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MacPhail’s Free Family Music Series
The girls and I popped in the MacPhail early childhood CD on our way over to Minneapolis this morning. We had hopes the Free Family Music Series concert might feature some of our favorite tunes off the...
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Brickmania Toyworks Open House – NE Minneapolis
We have probably what amounts to the average American playroom in that there’s a bin of LEGOS stashed away somewhere. While I wouldn’t classify them as a playroom VIP, there was no complaining when I...
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Open Skate around St. Paul
I just couldn’t protest tonight when, upon his dad’s arrival home, Andy pounced, wondering if they were still going to Open Skate at Charles M. Schulz-Highland Arena. I did point out that we’d already...
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Weekend Wishlist for Nov. 17 – 18, 2012
What a difference a new generation makes. Rewind a couple decades and I probably would have shot down any parental suggestions that we attend something called a Math & Science Family Fun Fair. It...
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Math & Science Family Fun Fair at the University of Minnesota
It’s not too soon to mark the calendars for next year’s Math & Science Family Fun Fair at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus. That’s a testament to the fun our family had attending...
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Weekend Wishlist for Dec. 1 – 2, 2012
In order to get a full month’s enjoyment of our Christmas tree, family tradition dictates that we’ll pick up ours this weekend on the Grand Meander. In recent years Frattallone’s Ace Hardware has had...
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“Shop Home For the Holidays”& Grand Meander in St. Paul
For years we’ve been bringing home a Christmas tree from Frattallone’s Ace Hardware (still $24.95!), purchased on the Grand Meander in St. Paul. We strap it to top of the van and then head down the...
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Bentleyville Tour of Lights – Duluth
There aren’t any plans as of press time, but it’s been a tradition of ours for many years to head in the direction of Lake Superior after Christmas. Though the cold can be bone-chilling, there’s...
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Weekend Wishlist for Dec. 15 – 16, 2012
Too late to construct much of a blog post tonight. It’s probably also too late to RSVP for tomorrow’s annual free pancake breakfast with Santa at the Chatterbox Pub (Highland location). I’ve wanted to...
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This weekend it’s all about tying up the loose ends before Christmas is upon us. Per tradition, I’m still addressing greeting cards and only halfway through the shopping list. There are household fixes...
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Como Holiday Flower Show &“Then Now Wow” at Minnesota History Center
Just because we tighten the belt on our own family activities around Christmastime doesn’t mean we’re not out enjoying the kids’ winter break from school. And hosting a special relative around the...
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Maud Hart Lovelace’s “Betsy-Tacy” Homes in Mankato
Emily (now 5) is just beginning to read Maud Hart Lovelace’s “Deep Valley” books, a wonderful fictional series that is mostly based on the author’s school-aged years in Mankato, Minnesota. Caught up in...
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Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota
As my oldest child creeps towards eight years, I suspect there will soon come a time when all four kids will cease to be content under one (children’s museum) roof. And when that time comes I’m sure...
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Preschool Open Play at Eagan Community Center
You’d think with the amount of time I spend online researching places to take the kids I would not make this mistake twice. Yet here I was again pulling up to Gleason’s Gymnastics (where they host a...
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First Saturdays at St. Agnes Baking Company
If you hang around the Creative Activities building at the Minnesota State Fair, you’re probably familiar with the St. Agnes Baking Company. They move into the Betty Crocker-style demo kitchen during...
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Weekend Wishlist for Jan. 12 – 13, 2013
I’m wondering about the health of our own local trails after this past week’s slushy weather. In our corner of the city we’re hoping to pull off a pond hockey tournament this weekend (fingers crossed)....
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Weekend Wishlist for Jan. 19 – 21 (MLK) , 2013
Balance and moderation are a couple key terms that come to mind when I’m thinking about extra-curricular activities for the kids. However, we’re only a couple years into having multiple school-aged...
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Music & Melody Makers with MN Youth Symphonies
So I was musing in my last post about the growing concurrent exhaustion and excitement that comes with having kids in extra-curricular activities. Excitement edged out yesterday at the Music &...
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MLK Celebration at Powderhorn Park
On a day with a biting windchill of 25-below, was it worth it to bundle up four kids and take them to the annual Martin Luther King Celebration at Powderhorn Park? Unfortunately not, and it really...
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Wee Wednesdays at Midtown Global Market
I had a very mediocre time at the Midtown Global Market today. And it’s really too bad I feel that way because I very much like the purpose of the place. I’ve had some pretty good meals there, too, and...
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