“Encourage your child to have muddy, grassy or sandy feet by the end of each day, that's the childhood they deserve.”
"Restore balance. Most kids have technology, school and extracurricular activities covered. It’s time to add a pinch of adventure, a sprinkle of sunshine and a big handful of outdoor play."
- Penny Whitehouse
Balance
"Sad child? Nature. Cranky child? Nature. Bored child? Nature. You’re welcome."
- Penny Whitehouse
Healing
"Encourage your child to have muddy, grassy or sandy feet by the end of each day, that’s the childhood they deserve."
- Penny Whitehouse
Aspirations
"Don’t just tell children about the world. Show them."
- Penny Whitehouse
Education
"Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even when you're home."
- Carol Nelson
Nature
"We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all."
- Joanna Gaines
Nature
"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood."
- Richard Paul Evans
Nature
"Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime."
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nature
"We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar, and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all."
- Joanna Gaines
Nature