Colorado Springs Outdoors

I met a family who just moved to Colorado Springs recently.  She mentioned finding a local hike and I gave her a bunch of places that we love to take kids here in the Springs.  I figured maybe other people would live here or visit here and want the same info, so I'll put it here on my blog.

Starsmore Discovery Center
Bear Creek Nature Center
Castlewood Canyon State Park
Mueller State Park
Paint Mines
Red Rock Canyon Open Space
Section 16, Black Forest
Homestead Regional Park
Fox Run Park

All of these places have hiking and are free!  If you want to spend money, the Colorado Springs Zoo is really well done and only takes about 2 hours to get through.  We typically get a season pass.  We always go around Christmas for their zoo lights (it is in the evening, one year it snowed on us while we were there - WONDERFUL fun!).

There are tons of great outdoor places for kids out here.  As I write this I keep thinking of other great hikes - Sonderman Park, Palmer Park, the Santa Fe Trail, Pancake Rocks, the Crags.  The list could go on indefinitely! 

Dyslexia

Since I haven't blogged much in the past year, people who follow this blog (again, all 2 of you), may not know that Seth was diagnosed with dyslexia last year.  He was 8 at the time, still not reading, still writing in all capital letters and obviously just not "getting it" when it came to reading.  I took him to a wonderful lady who does brain training with a twist (she uses a sparker and sparks accupressure points - this probably makes no sense to anyone!).  If you're interested, you can find her at Brain Transformations, Becky Kennard. 

Even with brain training, it has taken a while for Seth to really read WELL.  He is now 9, 3rd grade and reads everything!  He also has taken to spelling things nonstop (which is really cool!). 

Imagine my joy this morning when he brought a small print, New King James Version of the Bible to devotions and wanted to get to read from it (his sisters look up verses and read).  When he read, read VERY well, a verse, I cried.

This is one of those moments as a homeschool mom where I feel like we just might succeed!!!  Thank You God for putting Becky in our lives and giving me the patience to wait for Seth to read!