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One of those days without anything planned where an impromptu call to a lifelong friend turned into a Splashtastic summer afternoon. Rewind over 20 years and you would find these two pals donning their Deep River Waterpark uniforms and greeting guests instead of kickin’their feet up…for a minute… because KIDS! Within moments of entering theContinue reading “Medium Sun, Maximum FUN: How to Win the Day at Deep River Waterpark”

The moment we finished watching “Yes Day” as a family, the boys were revved up about the idea of doing one themselves.  We agreed to do it on the first available day of summer.  A nice end to the school year and celebration of the long, play-filled days ahead.  My husband still teaches a weekContinue reading ““YES DAY” in NWI…Can Kids Actually Plan a Fun Adventure?”

Is everyone else ready to put themselves in the rays of sunshine no matter the sloshy mess?  Same here!  Actually, as I am writing this – the week has blazed into a teasing refuge of early spring as opposed to the mushy and soiled leftovers of winter just a few days prior.  And we were readyContinue reading “Snow MUSH Play at Oak Ridge Prairie”

It finally happened. It snowed! Nice big fluffy flakes covering the ground with the illusion of depth every last one of us is hoping for. Will there be snowmen, snow forts and sledding in our near future? This snow will hold. We were all so sure of it. This is the snow that sets theContinue reading “Mud Sledding”

Have you ever watched a toddler’s first steps on the ice? I did today. I mean, I have witnessed it before but forgot the array of feelings said inauguration stirs up. The anticipation of what was about to happen lived somewhere in the middle of fear (the toddler was my niece – i.e. handle withContinue reading “Toddlers on Ice”