So you’re new to St. Louis and you want to do something “authentically” St. Louis. How about a visit to Crown Candy Kitchen, a landmark, dare I say, drenched in local flavor. (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.) Crown Candy Kitchen is a century old restaurant that serves hand made ice cream, killer sandwiches and locally made chocolate. Locally, …
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Craft classes are a great summer activity for the art loving child. Cheaper than a whole week of art camp, a class offers an afternoon of craftiness on the cheap. Our favorite creative toy store, Circle of Knowledge in Sunset Hills, is offering craft classes all summer long–so RSVP now! If you didn’t get one of …
What will you find at the Transportation Museum? Trains, planes and automobiles…that your kid can PLAY with! The museum is dominated by it’s outdoor train collection, but there’s also cars, two planes and a tug boat you can hop aboard. Seriously. The Transportation Museum is one my boys FAVORITE places to go. We’ve been members …
This week in St. Louis the weather is either going to be cold or rainy or both. Not being able to get your little ones to the park to run off that extra energy can be a real drain on an at-home mommy. Of course most working moms haven’t seen a weekday playground visit since, …
About four years ago I visited Brookdale Farms with Mitch and his scout buddies. Then I wrote this review which wasn’t, er, terribly flattering. I’d like to update that review after a visit last weekend. Now, I could just delete this review and replace it, but that could lead to broken links (shudder) and no …
Ever have your kid bring you a broken toy or maybe a piece of jewelry that came undone? And then you look at that destroyed mess and say, “I can totally make that better. Grab the pliers kid!” No? Well it happened to Donna Fox, a not-so-typical mom in St. Louis County. See, Donna’s daughter …
Meet Julie and June, a couple of St. Louis stay-at-home moms who realized that with teenage children they had more time for big projects and exciting hobbies. They could do…anything! So they wrote a book. Julie Dubray and June Herman wrote Goodnight St. Louis, a children’s book somewhat inspired by Goodnight Moon…but without the OCD …
Have your kids asked you to take them to Go Ape, the zipline and ropes course combo strung through through the tree tops of Creve Coeur Park? No? They will. I’ve written this post so you’re prepared when your kids demand that you take them on this totally wholesome, outdoorsy and fresh air activity. …