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06.12.2014 By: Eliza, MiniBury Founder

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We love when our readers pass along internet treasures! Happy reading!

Let’s Grow Kids Vermont’s campaign for early childhood education, because 80% of a child’s brain develops by age 3….read more.

Balanced and Barefoot – Help your kids get outside and be creative, set up their own fairy tepees with unusual items!

Let Kids Run Wild in the Woods

Ode to Sleeping Children – sweet and funny

How to Give Your Kids a 1970s Summer

For families with Lego lovers – Life of George is combination of Lego building and video games – check out the full description here and buy the kit here. Life of George was suggested to us by an elementary teacher from Boston who’s been using it with kids K-8 with great success.

Finally here are a few good suggestions for summer that have been circulating around Facebook:

8 suggestions for a “Live More/Love More Summer” 

1. Resist the urge to get “one more thing” accomplished—instead get in one more hug, one more cleansing breath, or one more page of your favorite book.

2. Lower the bar—let good enough be good enough. Happiness trumps perfection every single time if you let it.

3. Notice fireflies, ice cream mustaches, and unexpected cool breezes. Express thanks for these summer delights loud enough for your kids to hear you. They will begin to notice them too.

4. When plans go awry, just let go—sometimes the unplanned has a way of turning out better anyway.

5. Serve up daily helpings of grace. We’re learning; they’re learning. Embracing our humanness allows others to embrace theirs.

6. Say yes to what matters and no to what doesn’t. Act on the callings of your heart and don’t feel guilty about it.

7. Run in the sprinkler. Do a cannonball into the pool. Refuse to let the size of your thighs deprive you of sweet relief and uninhibited joy on a hot summer day.

8. When critical thoughts become words that hurt the people you love or yourself, recite the phrase: “Only love today.” Recite it 10,000 times a day if you have to. Love is a much softer place to lay your head at night.

© Rachel Macy Stafford 2014 Thank you for being part of The Hands Free Revolution—letting go to live more & love more in the time we are given. *For more inspiration & simple strategies to let go of daily distraction, societal pressure, & perfection, check out HANDS FREE MAMA the book ⇒ http://amzn.to/1gDzKRO

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Eliza, MiniBury Founder

Hello, I’m Eliza. I founded MiniBury in 2012 because I had a hunch that I wasn't the only parent in Addison County missing fun family friendly events. I love the challenge of finding and sharing information about our community to other parents.

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3:30 pm Storytime at Rokeby Museum @ Rokeby Museum
Storytime at Rokeby Museum @ Rokeby Museum
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The Bixby Library and Rokeby Museum are partnering again to bring you three, FREE storytimes and sing-alongs outside on the Rokeby lawn. Admission to Rokeby on Tuesdays after 1 pm is pay what you can. Come [...]
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U8-U12 Pickup Soccer @ Mary Hogan Elementary School Rec Fields
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Atlético Middlebury is hosting pickup soccer games for kids 12 and under Tuesday evenings through the summer. When they have enough players they’ll split by ages. Parents are welcome to kick around too.
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Virtual Mama Group @ Zoom
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New Haven Outdoor Storytime @ Village Green
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D&D @ Ilsley @ Ilsley Library
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We’ve got dungeons! We’ve got dragons! We’ve got shiny dice! On Wednesdays, any and all middle schoolers can come beat the villain (or your DM)! Participants will create characters, paint a minifigure to act as [...]
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Bristol Summer Music Series @ Bristol Rec Park
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Drop-in German Class For Kids @ Ilsley Library
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Elementary-age kids have fun with games and songs in German, learning language and culture with Middlebury College students.
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Bristol Band Music in the Park @ Bristol Town Green
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Bristol Storytime @ Lawrence Memorial Library
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Storytime @ Ferrisburgh Town Beach @ Ferrisburgh Town Beach
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