Category: Child Enrichment

I have said it before but it is a requirement in our house that a year round and a seasonal sport be played. Our boys choose baseball as their seasonal sport. My youngest is our “athlete” and can probably succeed in any sport he picks. My oldest used to struggle…

Every year since our boys were little, we have gone up to Flagstaff, AZ for the North Pole Experience (NPX) some time right after Thanksgiving or in the month of December. We stay at an Airbnb in town which we love to do as a family. Airbnb’s are the way…

Our house rule is that the kids have to participate in a seasonal sport and additionally a sport or exertion activity year round as well. The boys’ year round sport used to be martial arts which was wonderful but after a break during covid, they weren’t able to get back…

We love camps! There are camps of every different topic you can imagine! Camps provide extra enrichment for an otherwise bored or screen-attached child. I’m a huge proponent of keeping kids screen time to a minimum (an hour per school day and two hours per weekend days) and get them…

Camping is such a fun family activity and there are many ways to do it. You can camp in a tent out in the wilderness without any amenties beyond what you bring. You can also tent camp in a camping resort like a KOA where they offer campsites that usually…

We were on our way back from a little road trip and had a few hours to kill in Flagstaff, AZ (about 2 hours North of where we live) and we decided to pop the boys in for a two hour ski school session at Snowbowl. It was a completely…