Mama In Columbus

Columbus day weekend is this coming weekend (October 8 – 11, 2010) which also means it is the annual Experience Columbus Days offerings.  So even if we aren’t all lucky enough to have a long weekend, we can still take advantage of some fabulous deals on Columbus attractions and restaurants.   This yearly event entices [...]

Now that it is officially fall, I am reminded all of these fun fall activities in Columbus are also the perfect photo opps for little ones.   Pumpkins, apples, hooded sweatshirts, and hayrides all offer a great complement to family photos.  To help us get the best out of each click,  I asked professional Columbus [...]

We’ve been watching this clip from will.i.am and the Sesame Street crew.  It’s an uplifting couple of minutes.  To get stronger ourselves, we’ll be heading to Highbanks MetroPark today. Hope you have all enjoyed your Columbus weekend!

As I mentioned as a tip in the previous post, sometimes you need to keep the familiar attractions fresh and new.  So you change up the exhibits at Cosi, visit different animals at the Zoo, and overall try to have a different enrichment experience each time you take the kids somewhere.  This keeps both you [...]

Many people consider zoos to be summer entertainment, but I tend to disagree and think this is the perfect time of year to visit the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.   School-aged children are back in the classrooms and class field trips haven’t started up yet.  That means the Zoo on weekdays is not very crowded and [...]

There may be a heat advisory, but the calendar tells us it is September, the Buckeyes take the field tonight, and rumour has it that Starbucks has brought back the Pumpkin Spice Latte.  Yep, fall is undoubtedly here.  Luckily, it is a great time to be in Columbus with the kiddos (once it cools down [...]

Who hasn’t been hearing about the movie version of the bestselling book Eat, Pray, Love: one woman’s search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia? Seeing the movie come out has reminded me of reading the book a few years ago and liking it, but thinking I will never  be able to take a year [...]

At this point in the summer, you and the kiddos may be burned out of the usual swings and slides of your home base park.  Plus, if you are like us, we’ve been using some school playgrounds as parks and can’t visit during the day with the kids back in session.  What to do?  Explore [...]

Something about minor league baseball just screams summer.   Maybe it is the hot dogs and Cracker Jacks or maybe it is just the crack of the bat that seems to signal a warm, summer evening.  There are just a handful of home games left this regular season for the Columbus Clippers, and you if [...]