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Tree Hugging Family - Living Green

May 17th, 2008

Gardening Tasks Even Toddlers Can Help With

Gardening is one great way to get your kids outside. However, if you don’t allow them to stay busy, toddlers can create more work for you. Here are some tasks toddlers and young children can help with.
Placing seeds: Put a few seeds at a time in a medicine cup so they don’t go nuts.
Pulling deadheads: […]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

May 7th, 2008

One Tree Hugging Family: Playing in the Creek!

Kisha, one tree hugging mama, sent us some great photos of her adorable little one and this message about the shots…
“This is my daughter, Savie, and my dog Halley playing the creek here in AZ. We have a campsite up in the Chiricahua Mountains. We go there every year to the same site and […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

May 1st, 2008

Less asthma among kids - just one more reason to hug trees

A new release from HealthDay News relates that young children who live on tree lined streets, or technically in neighborhoods with plenty of trees, have lower rates of asthma than children who live among fewer trees.

In New York City, asthma is the leading reason for hospital admissions among the 15 year old and younger set. […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

April 24th, 2008

It’s Television Turnoff Week - Are You Unplugged?

If you’re unplugged to save energy; cool. If you’re unplugged and celebrating TV turnoff week, well that’s fine too. I’m not unplugged though for the week, and here’s why.
It’s not a realistic campaign. While I agree with the reasoning, I don’t much agree with how they’re trying to pull this whole, get the family together […]

By Jennifer -- 4 comments

April 23rd, 2008

One Tree Hugging Family - Nature Kids!

These photos sent by mama Shawna are truly breathtaking. I’m so jealous. I want to take photos this nice.

See how right I am - just beautiful. Shawna notes that these shots, “Are from a camping trip we went on this last weekend to South East Utah. It’s called Buck Horn Wash! Very beautiful!” I agree.
Many […]

By Jennifer -- 1 comment

December 7th, 2007

25 Reasons To Get Outside During Winter

Technically it’s not really winter yet but it sure feels like it. It’s been so cold lately that Cedar and I spend more time indoors which is fine; we do lots of fun stuff but really we all need to get outside. Cold or not. Nature doesn’t take a winter break and neither should we. […]

By Jennifer -- 6 comments