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You're a Trackers Parent when...
21st
October

The top 5 ways you know your a Trackers Parent is when...

#5 You agree that Peter Pan and the Lost Boys would run a very fine summer camp.

#4 Your child considers a pocket knife a tool, not a weapon.

#3 Your version of "local organic foods" comes from your garden, chicken or rabbits (props to Joy and Kelsy) and the fruit trees on you city block.

#2 Your children say, "That's what we do at Trackers, why can't we do it at home?"

And the number one way you know your a Trackers parent is...

#1 You absolutely must stop at Joe's Doughnuts every time your family passes through Sandy, Oregon.

Other runners up were...

  • Looking forward to birthing baby goats in the spring.
  • Children feel they have a useful role in caring for the family
  • Your child nonchalantly says, "We followed a cougar today (by tracks and bird alarms)."

Your story We want the top 5 ways you know you're a Trackers Parent. Contact us or comment on our Facebook page.

Featured program...

Trackers Family Holiday Party Mark you calendars for December 13. Nature walks, great food, Kris Kringle and more. Details in the next newsletter.

Winter Break Camps Little House homesteading, Chronicles of Oaks Bottom and a Snow, Snow, Snowball Fight! Discounts for early registration.

After School Urban Homesteading, nuff' said.

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