Tag: kid friendly activities
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Fall Festival at Lucky Ladd Farm {Tennessee}
Happy First Day of October! I’m always so glad when summer gives way to the cooler, colorful joys of fall. Fall is my favorite season and I love that here in Tennessee it is a much more gradual and longer season than the quick flash of a few weeks that is in Utah. With October…
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Ice Castles {Utah}
One of the greatest winter attractions that Utah has to offer is the Midway Ice Castles. These are elaborately created fortresses and play areas made of ice. Walking through one of the many ice slot canyons, or taking a chilly ride down an ice slide. or walking across the top of the ice walls is…
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The Festival of Trees {Utah}
It was so great being home in Utah for Thanksgiving! But if we could have stayed for just a few more days, then we would have gotten to enjoy an all time favorite family tradition by going to the Festival of Trees. Held in the largest convention center in Salt Lake City in the first…
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The North Pole Express- Heber Valley Railroad {Utah}
On our last night in Utah, we decided to enjoy a local holiday favorite- The North Pole Express. Just to the south of Park City is Heber Valley and the railroad here has kept running for visitors of all ages to enjoy. And at this time of year, the railroad turns into a magical, musical…
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The Pumpkin Walk {Utah}
This time of year the thing that gets me feeling terrible homesick for Utah, is thinking about The Pumpkin Walk in Cache Valley. Every year the community comes together in creating life size scenes using thousands of pumpkins and other gourds. Everyone is invited to come and walk through the giant park, making their way…
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Lucky Ladd Farms {Tennessee}
This weekend we made our way to Lucky Ladd Farms for some fall festivities. This is one of our favorite seasonal activities and we were so excited to be in farming area where we could really enjoy it. We started off our time with a trip through the corn maze, winding our way here and…
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The Mermaids-Weeki Wachee State Park {Florida}
Always be yourself…unless you can be a mermaid, then always be a mermaid. We made our way to Weeki Wachee State Park so that we could see the mermaids for ourselves. And it was amazing! The mermaids were beautiful, graceful, and engaging as they told an adaptation of ‘The Little Mermaid’ by Hans Christian Anderson.…
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Jingle Cruise- Magic Kingdom {Florida}
One of the favorites at Magic Kingdom is the Jungle Cruise…but during the holidays it becomes the Jingle Cruise where a delight of merry mayhem has happened throughout the tour. The skippers are have all the more puns and jokes to share as they drive you through the water, checking out the animals, and enjoying…
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The Crayola Experience {Florida}
Who doesn’t love Crayola? They are pretty much the best when it comes to art projects. And the Crayola Experience is hands down one of the greatest things we have done in Florida. They give kids the opportunity to discover a world of art and techniques. Of course they have coloring pages everywhere and crayons…
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Fieval and Curious George- Universal Studios {Florida}
You know you’re a parent when you have favorite playgrounds…and the kid area at Universal Studios absolutely gets my vote for best playground at a theme park. Fieval’s playland is full of larger than life slides and rope walls and even a water slide ride. Then you go over to Curious George where animals have…