#1 Resource for Northern New Mexico Families
Wildlife West Nature Park A high-desert native wildlife zoo and fun festivalsBy Karen Leach Come meet Koshari, one of the largest black bears in the state, get eye to eye with 7-year-old cougar sisters True and Zia, observe four adorable tree-climbing gray foxes, and...
Camping in New Mexico Springtime means planning for sleep-under-the-stars season in the Land of EnchantmentBy Brenda Fleming “What do you actually do camping? Like, sit around and drink beer? I don’t get it.” My coworker had just moved from Alabama to New Mexico....
Garden Exploring Building kids’ confidence in the outdoorsBy Christie Collins We have a lot of exciting things happening at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden on Museum Hill this year. We’ve returned to much of the programming that was offered before COVID, and we are...
De Argentina a Nuevo México Cómo la experiencia de au pair en Estados Unidos ha cambiado mi VidaBy Uma Platz Me enteré del programa de au pair en el 2021 por medio de mi papá. Su sobrina política había estado de au pair en California durante un año para ese entonces y...
Notes from Jen How moving to the United States to work as a nanny changed my lifeBy Uma Platz I found out about the Au Pair program in 2021 through my dad; his step-niece had been living in California for a year at that point, and he thought it would be a good...
The New Mexico Center for Therapeutic Riding Is Moving A forever home to serve more individuals with disabilities in our community.By Ashley Fischer Since 2010, the New Mexico Center for Therapeutic Riding (NMCTR) has provided equine-assisted services to individuals...
Fostering: A Series of Bananas The system, the cycle, and the to-do’sBy Momma Kiki foster parent - noun Individuals who provide a temporary home and care for children in the foster care system, often with the goal of reuniting the child with their biological family or...
Notes from Jen We All Have Emotions to Manage.Time flies. In 2019, we moved back to New Mexico with a 9-month-old, and this Spring, Ryker will turn 6 years old. Both of our kids are out of diapers. Both kids attend school. We celebrated the removal of the...
