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Camping and Hiking at Tallulah Gorge State Park, Georgia

Walking in High Cotton Posted on September 10, 2018 by JamieSeptember 9, 2018 3
Camping and Hiking at Tallulah Gorge George...we came, we saw, we walked 1,099 steps--it was beautiful! You should do it! via Walking in High Cotton

Camping and hiking as a family is something we do a lot of–but not normally in a formal public campground. On our Spring Break Road Trip it was a brand new experience for our crew to “camp” with access to an electrical outlet and a hose! I don’t think we even used the electricity at any of our campsites. We didn’t even think about it being there. (What? Not even to charge your phones for all those great family pictures? Nope–invest in an external charger. You’ll never have to worry about … Continue Reading…

Posted in Farm Family | Tagged busy family time, faith and family values, family fun | 3 Replies

How to Redeem Family Time Gone Wrong

Walking in High Cotton Posted on September 6, 2018 by JamieSeptember 5, 2018  
Toddler meltdowns, car break downs, weather disasters...How can you redeem the time when you've made big plans and family time goes wrong? Use these tips! via Walking in High Cotton

Have you ever sat down and planned out a great family fun day, where to go, what to eat, activities to do or attractions to see–maybe even already bought the tickets!–And then it rains? Or someone gets hurt right before you leave? Or the car breaks down? Or the toddler has a meltdown? (Or in our case, the teenager…and how did we get here?!)  And suddenly your great family day is ruined, right?  Nope. It doesn’t have to be.  I can’t name the times we’ve had family plans and something … Continue Reading…

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10 Road Trip Car Activities for the Whole Family

Walking in High Cotton Posted on March 28, 2018 by JamieMarch 26, 2018  
10 great activities for the whole family to enjoy TOGETHER in the car! via Walking in High Cotton

At the beginning of our series of Road Trip posts, I mentioned that we are really looking forward to a fun, relaxed, vacation-feel to our travels. So most of our planning focused on two points… #1. Fun, simple activities while we’re IN the car! #2. Not being IN the car the whole time! I already shared about the individual road trip travel activity cases that we made each kiddo for some of our car time. But in our family, we have a couple of reluctant readers, who just also happen … Continue Reading…

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Family Road Trip Travel Activity Cases for Kids

Walking in High Cotton Posted on March 20, 2018 by JamieMarch 20, 2018  
Road Trip Travel Activity Case for Kids via Walking in High Cotton. Simple, thrifty, fun for family road trips

So…we’ll be spending the week of Spring Break traveling in the truck…with the kiddos…for 3,000 miles…YEAH! We actually ARE really excited about our family road trip vacation–in case that first sentence came across sorta sarcastic. I wrote it like that on purpose, though, because a lot of folks really do react like that to the idea of 10 days of travel, in a car, with 3 kids, basically going nowhere. But we’ve put a lot of thought into making this a fun adventure since we came up with the idea … Continue Reading…

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Road Trips to Nowhere Just for Family Fun

Walking in High Cotton Posted on March 16, 2018 by JamieMarch 26, 2018 2

So, in just a week or two we’re loading the crew up in the truck and heading out on a 3,000-mile journey to nowhere. Sound crazy? Which part? The 3 kids in a truck for 3,000 miles in 8 days, or the journey to nowhere? {smile} We’re excited. It’s been a long time since we took a family vacation. Ok, we pretty much never have. We travel to visit family and call it a vacation. We go to parties, family reunions, the beach, all that family stuff–which we totally love, … Continue Reading…

Posted in Farm Family | Tagged faith and family values, family fun, travel | 2 Replies

Easy DIY Luggage Tags

Walking in High Cotton Posted on July 25, 2017 by JamieOctober 13, 2022 7
Easy DIY Luggage Tags from chipboard and scrapbook paper via Walking in High Cotton

As I wrote last week with our Summer Camp Packing lists (did you download your FREE copy?) our kiddos have been adventuring away from home a lot this summer. They visited my sister, my mother-in-law, and now church camp. This is Speedracer’s first year at church camp and we’ve developed several little rites of passage for the first year. One is that they get their first toiletry bag (or shaving kit bag for the boys) and one is that they get their personalized luggage tags. This is an easy and … Continue Reading…

Posted in Farm Home | Tagged busy family, crafting, faith and family values, farm kids, made with love, summer, travel, working mom | 7 Replies

Great Football Movies for the Family

Walking in High Cotton Posted on June 27, 2017 by JamieMarch 30, 2020 12
Great football movies for the family...inspiration and motivation for kids. via Walking in High Cotton

Well, we registered the boys for football this Fall. Practice doesn’t start until August, but we’ve started accumulating their gear. And they are so excited that they’ve started wearing it around the house and to do their chores, especially walking the dogs. You know, just to get used to it. {smile} Speedracer is particularly excited about it and has been filling all his extra summer minutes with football movies–which then inspire him to throw his gear on and run around the backyard like a gridiron superstar. When it comes to sports … Continue Reading…

Posted in Farm Family | Tagged busy family, faith and family values, farm kids, movies | 12 Replies

How to Make a Great Outdoor Space for Summer Family Time

Walking in High Cotton Posted on June 21, 2017 by JamieJune 21, 2017 2
How to Make a Great Outdoor Space for Summer Family Time. Simple and budget friendly tips. via Walking in High Cotton

I’ve written before about how hard it can be to leave the farm for a vacation in the summer time. So we staycation a lot. And honestly, that’s probably more liberal than it deserves. We “staycation” a lot in the summer. On Friday and Saturday evenings. On our own back porch. After working all day. {smile} We’re blessed that the farm provides everything one could need to get a little rest and relaxation without having to go anywhere at all! It can truly feel like a “family vacation” with very little … Continue Reading…

Posted in Farm Family, Farm Home | Tagged busy family, faith and family values, farm kids, on the porch, summer | 2 Replies

Farm Life Makes Vacations Hard

Walking in High Cotton Posted on May 30, 2017 by JamieMay 30, 2017 2
family lake vacation

We just got back from a short family vacation over the 3-day weekend and I’m reminded why we don’t all go anywhere overnight very often! {smile} The farm is hard to leave. And the work is hard to come back to! We spent some refreshing time with family at the lake and the crew got to do all-things-water-sports for a couple days. Kayaking, canoeing, boating, some fishing, swimming, even paddle boarding. They got to stay up late and sleep in (a little bit!) and not have to do any chores. … Continue Reading…

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The Quest for Truth Sci-Fi Series for Middle Grade Readers…A Review and GIVEAWAY!

Walking in High Cotton Posted on May 26, 2017 by JamieMay 26, 2017  
Quest for Truth sci-fi series for middle graders by Brock Eastman--A Review and Giveaway! via Walking in High Cotton

We’ve continued with our slow, steady, and FUN family Astronomy study this month. So far we’ve already seen and documented several moon phases including a full moon and a new moon; visible Jupiter; visible Mercury, and learned to recognize the Big and Little Dipper.  We’ve also watched several space and sci-fi movies as a family, including a special at-home family movie night presentation of Rogue One (which my kiddos hadn’t seen yet) and a splurge on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 in the theater. We’ve been keeping a list of … Continue Reading…

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5 Tips for Raising Kids That Are Self-Motivated

Walking in High Cotton Posted on May 24, 2017 by JamieOctober 19, 2022 8

We got a late night call from the sheep shearing about rescheduling our appointment due to rain on Sunday. You can’t shear wet sheep, so they had some cancellations from folks that couldn’t get their animals under cover. They knew we could, and asked if we wanted to bump our appointment up to first thing the next morning. It meant that Mr. Fix-It and I had to move the sheep from one side of the farm to the other and pen them in the tractor shed. In the dark. Without … Continue Reading…

Posted in Farm Work | Tagged faith and family values, farm kids, shearing and wool, sheep | 8 Replies

Letting the Work Provide the Rewards

Walking in High Cotton Posted on April 28, 2017 by JamieJune 2, 2017 6
Natural Consequences AND Natural Rewards for Self-Motivated Children via Walking in High Cotton

It’s no secret that our farm kids do a lot of work and chores around here. They are preparing to manage their own family and property one day and hands-on practice is the best teaching tool I know of. Our goal is to send self-motivated, diligent, hard-workers out into the world. But it’s easy to get into the daily grind and start to feel like all you do it work, work, sweat, and work, and then you start to lose motivation. I know–I feel it too sometimes! Much like our preferred … Continue Reading…

Posted in Farm Work | Tagged busy family, faith and family values, farm kids | 6 Replies

Spring Break with Simple and Frugal Family Fun

Walking in High Cotton Posted on April 14, 2017 by JamieMarch 30, 2020  

The crew has been on Spring Break lately, so I’ve been hashing together a schedule between work and home to spend time with them–even if it occasionally means I’m working while they’re playing. It’s a joy to be able to hear them laughing (and squealing!) in the background! What are some of the simple and frugal (actually, mostly FREE) family fun we’ve been enjoying this week? Well, scrubbing water troughs for one! The kiddos had to empty, scrub and refill all the water troughs. Since we just recently rotated the … Continue Reading…

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Redirecting Anger with Healthy Activity

Walking in High Cotton Posted on April 12, 2017 by JamieMay 18, 2017 5
Redirecting Anger with Healthy Activity in children via Walking in High Cotton

We’re in a parenting stage where we deal with a lot of anger in our munchkins. We tend to think of that as something you deal with during the “terrible twos” and with toddlers, but it doesn’t magically go away when they become more verbal. I wonder if it doesn’t actually increase as your child’s mental and emotional capacity grows, but we start giving it different names. That sounds so negative! But the whole time they’re growing up, kids have to learn to deal with things like anxiety, disappointment, and … Continue Reading…

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Helping Kids LOVE the Outdoors

Walking in High Cotton Posted on April 7, 2017 by JamieApril 7, 2017 6
Helping Kids Love the Outdoors ... at www.walkinginhighcotton.net

It’s no secret that we spend a lot of time outside and love the outdoors. Peruse our Facebook page, Instagram account, or even here at the blog, and almost all our pictures are outside. In the fields, in the woods, at the tree farm…even without structured activities our days are split about 60/40 outside time to inside time, other than school hours. Maybe even 70/30…if the weather is nice on the weekends even 90/10! (Yes, my housework suffers for it!) Here are some of the ways we lever the kiddos … Continue Reading…

Posted in Farm Family | Tagged faith and family values, farm kids, nature study | 6 Replies

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