Our seven year old was living his best life on the day we visited Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store. The store’s row after row, shelf upon shelf and aisle after aisle of sugary treats is dizzying. The quantity of candy is too numerous to count. In addition to candy, the store also has salsas, bread mixes,…
Category: My Minnesota
Pine Grove Zoo
The zoo. My kids love a trip to see their favorite animals. High on their list of critters to have a close encounter with; lions, zebras and monkeys. Since animals need a lot of space to roam, a visit to the zoo can require lots of steps and preparation to ensure a positive experience. We…
Minnesota Bucket List
A bucket list: a list of all the things, experiences, places and moments you want to create in your lifetime. I maintain a few bucket lists; professional, travel, etc and a couple years back decided to create one for my home state. A Minnesota Bucket List. Often, we look to far off and unfamiliar places…
Reading Adventures
Books are an avenue for endless travel experiences. Experiences that don’t include airport delays and travel headaches. Plan a couple of reading adventures with your kids that will help them fall in love with reading. Reading Adventure: A Book Themed Dinner This book themed dinner is based on Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. A…
Ice Castles
Spires of frozen water come to life as caves, glaciers and frozen waterfalls at the Ice Castles. Crews spend over two months “growing” nearly 20,000 icicles each night to delicately design the winter wonderland. By day, the Ice Castles are steely blue, but at night LED lights make the ice formations dazzle a wide array…
Alphabet Family Adventure
To start off the new year, our family is adding 26 fun, family-friendly experiences to our calendar. We call it our Alphabet Family Adventures. Each month we’ll partake in an adventure (or two) designed to introduce us to a wide variety of opportunities in our community. Come join us! Alphabet Adventures: Planning With 26 letters…
North Pole Express
Visions of the North Pole are vivid in their minds and the possibility of a train picking them up in their pajamas for a ride to the North Pole is very real. The bell rings for our boys as the magic of Christmas is very much alive for them. So a ride on the North…
Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular
Our family recently moseyed down a dimly lit trail, cradling warm beverages, surrounded by over 5,000 intricately carved pumpkins at the Minnesota Zoo’s 2nd Annual Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular. The 1/4 mile trail of glowing pumpkins features dizzying details and creatively carved designs. The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular runs through November 3rd. Find tickets online for specific entry times….
Pumpkin Patch
My favorite color is fall. Sipping cider, rustling leaves, bushels of mums and rusty wagons overloaded with pumpkins are my ideas of fall perfection. Every year, our family seeks out those sweet fall moments at a pumpkin patch. Hayrides, corn mazes and a chance to snag the perfect pumpkin were at the top of our…
Minnesota Ice Cream Tour
Ice cream is the currency of summer. There is no better treat on a hot summer day than a stop at an ice cream shop for a drippy, double scoop cone. Our family set out to sample sweet treats at several different ice cream shops for a Minnesota Ice Cream Tour. We tried a few…