Once upon a time, in order to find fun things to do around the Twin Cities, I would frequent the library, explore guidebooks and newspapers, and sometimes just get lucky. While I love the ease of the internet, I still love to pick these books up at the library periodically. Nothing quite compares to the […]
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Note: Tours and fossil hunts at Hill Annex State Park are suspended until further notice. Like any good adventure, our fossil hunting adventure started with a book. On the mid Thursday of August, we were reading Dinosaurs Before Dark – the first book in the Magic Tree House Series. At the end of the book,
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Every summer I have to fight what I call “School-Year Slide”. My kids, who couldn’t get enough outside time last fall, now just want to sit around looking at screens. Unstructured outdoor play is so important to child development, that I consider it a top priority. When the best days of summer are as short
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