June 19, 2013

8 Favorite Stops to Make with Kids in New Jersey

Grounds for Sculpture

If your only impression of New Jersey has anything to do with Snooki or Jersey Shore, then I hope you’ll give New Jersey a second chance. There’s so much fun stuff to do in New Jersey with kids from sculpture gardens to science centers to art museums that I hope you’ll pack your bags and head out to New Jersey [...]

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Pinning Your Ideal Summer Vacation

volcano island

Are your kids still in school or has summer vacation officially started for you? We’ve got just three days left and my kids can’t wait for a few months of fun, games, camps and travel. I’m excited about the prospect of them potentially sleeping in, but I know I’m probably not that lucky. So, with summer fast approaching, I started [...]

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Saturday is National Get Outdoors Day (Free Park Entrance)

Yosemite

Sunscreen? Check. Insect repellant? Check. Comfortable shoes? Check. Okay, you’re ready for National Get Outdoors Day, which is coming up on Saturday, June 9! If you’ve never heard of National Get Outdoors Day, it’s an annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. It’s also a day when you’ll get free entrance to nearly 400 national parks, memorials and monuments, [...]

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Get Outside: 5 Books to Explore Nature as a Family

camping book

I’ll be honest with you. I am not an outdoorsy kind of girl. I had a great time taking my girls hiking over the weekend, but I’ve yet to go on a family camping trip, I don’t own a fishing pole and canoeing is not my idea of a perfect day. I wouldn’t say I’m a “city girl” but central [...]

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Hiking with Kids: 7 Tips For a Perfect Morning Hike

Clare, Kate & Jill Hiking

This weekend, we kicked off our quest to complete The Land of Nod’s list of 100 Things to Do This Summer. It’s a big list with lots of fun activities, like making ice cream, completing a service project and visiting a farm. Today we completed #20 on the list with a five mile hike at Hemlock Overlook Regional Park, which [...]

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National Geographic Kids: Two New Travel Books

National Geographic Kids Travel Books

I frequent children’s daily deal websites, like Zulily and Totsy, stopping by once every two or three days to see what they’ve got that my kids might like. I recently picked up some snorkel sets and swimsuits for my girls, as well as a bunch of educational workbooks. My favorite recent find though has been the new National Geographic Kids [...]

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