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The Denver Children’s Museum
I have to be honest, I love the Denver Children’s Museum. I love it more than the Museum of Nature and Science, which is saying something. I think I even love The Children’s Museum more than my own children do. I feel like most children’s museum have similar exhibits: interactive displays of water, kinetic energy,…
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Car Wash Party
Something easy and fun I like to do with my kids is to have car wash parties. Basically, we go to the gas station, I let them pick out a treat, and then they get to eat it in the car as we go through the car wash. I also blast some upbeat music as…
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Open Gym
There are not many sights that excite a child more than a huge area filled with things to run, jump, swing and climb on. This is why we have so often taken advantage of the open gym time offered at our local gymnastics school. I’ve found there are many gymnastic and ninja businesses that offer…
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Road Trip Activities
Every time we embark on a road trip, the foremost thought on my mind is: how can I keep my kids occupied and happy without the use of a screen or device? I’ve compiled some ideas that have worked for us, and I would love to hear your suggestions as well! Rest Areas First off,…
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Road Trip Bingo Cards
I love taking road trips. I spend inordinate amounts of time dreaming about road trips and planning road trips. (For example, I would like to drive from Denver to Anchorage.) My kids love road trips too, but only for about 2 hours and only if they can have a device the entire time. So, to…
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Arcade on the Cheap
During the long, cold winter months, I always struggle to find active things for my kids to do. When they were a little younger, I used to take them to the arcade to run around. They would expend energy scampering around from game to game, and the best part was that they didn’t even care…
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Goat Hike
Why go on a regular hike when you can hike with goats? My children have informed me that walking is boring, and it’s only worth it if we’re walking to someplace exciting, like the park, or doing something fun while we walk. Hence the hike with goats. This goat hike was offered through a neighborhood…
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Sushi Stacks
Every now and then I like to try my hand at new culinary adventures and my daughter loves helping me. A few years ago I started making sushi, and while it was sometimes fun and enjoyable, I often got frustrated because whenever I would cut the rolls they would turn out weird and misshapen. I’m…
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Seaquest: an interactive aquarium
Have you ever had the opportunity to pet a wallaby? Or feed a stingray? Or walk slowly along beside a huge tortoise? These experiences are what have made Seaquest a favorite place for us to visit. Seaquest is a chain of small aquariums with about 10 locations across the United States. They are generally found…
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Making Music Videos
I think adventures come in all types, and sometimes the weather isn’t conducive to going outside, or driving somewhere, and sometimes there’s a pandemic. In these kinds of situations, something I have come to love making music videos with my kids. You don’t have to be a professional filmmaker to do things like this. I…
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Adventures With My Kids 