About Us
We here at Family Friendly Cincinnati come in all shapes and sizes, our kids are all different ages, and we are scattered all over the area. And one thing that links us all together is the desire to share fun, affordable, and memory-making experiences with our children.
We love living here in the Tri-State - with an endless array of things to do here, we’ll bring you the top-picks – the family friendliest stuff out there. Things we have done or plan to do, the latest movies or attractions. Anything and everything family-oriented for your brood. We hope to hit all age ranges – from toddlers to tweens to cool things for the sweet-sixteens in your house (if they’re willing to be seen with you in public of course – we’re not miracle workers!).
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Family Friendly Cincinnati wouldn’t be possible without the contributions of these fabulous Moms!
Shannan, Co-Founder
Shannan resides in northern Kentucky with her husband and two sons, ages 4 and 7. During the day she spends her time working in public relations but at night and on the weekends she’s all about her family. When she’s not blogging about their adventures, she and her family are most likely to be found out exploring and enjoying the Queen City.
Connect with Shannan:
Blogs: Mommy Bits & Cincinnati Women Bloggers | Twitter: MommyBits & Shannanb| Email: Mommybits(@)gmail.com
Amy, Co-Founder
Amy was raised and still resides in Norwood with her husband and three-year old daughter, known to the internets as D & P. She works full-time outside the home so on weekends she jams as much fun in as they can handle. Motherhood has been quite the change in her life and each day is an adventure. An adventure she loves to share on her blog and anywhere else she can post cute pictures of P on the internet. Mommy-bragging is her main focus and looking for the next cool thing to do with the cutest kid in the world is her passion!
Connect with Amy:
Blogs: AmyInOhio & Cincinnati Losers |Twitter: AmyinOhio | Email: AmyinOHio(@)gmail.com
Susan, Co-Founder
Susan is a freelance writer, editor and blogger who thrives on flexibility in her professional and personal life. She is the mother of a preschooler daughter and infant son. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Susan has explored many of the city’s family-friendly offerings (some as both a kid and as a parent). She’s always looking for cool stuff to do with the kiddos and places where people don’t sneer at you for toting little ones. And she loves sharing the best of her finds with other parents!
Connect with Susan:
Blog: Working Moms Against Guilt | Twitter: SusanWJackson | Email: ActionJackson03(@)gmail.com
Katie Scheper
Katie resides in Northern Kentucky with her husband Michael and their three children, ages 2, 4, and 6. Katie worked as a preschool teacher until 2007, and now she is a stay at home mother who keeps busy with her three children, fundraising & making and selling note cards. Katie enjoys exposing her children to all of the wonderful things Northern Kentucky & Cincinnati have to offer and finding new and interesting things to do around town.
Connect with Katie:
Blog: The Little Things | Web site: Cards by Katie | Email: katie(@)cards-by-katie.com
Michelle Chasteen
Michelle resides in Fairfield with her husband and three children. She works full-time at The Charleston Club Adult Day in West Chester helping area seniors and their families navigate living at home safely. She has a part-time job/obsession with Stampin’ Up. Michelle loves blogging about family adventures, especially the ones that can include the whole family-not an easy task when the children are 22, 19 and 10. She has recently started a weight loss program with her youngest and is enjoying learning healthy choices and increasing her exercise routine side by side with her daughter.
Connect with Michelle:
Twitter: PaperGlueEtc | Blog: Paper Glue Etc | Email: paperglueetc(@)yahoo.com
April Sluder
April is a 36 year old working mom who is just trying to fit it all into a 24 hour day. She is married with a beautiful 5 year old daughter and new baby girl.
Connect with April:
Blog: Doin The Working Mom Thing | Twitter: AprilinCinci | Email: dointheworkingmomthing(@)gmail.com
Phyllis McCarthy
Phyllis was born in California and raised, well, all over with a long stay in Florida. She now resides in Northern Kentucky with her husband and two daughters’ ages 5 and 7. Phyllis is passionate about healthy living and nutrition as the best defense to the current healthcare system. As the founder of Cincy Health Coach and Certified Health Counselor, she loves to help people upgrade the food they put on their plate and balance the lifestyle choices that truly nourishes each of us.
Connect with Phyllis:
Web site: Cincy Health Coach | Twitter: PhyllisMC | Email: phyllis(@)cncky.com
Becky Grizovic
Becky, a native of Cincinnati, now resides in Northern Kentucky with her incredibly supportive husband and their 4 year old “ball of fire”. Becky’s knack for numbers has her working in accounting by day and blogging about great ways to save money in her down time at Nickels-n-Dimes. Becky is also a contributor for Cincysavers.com – a site that brings together some great money saving deals from around the Queen City! Spending time with her family is at the tops of her “love to do list”. She enjoys working in the yard and believes in the power of one. This is her driving force for her participation in various things that help to make our community better.
Connect with Becky:
Blog: Nickels-N-Dimes & CincySavers | Twitter: NickelsnDimes | Email: becky(@)nickels-n-dimes.com
Kandi Barnes
Kandi has lived in the Middletown area most of her life. She and her husband Chuck are “Miami Mergers” and have 3 children, ages 4,3 and 2. After working as in a pharmacy for several years she decided to become a stay at home mom and loves it! When she gets time she loves to scrapbook and is a photography junkie. She also loves to blog about her misadventures with her family and friends.
Connect with Kandi:
Blogs: Mommy Confessions & The Kandi Bar | Twitter: shevigirl | Email: kbarnes251(@)cinci.rr.com
Kristin Goecke
Kristin is a stay-at-home married Mom of two energetic girls (ages 5 & 6). Her family, complete with chocolate lab, Bailey, live North of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio (Deerfield Township). Kristin loves all that Greater Cincinnati has to offer. She even started her own family-friendly website resource, MasonMetu in February of 2009 and has enjoyed sharing her ideas on all the wonderful family-friendly things available.
Connect with Kristin:
Blog: MasonMetu | Twitter: Kgoecke | Email: kjgoecke(@)gmail.com
Marianne Thomas
Marianne is an East Coast girl who fell in love with an Ohio boy and his hometown. After years of Navy life and corporate hops, they now reside in Lebanon with their three children, daughter 8, and sons 6 and almost 4. When she’s not zooming around town in her trusty van Claudine, Marianne blogs about deals and life and freelances whenever editors are kind enough to pitch work her way.
Connect with Marianne:
Blog: The New Frugal Mom & Writer Mommy | Twitter: WriterMommy | Email: mariannethomas.ts(@)gmail.com
Karen Eborall
Karen resides in Blue Ash with her husband of 19 years, her seven year old daughter and five year old son. She and her family are out and about in Cincinnati most weekends looking for new experiences and enjoying tried and true favorite places and events.
Connect with Karen:
Blog: Princess Poodle Puss | Twitter: KarenEborall | Email: keborall(@)gmail.com
