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School Age Kids

Wet and Dry Family Fun at Great Wolf Lodge

For over 25 years, Great Wolf Lodge has been providing fun, family friendly get-aways in resorts designed to provide lodging, food, and entertainment all in one indoor place so you can visit and enjoy year round. Since hearing of their opening in the new Manteca location, our family has been wanting to visit and experience…

December 9, 2022 in Amusement Parks, Babies and Toddlers, Lodging, San Francisco Bay Area, School Age Kids, Teens.

Monument Hopping in Washington DC

When I think of Washington DC, the image that immediately comes to my mind is the tall spire in the center of the National Mall. From there you can see the Capital Building, The Lincoln Memorial, and the White House. That tall spire, created to commemorate our first president, is an iconic monument that is…

November 11, 2022 in Museums and History, School Age Kids, Washington DC.

Chihuly Garden and Glass – Where Glass and Art Dance in Colorful Delight

Imagine stepping into a world of whimsy, a world of color, a world of spectacular immersive art.  That is what you are stepping into when you visit the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum in Seattle.  For us the Chihuly was an add on.  We bought the City Pass tickets to see other major attractions.  I…

March 25, 2022 in Museums and History, School Age Kids, Washington.

Play with Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang at the Charles M. Schulz Museum

When in a Peanuts cartoon, you are transported into the world of a child, taken to their level, and seeing the world through their eyes. Entering the Charles M. Schultz Museum, you are transported into his mind and his world. You can see Peanuts strips and cartoons of your childhood, while also seeing his studio,…

October 20, 2021 in Museums and History, Napa Valley / Sonoma, School Age Kids.

Learn and Play at the Science Museum of Virginia

Where can you test your speed compared to a T-Rex, learn about prehistoric dinosaurs, understand the importance of mental health, and finish with a trip through the stars?  You can do all that and more at the Science Museum of Virginia! On a rainy day in the summer, we wanted a fun activity to keep…

October 13, 2021 in Museums and History, Richmond, School Age Kids.

How to Spend A Day in Colonial Williamsburg

Stepping into Colonial Williamsburg, you are transported to the 18th century, where woman wore bonnets, the men wore 3 corner hats, and the air was filled with the spark of revolution.  Before the capital was moved, Williamsburg was the main city in colonial Virginia. In the 1920s, Reverend Goodwin realized that several buildings in the…

October 6, 2021 in Museums and History, School Age Kids, Virginia.

American Civil War History at the American Civil War Museum

The period of history called the American Civil War was a bloody period in the history of the United States, and the consequences of that war and the aftermath continue to have a hold in our society today.  To learn the lessons of that conflict, the American Civil War Museum has created an interesting and…

September 15, 2021 in Museums and History, Richmond, School Age Kids.

Jumping into Art: Visiting the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit as a Family

A warehouse in Hayes Valley is not usually where you expect to find art from one of the most famous impressionist painters in the world.  But just off Van Ness and Market Street, there is a warehouse that houses the amazing Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit.  Massimiliano Siccardi a brilliant digital artist, conceived of the idea…

July 12, 2021 in Museums and History, San Francisco Bay Area, School Age Kids.

Things to Do in Old Town San Diego – It’s More Than History

A state park full of historic buildings that are supposed to tell the history of San Diego; that sounded exactly like something I would love.  I could not wait to check out Old Town San Diego and learn about a part of California’s history I did not know as much about.  What I discovered is…

May 17, 2021 in Museums and History, Playgrounds and Parks, San Diego, School Age Kids, Shopping.

Soaring to Great Heights at iFly San Diego

“Soar on a cushion of air up to 30 feet high”.  That did not sound like something my son, with his fear of heights and danger, would want to do.  But as soon as he saw the iFly brochure in the lobby of our San Diego hotel, he talked of nothing else.  With his father…

May 10, 2021 in Other, San Diego, School Age Kids.

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