Big Energy-Little Learners...Can I do it all?

Mothers day is usually a day I get to choose what we do for the full day.   With our schedules being ridiculously busy and my husband working this year mothers day turned out to be a little bit different.  We had a few hours to celebrate me-the mother- and those hours passed way too quickly.   But in them we did get to do the what I love to do every year on mothers day and that is to hike!  We were not able to talk all of our kids this year but we still got out of the house and enjoyed the spring weather.   The sky was overcast which was beautiful! It kept us nice and cool out in the bog.   There is little natural shade there so the clouds were welcome!  This was Lady Dragons first hike on her own.  We didn't hike a lot last year because of the difficult age she was at and this year she is a bit too big to carry.  So she was off on her own.   Mostly she did a good job staying with us and keeping her at...

Summer evenings are the perfect time for a fire.  When the night cools off and the air is fresh you surround a fire pit with chairs and enjoy the view. Fires tend to bring on good conversation...because we unplug a little while we are entranced by the flames.  This is a great bonding opportunity for the family. So stack up your fire wood grab some tinder and lite it up!    When we have a fire we like to, first of all, take seflies!   We usually do this while daddy makes the fire and the wood gets heated.  Soon after it's time to eat.  We like to have food cooked by the fire.  So we usually do hot dogs and sometimes some roasted veggies.  After food is done the kids are usually ready to be up and moving (before finishing their food) so we administer some games for them.   Such as catch and racing This builds up their appetites again just in time for some s'mores!  The sun is down and the fire is now our light ...