Yesterday was the final day of the 30-Day Outdoor Challenge. I hope everyone had a great month and you were able to spend time outdoors with your children! I had planned on posting tips on hiking with children and a story about nature photography to round out the 30-Day Outdoor Challenge for June. Due to unplanned events, I was not able to do so (see story about my dog Tupper). My apologies.

Overall, it was a tough month for getting outdoors! Here in New England, we had 23 days of rain out of 30. I have to admit, even with the best of intentions, we did not make outside every day. We missed four days of the 30. It was so muddy, wet, cold and miserable on some of those days, we barely wanted to get out of bed! Did any of my readers one-up me and made it outside all 30 days? Let me know!

Thankfully, those days are over! We have had sunny weather all this week. We did some great activities over the weekend, including hiking, swimming, beach combing and sprinkler jumping. I plan to continue where I left off with posts next week that include hiking tips and getting your kids involved with nature photography. Plus, I'll be adding plenty of new activities to enjoy with kids now that summer is in full swing!

I am also happy to report that I am hosting Treehugger's Carnival of the Green on July 13, 2009. Be sure to check back for links to great blogs and tweets.