Natural Forests - Explore even more

Its almost end of summer, and are you running out of ideas to keep kids busy? All summer long, did you make a trip to the National Parks, if not, its the right time. End your summer the right way, and give your kids a happy note to make a jump start to a great school year.

Half Dome at Yosemite national park

National Park Services is celebrating its 100th anniversary on August 25, 2016. We all can celebrate it together by visiting any of the national parks from August 25 - August 28th for FREE, yes it is absolutely free at the entrance.

Do you have a 4th grader? It is even better in that case. Every 4th grader get a free entrance pass to all the national parks for a year, and every kid in a park has made it possible. Enjoy while they go to 4th grade.

As a family we love to make trips to National Parks. It is just something that neither can be experienced at home watching it as a show, nor can it be experienced while listening to someones experience. You have to visit it to experience it! We have a long list of national parks to visit, but as a family we made our first trip when Nishka was 3 and Navya just 9 months . Nothing is hard (thats the most heard excuses of all), its just the will to explore. Here are some pictures from the trips we have made. Hope you have a fun trip to any National Parks and do share how it was.

Tunnel View at Yosemite national park

Mirror Lake at Yosemite national park

Bridal Veil at Yosemite national park

Watching the Merced River flow at Yosemite national park

Wonder how tall the trees are at Yosemite national park

There are infinite possibilities, all you have to do is is plan and make it happenWatching the Merced River flow at Yosemite national park

Fun Summer Reading

Summer is a time when kids are off School for a longer duration, and finding the right thing to do is always a challenge to all parents. I tired to do some research and see what is available out there for reading as I already want kids to read and be read and how much it helps them to learn and grow. I signed all 4 kids at home, that includes a pre-schooler, 1st grader and 6th grader to READ FOR THE WIN. For kids who like to read, its fun to read and win something for reading, but I liked the way this program caters to pre-schoolers too. All you have to do is fun actives with your Pre-schooler like reading, dancing, walking, drawing and earn points for doing so. It just tells us how small things make the biggest difference in life.

My kids are already having fun reading, have you signed up yet for your kids @READ FOR THE WIN.

3 days of chilled summer - DIY popsicles

All kids LOVE popsicles anytime of year, but my mantra is 1 popsicle a day the entire Summer. 

Happy kids = Happy Mom. 

Now, let me come back to a thought, and how scared every mom is thinking about what goes in the food her kid eats, The same applies to store bought popscicles. I do not like what goes in it, colors, natural favor(not sure what it is), preservatives and on goes the list. Here is an easy way to get around that.

Get some mold from any store. Mine is from a baby shower favor, and I am making tremendous use of it. Blend the ingredients, the pictures below will have the ingredients. and you will not believe how flavorful they are with so little in them. Try with any fruits you have at home, and they work equally well.

Do comment below if you have tried it, and love any specific flavor that you have come up with.

Ingredients: Mango pulp extracted at home

Ingredients: Cook Khuwa and milk with brown sugar,
Add rasins and shredded coconut

Ingredients: Banana, Pineapple

ENJOY!!!!!