March 25, 2019

Biking with Kids Video: Tips for Taking Longer Bike Rides

With our not too hot, not too cold weather conditions this past Saturday, we hopped on our bikes again for another spring ride. In the following video, we’re sharing our journey, plus a few tips on taking longer bike rides with kids. And if you just a need a few quick tips for reference, I’ve outlined our longer ride tips below!

For this particular ride, we biked to Seattle’s Gas Works Park, stopped for baseball and playground fun, and then rode a little further into the Fremont neighborhood for dinner. This 9-mile round-trip adventure certainly wasn’t our longest ride, but we figure we are building up to go further later in the spring and summer!

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March 22, 2019

Be Kind+News & Inspiration//16

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We went on our first family bike ride of 2019 this week! It was only a few miles, but it felt good to get back to riding as a family.
How did you celebrate the first day of spring? Cherry Blossoms are beginning to make an appearance here in Seattle, and I couldn’t be happier about it!
Opening Day for the Seattle Mariners is less than a week away! We’ll be there, ready to welcome in the new ballpark name & the new season.

Inspiration::

Have you booked any camping trips for this spring or summer? NW Thrifty Mom has a huge list of FREE camping sites in Washington & Oregon.
This list of hot springs from Traveling Mel makes me WISH we were heading to Montana again this summer!(or spring…or fall…;-))
Book of the Week: Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers. We are discovering such gems thanks again to Bergen’s reading challenge at school! This book is a lovely welcome note all about our amazing planet: land, people, animals, and important, touching words.
Promo of the Week: Sandal season is coming! Keen is offering 10% off your next order with code MARCH10OFF OR $10 off your next order with code MARCH10DOLLARS. Also, if you join Keen’s mailing list, you’ll receive 20% off spring items!

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March 21, 2019

Screen-Free Airplane + Road Trip Activties for Young Kids

Who has spring break travel coming up? Whether you are taking to the skies or heading out on the road (or maybe you’re traveling by train!), I wanted to share some recent screen-free activities that our kids have enjoyed. While we are not strict on keeping travel screen-free, we do like to make intentional choices around screen time.

Balance is all we are aiming for, so having a few go-to activities on hand is extremely helpful. The possibilities are endless. Because of that, first, I plan to add to the this short list through follow-up posts. I also want to this to be more of a community effort! Have a highly engaging, easy to pack, screen-free activity idea for young kids? Please leave your idea in the comments or simply email me!

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March 20, 2019

Spring Family Bike Rides +2 Kid Towing Options

Happy FIRST DAY OF SPRING! Apparently Seattle wanted to show off in the weather department this year. Record snow fall this winter. Record breaking temperatures (79 degrees yesterday) this spring. Conditions are likely to get back to normal, but I must admit that I’m little worried about what we have in store for this summer! Near perfect weather has motivated us to start taking more family bike rides.

Georgia’s recent transition from balance bike to pedal bike couldn’t have happened at a better time. She wants to ride her bike to school, ride her bike to pick up her brother from school, ride her bike while we do our afternoon walk to the park, and on and on. With conditions like this, it’s so easy to accommodate her requests!

Unfortunately, she’s not quite road ready. As she gains skills and confidence, when we go on our longer family rides, she has 2 options. She can ride in the Yepp Seat on Slaed’s bike or the Chariot Trailer on my bike. We are playing with the idea of somehow getting her bike to fit into the bike trailer so that she can at least pedal around when we get our destination. It’s just a little too big through. If you have any ideas, let me know in the comments!

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March 19, 2019

Denver’s National Western Stock Show with Kids

This past January, we helped make one of my husband Slaed’s Bucket List dreams come true. We got to attend Denver’s National Western Stock Show as a family! Since Bergen was a baby (he’s now 7.5 years), Slaed talked about taking us. He has fond memories of going as a kid, and when such a huge event happens every year in your home town, it’s a big deal!

Most folks would be planning a trip to Colorado in January around the slopes. I guess we do things a little differently. Instead of a ski getaway, our family planned our long Martin Luther King, Jr holiday weekend around cattle and horses.

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March 18, 2019

Spring Bucket List Progress: #1 Seed Starts Video!

We’ve accomplished our first item from our SPRING BUCKET LIST! Georgia and I took some time this weekend to plant pole bean and snap pea seeds. We’ll keep them inside in small pots until the weather warms up a bit more. We also want the seeds to grow into nice, sturdy, and healthy plants before transferring them to our raised bed outside.

For now they will sit in our sunny front window along with the lettuce seeds that Georgia planted at forest school. Bergen also started a few bean seeds at school. I expect he’ll be bringing them home soon, and we can add them to the mix.

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