Category Archives: tips and strategies
Building a snow fort the Fowler way
Having trouble dressing for winter? Here are some tricks for this weird year.
Hate being outside? Four ways to get your kids out there anyway
Your guide to the perfect snow day
Four ways to ruin a perfectly good adventure
Saying goodbye to summer and hello to fall
Last night we were sitting around the dinner table, as we do almost every night. And, just like almost every night, I asked them to tell me a story from their day at school. (Incidentally, there’s one piece of advice I have for you. Don’t ask your kids how their day was, or even what […]
How to get your kids (and you) off the couch this summer
See those things up there? Those are what we use to help guide our summers. The best thing about summer is all that time for lazy meandering. But sometimes that time can work against you. Too many mornings spent aimlessly wandering about the yard, too many afternoons spent napping on the couch, too many mindless […]
The crazy thing I’m doing to get my kids outside this summer
Since the weather turned warmer, it’s been a common morning scene at our house. “Hey, guys, you should go outside. It’s really nice out.” They ignore me, caught up in playing with a Hot Wheels track, finishing a LEGO creation, or staging an elaborate scene with their stuffed animals that somehow involves an earthquake, a […]
The Best Kind of Family Fishing
Aside from my attempt at ice fishing, I haven’t been fishing in years. The last time I went was while visiting my husband’s family in Florida and it involved loading up the boat, stopping for gas, stopping for bait, launching the boat, motoring out to a spot, fruitlessly fishing, going to another spot, etc, until […]