Do you know what your kids are doing this summer? If you’re like me, you just sorted out how the kids are spending spring break. Summer seems so far away! But summer isn’t THAT far away! Did you know that families start planning summer camps NOW and that some of the best camps fill up …
St. Louis
I woke up this morning to blue skies and chirping birds–it’s spring in St. Louis! Or is it?? Yesterday it was 70 degrees so I took the boys to Elephant Rocks–along with the rest of Missouri. The place was packed and people were parking on Hwy 21 outside the park entrance! Why? Because everyone knows that …
Grab your beads and get ready to party with the butterflies at Morpho Mardi Gras! For as long as I can remember the Butterfly House has been hosting March Morpho Mania. The event–where they release a few thousand extra blue morpho butterflies into the conservatory–has been wildly successful. So successful that they decided to extend …
In 2019 Bissinger’s was sold to local competitor Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate. CCC will keep the brand name, but they don’t need Bissinger’s city factory, which has closed. If you’re interested in touring a chocolate factory in St. Louis you can do that at Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate.
Reading, as they say, is fundamental. It can also get pretty boring when your little one only want to read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. But here’s some great news–there are many other places where you can sit back and let someone else read the kiddo a story. We already know about …
Are you ready to welcome the jolly Christmas hustle and bustle…and madness…that mingles in with this festive time of year? Is your Christmas tree up? Start your shopping? Bake those cookies?? What mom’s like us really need this time of year is a game plan, a holiday bucket list, if you will. And that takes a …
So you want to make a few childhood memories with the kids and roast up a fabulous batch of s’mores while enjoying the great outdoors…or just the great backyard? S’mores are the traditional dessert of camping, but you don’t have to wait until your at a state park to break out the chocolate and graham …
I love Halloween. I love the cute costumes, the pumpkin carving and the candy. Oh, the candy! But haunted houses? Not so much. I still don’t understand why people pay good money to get the pants scared off them. The last time I went to a haunted house, my college boyfriend made it his mission …