On August,15th Cirque du Soleil CRYSTAL, the first Cirque du Soleil experience on ice, is coming to the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. Watch world-class ice skaters and acrobats claim their new frozen playground with speed and fluidity as they challenge the laws of gravity with never-before-seen acrobatics. A new kind of performance as Cirque…
Last week, we visited Carolina Beach, NC, for a week-long family vacation. We rented a little house (through Airbnb) near the beach and had much fun relaxing and exploring the area. We’ve been to Carolina Beach several times before, like that time we camped at Carolina Beach State Park or that day trip to the…
Last week we took our first full week family vacation. We had no motive for our vacation, we weren’t visiting family, or attending an event, we just went to the beach with absolutely no agenda. It was wonderful. The few weeks building up to our vacation were so full of life, it was all good…
Last week I chaperoned my son’s 4th grade field trip. Now, I almost always sign up to chaperone field trips and usually they go pretty smoothly. And while this 4th grade field trip went smoothly it was intense. Our school took all of the 4th grade students to the coast, which was approximately a 3…
A few months ago I signed up the boys for the Kids Club at Buffaloe Lanes here in Raleigh. Over the summer they are offering Free Bowling for Kids. Each child you register will receive 1 free game every day (shoe rental not included) through October 31st. It’s like 100 degrees this week so I…
On Friday we took the boys to Greensboro, NC to meet up with some friends at Wet-n-Wild Emerald Pointe. We visited Wet-n-Wild last summer but I was excited this time because the boys are a bit older, better swimmer and more interested in the rides. My boys didn’t do too many of the big rides…
On Saturday we took the boys to a special program at the Walnut Creek Wetlands Center in Raleigh called, Mud: A Celebration of Wetlands. Some of the families from our Scout Troop met up to enjoy the muddy fun. There were several different stations where kids could explore, play and learn about mud, wetlands, wildlife,…
