of the station wagon.  Yep, no seat belt laws back then.  Sometimes we’d visit family and other times we would head to someplace new. 

Now we do the same thing with our kids (still a heaping pile of pillows and blankets but now seat belted in the back).  And one other thing hasn’t changed — gathering souvenirs from our travels.

Welcome to the Ultimate Road Trip Guide for Families – Part 2! 

We know that many families head out on the open road during the summer for some much deserved rest and relaxation.  And we’d like to help make ‘getting there’ a fun and enjoyable experience for you!  During the first part of our series, we discussed tips for packing for a road trip and why getting there can be half the fun. 

Today, I’ll share some great items that we love to have on our trips, car activities that keep the kids happy &  entertained and a few more tips to help you have a great trip!

I’m not going to lie to you — I don’t do tents!  Sorry, there’s just something about a thin piece of material and the possibility of bears or snakes in the area that kinda freaks me out! But family camping doesn’t always mean tents.  We’ve had some great vacations while ‘roughing it’ in a cabin. …

In our house, summer comes in two phases:

Phase 1: The Honeymoon

A time when we all (parents & kids) are excited about no schedules, no school and long days together.  We have a hand-ful of activities planned and a great summer bucket list of things we can’t wait to do — life is looking good!

We’re gearing up for our annual family vacation and this year we are heading for the ocean! 

Woohoo! 

Being from the dead middle of the U.S. means that we’re all pretty excited about spending some time near the big blue sea.

As we’re prepping for our trip, I’m keeping an eye out for some great ocean activities to do while we’re there.  And we had some really cute ones that were shared during last week’s Discover & Explore Animals linky.

Spring is coming!  It is — I promise 🙂 So today we have an awesome list of outdoor activities, nature crafts and games — 50 ways to enjoy the outdoors. Because with Spring comes that super nice weather (not too cold, not too hot), those perfect days when we can open the windows, listen to …