At our Labor Day potluck, my friends were bemoaning the end of summer, the shortness of fall, and the coming winter. It’s dark and wet and cold and there’s snow. As a winter sports lover for my entire life, I have a hard time coming around to this point of view. I like the dark … Read more
Outdoorsy families like to give outdoor-related gifts. Most kids are going to be thrilled with toys, but you can give them a gift that reinforces their love for the outdoors when you find something that delights them AND is useful. Our family does a mixture of outdoor related gifts and personal hobby related gifts for … Read more
Breastfeeding is amazing and wonderful and HARD. Nursing and pumping on the go presents additional challenges. Tiny humans have tiny stomachs, which means they need to eat frequently. So as adventure mamas, we need to figure out how to manage that feeding while we introduce them to adventuring, or go out on our own adventures. … Read more
I might be stating the obvious, but I love getting outside! I also love being a mom. And…I’ve found that mixing the two together presents some unique challenges, particularly when trying figure out how to adventure while pregnant and postpartum. My husband and I have just welcomed our second child to our family, so I’m … Read more
While there are a myriad of ways we want to go outside, bringing a scientific perspective gives us a new take on our favorite places. Nature is one of the best places to do science we could possibly ask for. It’s constantly changing and gives us innumerable things to observe and measure. Many other mamas … Read more
One of the very first things I taught in my high school biology classroom was how to make observations about nature. I took my ninth and tenth grade students outside to three trees next to the parking lot and I asked them to make as many observations as they could in twenty minutes. It took … Read more