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Grand Canyon Adventure: Keyhole Loop Trail

Posted in Family

Another stop during our Grand Canyon Adventure was a little trail called Keyhole Loop Trail.  It’s located in Kaibob National Forest right outside of Williams, Arizona.  We stopped by to see the park ranger to see if he had any maps of the local trails.  He informed us that many of the trails were still closed due to slow, so we’d want to be careful while hiking.  He then went on to recommend the Keyhole Loop Trail because it had something special to see at the end of the trail…. We hiked and hiked over snow banks, through the mud,…

Can Do Kid Bars Review

Posted in Gluten Free, and Reviews

Can Do Kid has 3 kids nutrition/energy bars that are gluten free.  These organic bars are formulated to meet the nutritional needs of active kids.  They have no trans fats, no high fructose corn syrup, 9 grams of protein, and 17 essential vitamins and minerals.  Each of the packages contains 2 small bars. All this is great, but if they don’t taste good, the kids aren’t going to want to eat them.  Knowing this, I hopefully, but hesitantly handed the bars to Munchkin.  As she bit into the chocolate coated, Chocolate Crunch bar a huge grin crossed her face and…

Lesson Planet Review

Posted in Reviews

Lesson Planet is designed to help teachers find lesson plans and other necessary teaching tools fast.  It is a search engine for teachers.  Using various techniques, teachers can narrow down their search results to hone in on the type of materials they need. In addition to searching for teaching tools, teachers can also make their own resources by utilizing different web-based tools such as LessonMaker and NewsletterMaker.  Lesson Planet has a homeschool guide as well as a curriculum calendar. Lesson Planet costs $39.95 per year, but the offer a 10 day free trial so you can see if the service…