On a Budget: Car Camping with Little Ones

July 01, 2009

As more and more people stick closer to home this summer, car camping is becoming an attractive getaway. We’ve done plenty of camping at sites within an hour or two drive from home, and with a little preparation, you can be as comfortable in the woods as you can be at a hotel. Ziploc bags are your friends! Utilize plastic bags (or cloth

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Fireflies in the Midwest

July 02, 2009

Growing up in the west, seeing my first firefly seemed to fill some sort of childhood dream that had been lost and ignored. I had always heard of fireflies, I even dreamed of catching dozens of them in a jar and reading by the light the tiny glowing insects put off. Of course, I realize now as a grown-up that fireflies don't put off a constant

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The Big Apple, From the Perspective of Your Little Seedling

July 03, 2009

New York City is a preschooler's paradise .  Literally, of course, if you are living or visiting there.  And metaphorically, too, if you happen to be engaging in just some armchair travel.  Whether he's heard of it or been there or never dreamed of either, your little one will delight in the wild wonders of the Big Apple.  It's a tiny island

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Wise Words from Woody Guthrie

July 04, 2009

Do your little ones know this song? On this 4th of July, nothing floods us with love for our country more than singing these words to and with our kids: "This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me. As I was walking that

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