Outside Every Day - Veterans Day
No rain today, but boy was it blustery! We went to Boston to see the Veterans Day parade and spend some time at the parks and playgrounds. The kids decided to stay warm in the stroller, but after the parade they hopped out and were chasing squirrels all over the common.
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Outside Every Day by Courtney : Let it rain
It must be a week for 70's songs. Today's Soundtrack? Eric Clapton's "Let It Rain". Yes, the song is a metaphor for love and we're talking literal rain here today, but a good song nonetheless. I usually gravitate toward natural habitats when we go out and play in the rain, but today we stopped by a new (to us) playground that is covered in ride on toys and the boys loved it.
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By Kari Svenneby
Try this delicious pie for Thanksgiving. Why buy a pie when you can make a much better one yourself. This year make your pie with homemade puree. It is a little more work, but it taste much better and the added bonus is that it is great lesson for your children. Pumpkins are not only used for Jack Lanterns but also for baking. If you have the chance you can even head out to a pumpkin patch and pick pumpkins for the front porch and the pie.
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It was a glorious day in Boston, where I found myself downtown and without kids. So I decided to take the long way home. I literally had Supertramp's "Take the Long Way Home" playing in my head the whole time as I wandered along, passing some of my favorite spots in the city. It's important to get the kids outside, but it's just as important for us.
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Outside Every Day by Courtney
As we were gearing up for the school year I made a very official looking Excel spreadsheet weekly schedule for us to have as a touchstone. We don't follow it to the letter, but it's good to have for those days when you feel like you need a little structure. On the calendar I blocked off two hours every day for outdoor play.
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10 fun rainy day activities
Recently, a magazine interviewed me about how children deal with being outside in all kinds of weather. The question reminded me that I have yet to meet a child who didn’t love puddles. I think children learn from us adults that rainy days and mud are “yucky”. Do you remember your best childhood memory? Maybe it was set in the middle of a big muddy puddle. My favorite memory was making channels and little streams out of puddles.
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