Family Friendly Cincinnati

Thank You Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati!
On Valentine’s Day we were lucky enough to be invited to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati volunteer appreciation party at the Great American Ballpark.  My Mom has been a volunteer for them for a number of years and they graciously allowed up to four family [...]

Butler County is home to the amazing MetroParks park system which includes over 3,000 acres of parks, offering visitors many opportunities for outdoor recreation fun, education and access to historical sites.
Lucky for us parents, the park system offers lots of great events and activities for families.  Following is a quick snapshot of some of the [...]

When Cincinnati gets hit with the kind of “snow event” (a.k.a. snOMG, Snomaggedon, Snopocalypse, etc.) we’ve experienced in the last few days, I really wonder what other parents do with their kids on snowy days.
Whether you work out of the home or from home, or stay home with babies or school-aged kids, pretty much all [...]

Live theatre for kids?????
Yes, where there’s a will there’s a way and the Rosenthal Next Generation Theatre series at the Playhouse in the Park makes it possible. Their 2010 season is starting this Saturday, Feb. 6. Visiting the Playhouse in the Park not only exposes your kids to a fantastic Cincinnati landmark but it [...]

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County launches On the Same Page Cincinnati, the library’s annual community-wide reading program tomorrow. This year they’ve selected the book – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – for adults and teens to read together. The program runs February 1 – March 31.
The Hunger Games is the first in a trilogy [...]

We love books at our house, maybe a little too much.  We have shelves and bins and piles of books everywhere.
One of our favorite places to buy books is Half Price Books.  I’ve taught my kids to skim through the clearance section first - they often find books for $0.25 or $0.50.
We also clean out our [...]

It’s not Park City, but it’s great family fun less than an hour away.  This year I have returned to a favorite activity, and I am taking my family with me.  My husband and I actually met just before I was going on a trip out west to ski back in 1993 well let’s just [...]