A Review of Arbuckle Wilderness in Oklahoma
Holly’s sKoop: An afternoon at Arbuckle Wilderness
by Holly Duenas
Our family is a HUGE fan of America’s Funniest Home Videos. My husband especially….he loves laughing at other people’s misfortunes. He’s sweet like that. And I believe my kids have inherited his sense of humor as well. I hear them laughing nonstop during this television show. We’ve noticed that almost every episode of AFV has a family driving through one of those drive-thru safari experiences where someone’s face almost gets pecked off by an ostrich or a hand gets chomped by a zebra. So we thought, hey, let’s go do that! Heck, we might even win $100,000 someday with a funny video we submit to AFV. Okay, maybe not.
Setting Expectations for our Kids even When they’re Hurting
Ask Amy: When We Hurt for Our Kids
by Amy Egan
It may be impossible not to hurt when our kids are hurting, but maybe just being aware when we experience it would be helpful. There is almost nothing more painful than watching our kids hurt: most of the time we’d rather do their suffering for them. I am sure it is the “Mama Bear instinct” that takes hold of us when we see our kids in any kind of pain – whether it is physical or emotional, and whether they are the cause of their pain or not at fault.
There are situations when their pain needs to be our business – and there are also plenty of situations where their concerns need to be their own. The focus of this article is not about whether to step in: it is about bringing to light the serious ramifications we can create simply by approaching the child’s concerns with our own perspectives.
How to Create a Mind-Boggling Optical Illusion
Sci-Tech Discovery Center at Home Experiments for Kids
Our brains are trained to look at patterns from a very early age. It’s how we are able to distinguish our parents from other people as well as being able to spot dangerous situations. When you see the long edge compared to the short edge of another piece, our brains quickly try to analyze the situation and conclude that the pieces are different sizes. In the following video, you can see how we transform paper into a mind-boggling, brain-fooling optical illusion!
Why Water is Important to our Health
Water: You Just Can’t Live Without It!
By Sonja Kabell
The topic I want to focus on this month is water. Water is one of the most simple but very important keys to good nutrition and health. Water is the most readily available and free resource there is. The surprising part is that most people- adults and children – do not drink enough water for sustaining health!
Visualize what happens to your favorite house plant when you forget to water it. It starts to get droopy, the leaves turn brown, they start to fall off and the soil dries up. Not too good for the house plant! Like a miracle, once you water it, it perks right back up. Just think of what is going on inside of your body when you do not drink enough water… not so good either!