After a few 90-degree days full of sunshine, everyone’s thoughts have turned fully to summer! And given last year’s strange and shut down summer in Charlottesville, parents and kids alike…
Spring has sprung and we are ready for it! While we sneeze through this week’s pollen, though, it is hard not to immediately think of warm days outside, yard sprinklers,…
I was going to start by saying we aren’t a screen-heavy/movie-heavy family, but who am I kidding? It is currently March Madness and we are tuned in (even if our…
On a wet winter day, to close out 2020 (a year of a worldwide pandemic) and start 2021 (one in which we are feeling hope), we walked through the dark…
We love going to IX Art Park, and one rainy, messy night, we bought tickets to their immersive art exhibit “Through the Looking Glass” and spent time enjoying the creative…
Google “apple picking at Carter Mountain” and the word that repeatedly comes up in reviews and articles is “magical.” And we’ll have to agree. This experience is what fall daydreams…
I love pick your own farms. Something about connecting with the actual season, understanding that peaches are truly only available a few months of the year, seeing a tree produce…
At 219 acres, with very little elevation change, streams and creeks to splash in, and 7-miles of walking trials, Ivy Creek Natural Area is a great place for Charlottesville families…
We have an annual tradition when summer starts to sweeten and the strawberries start to come out. We head to a local farm, get two large plastic buckets, the kids…
As a mom to two boys who has raised them in three different cities (thus far), we’ve been around some trampoline parks. I love these parks for how they allow…