Mama In Columbus

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 [...]

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 [...]

School is back in session in some central Ohio districts and the others will be heading back to the classrooms next week.  What that means, is that the Zoo will be a lot less crowded on weekdays and that our, long, hot summer is coming to an end.  This post will start a series of [...]

Sharing an entrance with our very own Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is Zoombezi Bay, a water park with more than an afternoon of fun for little ones (and big ones, too).  While we usually head straight to the Zoo and skip the water park and other rides, today we decided to get a little wet [...]

This summer our home-away-from-home has been Whetstone Park.  We’ve played, picnicked, strolled, fed the ducks and stopped to smell the roses.  This is such a great park for little ones.  It is large with two playground options – one up by the Clintonville branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library and one down the windy road [...]

Along with unbearably humid days, early August means a couple of things:  we’ll start seeing back to school items in stores, the Fair will start winding down and tents covering a park in Dublin mean the Dublin Irish Festival is here again.  This year the DIF is in its 23rd year and is bigger than [...]

Columbus Confession:  I have not been to the Ohio State Fair in at least 25 years.   Something about the crowds, the questionable food and the heat have kept me away.  However, I bit the bullet and spent a few hours at the fairgrounds this afternoon and I have to admit I had a lot [...]

So, okay, we were actually still on the grid because there was power and running water, but since we didn’t get cell reception on our recent family trip, I’m counting it as being offline.  We packed up the little man and headed to Pike Lake in Southern Ohio.  Yes, you have probably never heard of [...]