A Trip to the Friendly Market in Boone County
Today the boys and I visited The Friendly Market in Boone County for the first time. This market opened in 2013, and has some great local vendors and products. The Friendly Market is a smaller market than Findlay Market, but I liked the intimate vibe, and loved the fact that the business owners themselves were...
Cheap Date Nights in Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky
My husband and I value our date nights. We have four children, we love said children, but we also cherish our alone time. Sometimes we will jump at any chance to have a date night. While we enjoy having nice dinners in swanky restaurants from time to time, we also look for relatively cheap date...
Krohn Conservatory Presents: The Edible Landscape {GIVEAWAY – CLOSED}
The Butterflies have moved on to another city, and Krohn Conservatory has opened a TASTY new exhibit! The Edible Landscape is on display from now until August 24th. You can not only visit the conservatory and see a multitude of edible plants growing, but you can also purchase your own plants there AND you can...
Cincy Shakes Presents: Free Shakespeare in the Park
August is right around the corner and that means the return of FREE performances by the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in parks around our region. Michael and I love going to Cincy Shakes to see shows in their intimate theater, but come August the company spreads their wings and performs in front of the public in...
Chicago :: Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago Vacation :: For Spring Break 2014 we took the kids to Chicago for three nights and four days. We crammed as much fun as we could into those four days and had adventures all over the Windy City. I’m going to share our adventures with you in a series of installments so you can...
Camp Wonderopolis at the Kenton County Public Library
The Kenton County Public Library just kicked off a brand new (FREE) program for families at the Covington location: Camp Wonderopolis. Camp Wonderopolis is running for six weeks, from July 9th until August 13th 2014. It is a great way for families to come together and learn about science. The night that we attended we...
Kocanut Joe’s Froyo Pops
Kocanut Joe’s Frozen Yogurt has a new product on the market, just in time for these hot summer days! They now make frozen yogurt popsicles! Since our family is a friend of KoJo’s and I’m always promoting them on social media we were given a few popsicles to take for a test drive. We were...
The Loveland Castle
Did you know that there is an actual castle in our area? Just north of Cincinnati, in Loveland Ohio is the famous “Chateau Laroche” otherwise known as the Loveland Castle, which is the World Headquarters of the Knights of the Golden Trail which began in 1927. The castle was built by hand by Harry Andrews,...
General Butler State Park
Every year our family explores at least one of Kentucky’s State Parks, and this year our mini-vacation was at General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton, Kentucky. The park is a little less than an hour away from our home in Northern Kentucky, which made for a nice and easy drive. We spent three days...
The Northside 4th of July Parade
The Northside 4th of July Parade is one of the most unique and eclectic parades in town. It’s my favorite thing to do on the 4th of July! The kids and I enjoyed the parade today and then spent the afternoon at the Rock N Roll Carnival frolicking on the playground, watching the skaters and...
Giles Conrad Park in Boone County
We took a drive down the picturesque Route 8 last week to Giles Conrad Park in Boone County for a little bike riding. Giles Conrad is a great little park that has bike trails that run alongside of the Ohio River, so the views are gorgeous. There’s also a playground,fitness stations, soccer fields, and a creek...
Camp Carnegie
Wednesday was the last day of Camp Carnegie for Ella and Max. And they are STILL chattering about it days later. They loved this camp experience so much, and I loved hearing about it from them, and watching their big performances on stage at the Carnegie. I love that they spent their six days at...
