Outdoor Spaces in New York
Creative Sitters Top 5 Kid-friendly Outdoor Spaces in New York
Close your eyes...Imagine the words: outdoor, play, & New York City
What comes to mind? For many it’s taxis, skyscrapers and Central Park. It almost seems that us New Yorkers are against outdoor playtime and instead our focus is on academics! There is, however; an underground movement crying out for the need for outdoor spaces in New York.
Biking a part of our family life
One of the many great gifts my father gave me in life was biking. It’s not because we considered ourselves hardcore bikers, we mainly used the bike as way to get around in the city and to go for family trips together.
I think I have always owned a bike in my life. Not because it was green or it was the healthy living thing to do, it was just an easy and fun way to get around that made me happy. It still makes me happy and it is always great when we are together on a family outing.
I hope your family is enjoying biking as much as we do. Our community of parents has been wonderful to share their reviews about gear and bike trailer/bike seats. (Please notice that none of these posts are sponsored)
Canoeing with Children
Tips and ideas to help introduce children to the wilderness canoeing
By Outdoor Adventure Canada
So often I hear about people giving up canoeing when they have children. When we were expecting the arrival of our son I thought we were going to join the ranks of parents waiting for the children to get older before taking them on a canoe trip. Canoeing does not end for parents of young children and there is no need to send them to the grandparents in order to go tripping. It does change though; here are some tips and tricks to make canoeing a family event.
Add a commentLetterboxing
What is letterboxing? First off, there are two aspects to letterboxing- finding them and leaving them. The site that I usually use is http://www.letterboxing.org/. You can search the locations of letterboxes all over the world. You can also create an account to list letterboxes of your own that you have hidden. The roots of letterboxing are debatable, but here is a site with some info: http://www.atlasquest.com/about/history/. Basically they are boxes hidden by people that you can find outdoors by following clues. Some are easy to find and some are very hard, depending on what kind of a challenge you would like.
Mother Day’s Picnic
All I want for Mother Day’s is sunshine, happy kids and my husband. Well, if I were totally honest, it would be nice if the kids and my husband would make a picnic for Mother’s Day. What he chooses is all the same to me, but he and the kids have a few of recipes to choose from on activekidsclub.com.
Norway, the daycare generation… But it is outdoors
As some of you know I spent some time this spring in Norway, my native country. I was living there with my children for 2 months because of a sudden death in my family. Growing up in this country brainwashed me with my mantra; No bad weather only bad clothing. It influences my beliefs that fresh air is good for you. That would explain why both my kids have been napping and playing outside in all kinds of weather since they were babies.
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