Hiking

We purchased a used Kelty Tour 1.0 Child's Carrier hiking pack which is shown in these pictures.

7 months

Age & Weight:
We started hiking with Maya when she was 6 months old.

The minimum weight for a baby in the carrier is 16 lb.

I've heard of some families who have used this carrier with their kids 4 years and older!

The maximum child weight in this pack is 40lb.

Maya now at 19 months is 25.3 lb, so we have a while to go!

Duration of hike:
The longest we've tried to go with her has been 30 minutes as a time. We will take her out of the pack for a break for a few minutes, and then she's ready for another 30 minutes. She also has napped in the pack while hiking.

Which version to get:
The version I linked to above is the lowest cost hiking carrier Kelty sells. There are some cool features in the more expensive pack, but I do not feel like with our pack it NEEDS anything more, and didn't want to shell out an extra $50 for small features.

19 months (25.3 lb)

This is what the Kelty Tour 1.0 Child's Carrier looks like:

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Matcha Vanilla Spiced Latte

I finally gave in to try the matcha craze and love it.

Recipe:
6 oz warm soy vanilla milk
2 oz warm water
1 teaspoon Jade Matcha or any other Matcha of your choosing*
1 teaspoon honey
sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg
Optional: add Collagen Peptides

*I bought the 30g (1oz) Organic Matcha Green Tea Powder, by Jade Leaf Organic. It has 30 servings for the recipe above. UPDATE: I found a better deal, the same price for twice the quantity with Organic TEAki Hut. TEAki Hut sells 2oz and 4oz.

MEAL PREP GAME: 

Love my morning lattes so much, I added it to my weekly meal prep. Each container is 1 latte serving.

I use the Rubbermaid snack box containers (.5 cup capacity) which are part of the Lunch Blox Container Kit.

Skottle Grill and 5 places to bring it to

The best portable cooking appliance to use for your outdoor adventure is the tembo Tusk Skottle grill.

Backyard Breakfast

Camping Trip

When we have used it and when we will be using it:

1. Your backyard We used this grill to make breakfast with a 1-dish cleanup solution. Our favorite breakfast of choice is bacon (or your kosher meat preference), potato hash and scrambled eggs.
   
2. Camping trip We used this grill to make a fancy steak and peppers dinner at our lakeside camping getaway.
   
3. Picnic at the park
   The camping recipe was so good, we will be skipping the frustration of using charcoal grills at a park for an upcoming picnic and instead using the skottle for burgers.
   
4. Stadium tail gating 
   Coming soon this October!
   
5. Outdoor movie
   It's very easy and fun to make popcorn on the skottle from kernels! 

Outdoor movie night (popcorn being made behind the babe!)

To get this grill, there are two items to purchase:

The first item is the Skottle kit (comes with everything you need to start cooking: an 18" Disc, 28" Tall when assembled, the 3 legs, the burner and the carry bag for both the legs and the grill plate. If you prefer to save a few bucks and not get the carry bag, you can find it here).

The second item to buy is the 1lb propane bottle. Get one here.

For pretty images of the two items, see below.

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