outdoor fun

When it comes to summer, it's all about being outdoors and enjoying the fruits fo the season and we've gathered the cutest watermelon summer gear. We do love all fruit, check out our pineapple love here, but when it comes to summer, this cheerful sweet snack is our farmer's ...read more

After a few weeks of cold, rainy, snowy, cloudy weather, we're finally getting a little sneak peek at spring today. The sun is out, the temp is on the rise, and we're feeling excited about the upcoming season. Still, we're having a bit of trouble inspiring the kids to get off ...read more

One thing I absolutely love about summer is the flexibility to do things during the week that you may not normally be able to do during the school year. There's also this rule about being able to stay up later than usual and that means playing with toys that glow in the dark. ...read more

We live in Arizona. This means lots of desert sand and lots of rocks. In fact, our whole backyard is 100% rocks. We decided that it would be fun for the kids to have a little garden. We created a DIY raised salsa garden with the kids. We're sharing how we made our raised ...read more

Filling a fun Easter basket offered similar challenges to filling a Christmas stocking. We want to look beyond the candy aisle and fill baskets with fun, unique toys, games and books. We put together this fun Easter Basket Shopping Guide to share and inspire non-traditional ...read more

One of my summer goals was to get my 4-year-old more bike confidence - a goal we've been working on with the help of the Y Velo Balance Bike from Yvolution. I started my first two sons on bikes with training wheels, and it took them both a while to finally transition to "big boy" ...read more