Mother’s Day is a time to kick back, relax and enjoy your day. You deserve it mom! Here’s a whole bunch of ways you can celebrate your special day around St. Louis–with or without the kids. It’s your day, after all! Celebrate it the way that makes YOU happy. So what would you like to …
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When it’s way too cold (or hot) to play outside, where can you take the kids to play in St. Louis where it’s always climate controlled and dry? Some place that, ah hem, doesn’t sell burgers or chicken sandwiches? Here’s 12 awesome ideas! Please note that not all these places are open all the time, …
(Updated 2018) Once again, Santa will be setting up shop at the St. Louis train museum (aka the National Museum of Transportation) This a great time to take the kids to see the Big Guy–it’s a relaxed atmosphere and Santa’s time is FREE with your admission to the train museum. You’ll need to bring your …
Looking for a fun indoor activity that involves a little less greasy food and a lot more culture? Then check out the Saint Louis Art Museum on any weekend for a hands on art program just for your kids! Wee Weekend The Wee Weekend is a totally free, totally fun art program just for pre-school …
The Chesterfield Valley Pumpkin Patch will not open in 2018. The short lived patch was squeezed into a scrap of undeveloped land next to the outlet mall. It was trying to fill a hole in our hearts left by the unfortunate closing of Rombach’s 100 year old family farm, just a few hundred feet down the …
The Great American Solar Eclipse is a big deal and Missouri is getting ready to host a party! The path of the TOTAL eclipse will cut diagonally through our state from Kansas City to Cape Girardeau, with lots of towns sitting right in the middle. A whole bunch of us can just stand in our …
No need to panic when the sun is hiding and the kids are stuck indoors! I wrote this post during, get this, a FLOOD DAY. Not a snow day, a flood day. We were out several days because water was up over the highway and completely surrounding one of our high schools. The superintendent actually …
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 …