Last summer, my husband’s cousin invited our family to join her family, and spend a day at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield IL. Admission is roughly $30 per adult, and $21 per child, ages 3 to 11. Parking was $17 […]
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Harvester Park – Burr Ridge, Illinois – 12/23
For Christmas this past year, we headed west to visit family outside Chicago. The weather was a bit gray and rainy, but it didn’t stop us from getting outside a number of times during our stay. The temps ranged between […]
Beverly Triton Nature Park – Edgewater, MD – 1/24
My family and I decided to kick off the new year with a first day hike at Beverly Triton Nature Park in Edgewater, MD. We had been to Beverly Triton before, but hadn’t been since the park closed for renovations. […]
National Aquarium – Baltimore, MD – 1/24
Hi everyone! I am back! It has been a long time since I last posted, and it is time for some fresh blog posts! For Christmas, my parents bought my family a membership to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. We […]
The Museum of Science and Industry – Chicago, IL – 7/23
For our second adventure in Illinois, my husband decided going to the Museum of Science and Industry would be a lot of fun for the girls. We had both been before Stormy was born, and loved the place. The museum […]
Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center – Willow Springs, IL – 7/23
The start of the 2023 summer break meant a lot of time in the car for us as we traveled first to New York, and then, shortly after our return to Maryland, to Illinois to visit family. As we have […]
C&O Canal / Great Falls / Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center – Potomac, MD – 8/23
All last summer I had been promising Stormy that I would take her hiking, just her. My plan was to do the Billy Goat Trail, section A, because the trail has a ton of rock scrambling, and I knew Stormy […]
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center – Solomons, MD – 6/23
I have blogged about Annmarie Gardens before, as they have an awesome fairy house event every summer, and we try to go when we can. This summer, though, we didn’t go to Annmarie Gardens to look for fairy houses in […]
Masonville Cove Partnership – Baltimore, MD – 8/23
I had an errand to run in Essex, MD, and I was hunting for something short and fun to do with the kiddos on my way back. I stumbled across Masonville Cove Partnership at 1000 Frankfurst Avenue in Baltimore, which […]
Bailey Park / Lake Kittamaqundi / Color Burst Park – Columbia, MD – 6/23
On a beautiful, but somewhat chilly, Monday morning, Pebble and I set off for Columbia, MD to check out two newer parks that had been added up there. The first park we went to was Bailey Park on Lake Kittamaqundi, […]