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Visit the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium!

Visit the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium!

By on May 18, 2010 in Educational, Fall, Play Outdoor, Spring, Summer, Winter

Visiting the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is one of my favorite things to do with the kids. Jack Hanna and his staff have done a tremendous job keeping the zoo updated, introducing new animals such as the recent addition of polar bears, and keeping it affordable for families to visit as often as they’d like [...]

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OSU Women’s Ice Hockey – Take the Kids!

OSU Women’s Ice Hockey – Take the Kids!

By on April 8, 2010 in Fall, Sporting Event, Winter

Introduce your child to ice hockey by going to one of the OSU Women’s Ice Hockey games this winter. Give your wee one the chance to feel the thrill when their team scores a goal, or simply enjoy watching the players skate and pass the puck. I think the fact that the sport is played [...]

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Let’s Go Sledding!

Let’s Go Sledding!

By on December 31, 2009 in Exercise, Winter

Take the kidlets sledding. Take them sledding! (think of Camper Van Beethoven) Sledding is an essential activity during the winter months in Ohio. All you really need is a little snow, a sled, some warm clothes, and the desire to have fun. I recently took my kids to Antrim Park off of Olentangy River Road [...]

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Leeds Farm Columbus, Ohio. Great Fall Fun!

Leeds Farm Columbus, Ohio. Great Fall Fun!

By on September 28, 2009 in Educational, Exercise, Fall, Play Outdoor

Leeds Farm, located in Ostrander, is fun – plain and simple. There are ginormous slides, bikes, a giant pumpkin trampoline, rolly tube things, a haybarn with slides, ziplines for adults and children, animals to feed and pet, a hayride, a “banana bus” ride, a grainery where there are beds of corn kernels for kids to [...]

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Fall is for Apple Picking in Central Ohio!

Fall is for Apple Picking in Central Ohio!

By on September 14, 2009 in Educational, Exercise, Fall, Food

  Going to the apple orchard is such a treat. Apple picking is an activity that both you and your child will love, no matter what their age. The very young love to run and play in the orchard, and older children love to pick and eat the apples or make a game out of [...]

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Columbus, OH Splash Parks

Columbus, OH Splash Parks

By on June 27, 2009 in Exercise, Play Outdoor, Summer

The heat and humidity in Central Ohio during the summer months is just plain brutal. Seriously, it seems as if some days the air can be cut with a spoon. Luckily, a few splash parks have sprung up around town that help take the edge off cranky hot kiddies! Splash parks are free, fun, and [...]

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Pickin’ Berries…and other fruit for that matter

Pickin’ Berries…and other fruit for that matter

By on June 8, 2009 in Educational, Exercise, Play Outdoor, Summer

It is the height of strawberry season, and picking them fresh off the vine and eating them should be on your “must do” list in June. I took the kids out to Doran’s Farm Market in New Albany Sunday morning – it was a great activity that kept them interested and busy. I couldn’t keep [...]

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