First, a confession. I love Legos. Actually, I adore Legos. And I’ve been a lucky mom, because when my boys were young, they adored Legos, too. On long hot summer days (or long dark winter days), we’d dump our bin of Lego bricks on the floor and build fanciful machines, houses, contraptions and sculptures. There’s […]
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Learning From My Outdoor Parenting Mistakes
Last May, we made a bad parenting mistake. We let our younger son ride The Ribbon. The Ribbon is a gorgeous expanse of slickrock high above our valley which connects to a series of singletrack trails ending near our home. Our older son loves this ride and he was pretty sure his brother would love […]