Author Archives: dirtonkids
A FULL Day of Fun at Buckley Homestead’s Fall Fest
Cool Pumpkins on a Hot Day: Kregel’s Pumpkin Patch
Vintage Baseball Sundays
Fair Oaks Farm: An Apple Picking Play Day
Medium Sun, Maximum FUN: How to Win the Day at Deep River Waterpark
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”
Strawberry Sweet Summertime
“YES DAY” in NWI…Can Kids Actually Plan a Fun Adventure?
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?”
Snow MUSH Play at Oak Ridge Prairie
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”
NWI Sleds!
The Dirt This winter has done right by we Midwesterners…you know, if you like snow that is! We’ve had it all: the quarter-sized snowflakes that surround our homes to make our very own snowglobes; the plow and shovel packed mounds that take our meager feet of snow and turn it into mini-mountain ranges alongside theContinue reading “NWI Sleds!”
Dirt on Kids 