Is a trip to a Great Wolf Lodge water park looming in your family’s future? Did the kids see the commercials on tv and now think it’s the best place in the world, while all you see is the money flying out of your wallet? After a while, you start to realize that it does look like a lot of…
There are certain kinds of surprises that most people don’t like. I’m talking about the surprise of realizing that you forgot something at home, that your kids aren’t tall enough for the super fun water park that you just spent a bunch of money to stay at, or that a small cup of red grapes cost $7 at the coffee…
Cabin fever. You know when it sets in. The kids have a day or two off of school and everyone is stuck inside, or it’s summer and your time for some family fun is long overdue. That’s when it’s time to head to the water, and fast! Unfortunately for us, in the Midwest, we have to rule out the local…
Is your family ready to get into the Christmas spirit? Well, there’s no better way to do that than to visit the 2022 Bentleyville Tour of Lights in Duluth, Minnesota. How many lights are there? Only five million! There’s Christmas music playing, Santa Claus listening to little kid’s wishes, and twinkling lights everywhere you look. Duluth, Minnesota is a family-friendly…
Wow! My kids and I just returned from the most colorful weekend ever! We spent a few days in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico and had a fantastic time! The words colorful and Albuquerque don’t usually go together do they? Isn’t everything brown there? Well, mostly yes, but not during the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta! This nine day festival takes…
You’ve heard about Wisconsin Dells, the water park of capital of the world. Yes, the whole world! You can’t drive down the street without seeing crazy tube slides coming out the sides of buildings, or vertical waterslides that are straight down and way beyond extreme. Your kids could spend days at the waterparks and still not want to leave! That…
If you grew up in the Midwest, you either visited Wisconsin Dells every single year, or you have never been there. You love the Dells, or hate the Dells. It’s crowded, weird, crazy, fun, unique, nostalgic, should I go on? We never visited Wisconsin Dells when I was a kid (poor me), and it was only a few years ago…
What’s wrong with taking a summer vacation? Well, for one, vacations can be expensive. For two, once you get to your destination, you spend half of your time waiting in line to see what you want to see. For three, well I could keep going on and on, but let’s focus on problems one and two. One way to solve…
Where can you have nine, yes NINE, awesome first experiences over the course of two days? Where can you shop at 520 stores, choose from 50 restaurants, explore an aquarium, have some thrills at an amusement park and much, MUCH more? Only at the Mall of America! The Mall of America (MoA) is located in Bloomington Minnesota and is celebrating…
A few years ago, we took our first trip to Universal Studios Orlando. We are a Disney family, and didn’t know what to expect at Universal Studios. I knew my husband would want to avoid the busier days at the parks and not like waiting in lines, and I also knew my kids were a little young for some of…