It's 2024! Time to set some goals. My first goal is to procrastinate more, so I am posting this two weeks late, just to keep things interesting.2023 was the hottest year in recorded history. Climate Change and plastic pollution are creating so much chaos, loss of biodiversity, and is becoming exponentially more dangerous...

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 It's almost Halloween, and we are ready for trick or treaters! We are trying handing out magic wands this year to try something different. I mean, if kids are getting hyped up on candy, they obviously needs to run around with pointy sticks while they are at it!I think these magic wands will...

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 The American West is facing one of the worst droughts in it's history- 72 percent of the region is in severe drought, and 26 percent is in exceptional drought. The Colorado River is in trouble, and nowhere is that more on display than Lake Mead, the reservoir made by the Hoover Dam. It's...

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 I just read an awesome and really helpful blog from Fab Working Mom Life about what to remember when you go to the beach with a toddler. I love lists like this, because I am definitely not the type of mom who can remember a bunch of things, and we almost always end up missing...

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Earth day is coming up this week and it seems that more people than ever are getting invested in the state of our world and what they can do to help. Thank goodness for everyone out there who cares! This year, the environment is on more and more people's minds. From Greta Thurnberg to...

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It's Earth month! So I have been thinking a lot about what we can be doing for the planet, and the options feel HARD. I mean, plastic pollution, climate change, environmental injustice- these problems are freaking huge!Now, I know we can all do hard things, and I believe we can do hard things,...

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At our house, every month gets a letter that we use as inspiration for adventures, food, and making stuff. We start when the kids are three, so by the time they head to kindergarten, they associate learning and literacy with fun and adventure. Pre-quarantine it kept our focus on experiences instead of things....

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