Carol Ann’s Carousel in downtown Cincinnati is set to open on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Henry and I got to take a sneak peek inside today and it truly is magnificent. You need to be 42″ to ride alone and it will be open year-round since it is enclosed. It will cost $2 to climb
Back in November we tried out Beach Mountain the weekend it opened. We went on a Friday night and it wasn’t crowded at all. I don’t think enough people knew about it yet. It worked out to our advantage. The kids had a lot of fun. There was a small play area especially for those
I just recently discovered the wonderfulness of Book Bums. If you are local and have not yet checked it out…what are you waiting for? They have so much to offer, but that post is for another day. Today I am super excited to report that they are adding an afternoon story time on Thursdays. Henry
Last week Henry and I spent an afternoon decorating the house for fall and Halloween while the girls were in school. And, yes, I still swap out our books based upon the season. So out came a bin of fall, harvest, and Halloween books. Henry looked through them for a long time. It kept him
Since we were headed to the Old West Festival my girls carefully picked out the perfect shirts – ones with horses on them. And of course they wanted to wear boots. My girls are just too cute in their cowgirl boots. And when they received new hats (the opening weekend special) at the entrance of
A couple of weeks ago I posted about painting fairy houses and clay pots. The kids really did enjoy that craft and then planting their own flowers for the Fairy Garden. But I also needed a few other supplies for our garden to come together completely. Let me say my motto was “go big or
Many of you know that I am often out on an adventure with my kids somewhere. We rarely sit home. It’s the only way I can keep my house from being destroyed daily and keep them from fighting constantly. Sometimes we try new places (like Ft. Liberty Playland last summer) or new adventures (attending the
The 2014 Reds Opening Day Parade is Monday, March 31st at Noon Last year we decided to attend the Reds Opening Day Parade for the first time. It was during Stella’s spring break and the weather cooperated. The parade started at noon so we made sure we were downtown around 11:00 AM. An easy place
I must admit I do not follow much college basketball other than Xavier. We’ve kept our season tickets despite many times asking, “Is it really worth it?” when the kids were infants and we didn’t make it to many games due to exhaustion, illness, work travels, etc. But now it’s a fun thing to do
My kids have been talking about Leprechaun Traps for the past week. I’m not sure where they even got the idea, but they have been thinking intently about how to build them, where to put them, what they’ll do with the Leprechaun, etc. So when the weather looked a bit YUCK today (again), I thought
Thoughts and/or Observations and/or Lessons Learned From Taking a Segway Tour: Use your online deal way before it expires. LOTS of people book tours the last two weeks of a pre-purchased coupon expiring (duh). Otherwise, your awesome “hubby and me” weekend afternoon date plan…will turn into you and your neighbor scrambling to find after-school coverage so