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 …
Miller Park may be my “home ballpark,” but Great American Ballpark is currently the closest Major League Baseball stadium, and probably the one I have been to the most after Miller Park. Like Miller Park, it’s also special to me for several reasons. Hubby and I went to a lot of baseball games when we …
Miller Park, Home of the Milwaukee Brewers, is my favorite ballpark in all of Major League Baseball for a few reasons. The primary reason is that it’s my “home” ballpark so I have an obvious bias. Though I live in Cincinnati now, Miller Park is the place I saw the most games played, attended countless …
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Hubby and I have traveled all over the world, but sports are a common thread throughout our travels. Sports, and attending sporting events, bonds us together. We’ve journeyed to Maui for the Maui Invitational and New York City for the Big East Tournament. We said we were going watch our alma mater play college basketball, …
We went to Seattle on our first Stadium Tour, and it was a jam-packed 3-day weekend! There was so much to see and do, and we took advantage of all the city had to offer! Tips for Planning a Weekend in Seattle Buy a CityPASS! When doing my research and planning for the trip, I …