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Rock climbing toddler kicks some serious buttArianna is an absolute rock star.

Check out her climbing technique, it's impeccable.  Not even potty trained, she has the concepts of foot placement, three points of contact at all times, shifting her weight on her feet for reach, and toward the end of the video you might think she's about to launch a dyno.

Her parents must be incredibly proud.

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The GoCrib just might make the perfect travel crib for camping, road trips, or weekends at the cabin
The GoCrib - oh, sweet GoCrib, where were you when I needed you?  It packs down into a backpack and weighs a total of 11 lbs.  (Travel Lite Crib?  Yeah, that weighs 20 lbs and takes up more space than a set of golf clubs when it's packed). I love the idea that you just pump it up with the supplied air pump.  It wins points for simplicity.  It's often that the simplest design is the best. I also highly approve of the small pack size.

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These kids hardly need language at all - what with there being these totally awesome digging toys for the sand.  Even though Samantha once complained to me that, "I can't understand her.  She talks weird" about this little Mexican girl. Sam is only seven years old, so this turned into a teaching moment.

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Chloe plays at the park
Fall has arrived in the desert.  Trying to take advantage of some days in the sun that are the perfect 78 degrees, we've been escaping to our neighborhood park for morning play time.  Having a two-year old toddling in the park is always fun and sometimes even funny...except when it's time to say 'bye-'bye to the slides once more.

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No camping child is complete without a t-shirt like this.

Are you thinking the same thing I am?  Yeah. Why is that graham cracker missing a tooth?

I really wanted to get a video of Chloe telling me who's on her shirt, because she's good at it. "Dat's a gwam cwacker, dat's a choc-lit, dat's a marshmellow, and he's wunning!"

I didn't create it, I just bought it because I'm a sucker for this stuff.  No kidding. In Yellowstone National Park, I also bought her an impossible-to-pass-up little pajama set with a hat because it had an embroidered grizzly bear on the butt and on the hat. I paid $25 for that set, and it was too small for her in under than two months. A fool and his money . . .

But whatever! Look at this shirt.  It's perfect for the camping kid.  I found it at snorgtees.com for under 20 bucks, but still. I thought it was too funny to pass up.  Now, in all disclosure, if you buy that shirt through my link below they'll send AdventureParents.com a little kick back.

Kids.  They make everything look good, don't they?  So, in the end, you can get your s'more' kids t-shirt at snorgtees.com and help support our fun little website. And, and, and!  And your little offspring will have something to look . . . you know . . . sooooo C-U-T-E.

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Smores t-shirt for kids

 

Chloe and Samantha spoting really sweet sunglasses
We never knew these girls would be so smitten over one another. Chloe, 2, and Samantha, 7, are good little cousins who play well together.

We're either excited about it, or really freaked out about what they'll do together when they're teenagers. No, I know we're definitely freaked out about that. Until then, I'm capturing all the embarrassing pictures and stories while I can.

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Chloe wants to tell you, dear reader, Happy Easter. Here's to egg hunting.  We went to a local farm this morning and scored some candy and face paint.

Oh yeah . . .

 

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Funky Snowman poem by Calef Brown, Polka-bats and Octopus Slacks
If you're "one of those people" who's all bent out of shape at phrases like "happy holidays," prepare for your blood to boil.

Here's a winter greeting in our house these days: KICK IT, FUNKY SNOWMAN!

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When I was in the fourth grade, a classmate of mine was pulled out of school for a year.  She shrunk back as we kids prodded her, wanting to know what was going on.  Most kids who get yanked from school had it coming and were being sent off to a correctional program or boarding school.

But this time the story was different.

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