Rainy day play ideas for Orange County with kids aren't usually necessary. It hardly ever rains. When it does rain, we usually just stay indoors for the day and it's sunny the next. When the forecast is showing rain until well into the future, I need to have some ideas! I put together this post from … Continue Reading
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I could just as easily title this Sidewalk Hiking post: “Sidewalk Skipping” or “Urban Walks.” The point is that walking around your neighborhood counts as a hike. No matter what anyone else says! It counts. This is part of my Hummingbird Parenting blog series. When I introduced Hummingbird Parenting, I talked about a playground parenting style that […]
Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea: The $5 Park with $10 Worth of Fun
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25 Best Family Movies to Watch on Rainy Indoor Weekends
You know I don’t often recommend screen time on this blog, but a friend asked me for suggestions on the best family movies to watch together with the kids. My kids don’t watch any TV during the week — no time with school and play! So our weekly “Family Movie Night” has turned into a […]
Bonelli Park in San Dimas
Bonelli Park is what’s written on the archway over the entrance to LA County’s Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas. We’ve probably passed by this park hundreds of times traveling on the 57 freeway between Orange County and Pasadena. As we drive towards the mountains, we go through Brea, Diamond Bar, and then […]
How to Be a Hummingbird Parent
Exploring how to be a “Hummingbird Parent” is the next step after learning the story and loose definition of Hummingbird Parenting. Hummingbird parenting isn’t anything new, it’s just the name I gave to my personal parenting strategy when I got fed-up with the helicopter parenting bashing from the media or experts, many of whom weren’t […]
El Dorado Park in Mission Viejo
El Dorado Park in Mission Viejo is such a great little park near an elementary school. I’m so surprised I’ve missed it all these years, but I think it’s because it got a recent upgrade. It happens to have “Swing with Me” swings, so some readers pointed me in the direction of El Dorado Park in […]
Hummingbird Parenting Explained (Story + Definition)
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7+ Kid-Friendly Farm and Garden Outings
Are you looking for kid-friendly farm and garden outings around Southern California? I remember being allowed to wander through botanic gardens on my own. I guess my mom was probably watching, but my eyes were facing forward and I was an explorer in a new world! What was around the next bend? What exotic plants […]