January and February are difficult months for me. The post-holiday blues set in, and the weather gets cold and the skies turn gray. Ann Arbor set a record for most days without the sun shining while we lived there – it was over a month! Living in Cincinnati has helped – we have very mild …
I’m a big believer in giving gifts that are experiences, rather than things. Don’t get me wrong – I give people stuff too. I’m very practical, and sometimes my nieces and nephews just need clothes because they’re growing like weeds! But I really like to give gifts that the receiver will enjoy multiple times, or …
My family has a long-standing tradition of celebrating Christmas in Chicago. It started when we were young and lived in the suburbs, and my parents would bring us into the city to see The Nutcracker every year. After we moved away from the Chicagoland area, my family took trips back to Chicago whenever we could. …
FC Cincinnati joined Major League Soccer (MLS) this year! Considering this team has only been in existence since 2016 (as a member of USL Championship), becoming the 24th team in MLS is pretty impressive! Technically, this is not an official stop on the stadium tour, nor does it count for checking a team off of …
Summer definitely arrived in Cincinnati! We had temperatures well above 90 all week, so I had the challenge of finding ways to beat the heat while my niece and nephew visited last week. They wanted to go to a water park, but they had gone while visiting one of their other aunts a few weeks …
My niece and nephew (or my niblings, as is the gender neutral term for my sibling’s children) visited last week, and I was charged with the task of getting them away from their screens and entertaining them for a few days. Have you ever tried getting a teenager and tweenager away from the screens without …
I love The Polar Express – the book and the movie. Hubby loves trains of all kinds. He has an HO Packer train that he sets up under the Christmas tree every year. Naturally, when I started looking for family activities for the holidays, The Polar Express jumped to the top of my list. I …
Today is LEON Day – June 25. LEON spelled backwards is NOEL, and marks that it is six months until Christmas. It also happens to be a day that my Grandpa made up, or at least, is the first person I ever heard make mention of it. We’ve been celebrating LEON Day as a family …
Over Father’s Day weekend, I planned a surprise road trip for Hubby, the kiddo, and me. Our first stop was in Cumberland, Ohio to visit The Wilds. After spending the night in Cambridge, we drove to our our second stop on the trip – Legoland Discovery Center in Columbus. My house is full of Duplos, …
For Father’s Day, I planned a surprise weekend road trip for Hubby and the kiddo. I had been exploring weekend road trips and family-friendly activities for a while, and was excited to find The Wilds, a 10,000 acre wildlife conservation center located in Cumberland, Ohio. In partnership with the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, The Wilds …