Big Kids

My 12-year-old daughter and her friend came inside the house today looking like they won the lottery. They each had earned $10 for "babysitting." I noticed a few of the younger kids from the neighborhood in our back yard,...

It’s the weekend. My family is restless. The weather is, well, unpredictable to say the least. We need to get out of the house before we go stir-crazy.  One of my family’s favorite indoor activities is visiting the Fargo SCHEELS! It’s...

Ever since my boys were little, I knew football would be in our future. Both my husband and I grew up watching this all-American sport with excitement for the intensity and elite athleticism football is known for. Football was...

Riddles, clues, puzzles, locks, keys, problem solving, taking turns and true excitement. Just a few terms to define our time at Clues and Keys Family Escape Room.  I was a newbie to the escape room experience, but it definitely was...

I had planned on writing this post this summer as a way to improve your child's independence through visuals and, at the same time, decrease arguments and power struggles. But it is likely that during this quarantine you will...

Every year, my husband and I discuss goals we individually want to achieve with our children (who are now tweens and teens). These goals are focused on what we want to teach them or learn together with them, but...

From the moment my third daughter was born, I already began to think about the world all my girls would all grow up in. Coming of age in the 90’s myself, I remember how challenging it was growing up...

"Who do you think I will live with if both of my parents die?" This is what a student asked me at school last week. I'm not sure if I looked as shocked as I felt, but I took a...

Have a child that struggles with reading? As parents, we all want what's best for our children's health and their learning. So, it comes as no surprise to hear that vision and reading go hand-in-hand. In order to read well,...

Who is ready for warmer weather?! I know I am! With three young kids, we spend A LOT of our time outdoors when we can. I mean, what North Dakotan/Minnesotan doesn't when the weather is finally nice and we...