I’ve loved bookstores ever since I was a little kid. My mom’s an English professor, so I always knew I could talk her into buying me a book or two before we left the store. (It usually didn’t take too much convincing.) Too bad Blue Manatee Children’s Bookstore in Oakley wasn’t around back then.… [read more]
Meijer Offers Online Halloween Fun
Want to entertain your kids with a little pre-Halloween fun? Meijer has a cool new web site for kids called “Be Transformed.” The Halloween site lets kids (and grown ups too) try on four different digital hologram Halloween masks and then record a “spooky” message they can send to friends through email, Twitter and Facebook. Parents will need to… [read more]
Free Circus Classes!
Attention parents with children ages 7 & up…”Pauly the Clown” will be giving free demo circus classes! There will be two Circus Respectus demo classes – one on Thursday October 15th and one on Wednesday October 20th (see info below). Paul Miller, from Northern Kentucky, travelled with both Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circuses, perfroming… [read more]
Hidden Valley Fruit Farm, Lebanon
This is my very first post ever to FFC and I thought it would be nice to share a family tradition of ours. This tradition started when my hubby and I were still dating and continues to this day. Each fall we load up the family and head out to Hidden Valley Fruit Farm in… [read more]
Apple Pickin’
All four of my children LOVE apples. And they have all been learning about apples at school, so it seemed like a good time to go to an orchard! I spent quite of bit of time online and on the phone trying to find an orchard that was open during the week, wasn’t too picked… [read more]
Keepin-it-Country Farm Festival
Last weekend, we headed north to Keepin-it-Country Farms located near Waynesville, Ohio. The day we visited it was cloudy, a bit chilly and misting so that may be why we were the only initial visitors. Lucky for us! For $10 we got wristbands for the girls and they were able to do all the fun… [read more]
Follow us on Twitter!
Now when we’re not out on the town taking advantage of all the city has to offer, you can find us on Twitter – @FamFriendlyCin. We’ll keep you posted so you don’t miss a thing! Hope to tweet you soon!
Great Night at Disney On Ice!
We were lucky enough to receive tickets from Mom Central to the opening night of Disney On Ice in Cincinnati last night. I decided not to tell Abby until before school yesterday because this child will drive you crazy when there is an upcoming event. Her best friend is her cousin, Angel, and so she… [read more]
