Holiday Hike – Riverview Park, Carson City, NV

Hike #16 for 2025 We registered for a ranger-led Holiday hike and Christmas sweaters were encouraged for festive apparel. We walked a two mile flat loop and learned about how native animals survive the winter months. Carson River we each got to pick out a free sticker in the spring we can float a section … Continue reading Holiday Hike – Riverview Park, Carson City, NV

Countdown to Christmas Picture Books

We have an epic Christmas Picture Book collection. It all started when we lost everything in the Paradise Camp Fire (2018) and at first I had a good excuse to replace the books we had lost. Now I’m just a book hoarder! I find them at thrift stores. The good deals are too hard to … Continue reading Countdown to Christmas Picture Books

Library Book Sale – Christmas School Prep

The last day of the library book sale was “Bag Day” at $5/bag of books. It was surprisingly well organized by age and by theme, and I loaded up on Christmas picture books for our annual Book Advent. You can read that post here. It was ridiculously easy to flip through all the bins of … Continue reading Library Book Sale – Christmas School Prep

Christmas in July – Book Advent

Happy Christmas in July friends! I know it's technically August 3rd, I'm running a little behind, but I really wanted to share this idea with you. It's a really good idea! Last year, my good friend RR over at Rookie Roadsters, told me that she had made her kids a Christmas picture book advent. She … Continue reading Christmas in July – Book Advent