Special Posts

A group of posts covering special events, programs, holidays, bucket list ideas, and fun “to do” lists in the Greater Raleigh area:

• Nature Walks Along Crabtree Creek Trail Following Hurricane Joaquin
  As of this past Monday, Raleigh had 12 days of consecutive rain, tying a 128-year-old record.  The sun finally came out on Tuesday and it was ah-mazing!  Before Hurricane Joaquin threatened Raleigh this past weekend, the grounds, creeks, and rivers were already saturated and above normal levels. The nearly 8 inches of rain in 12 days created high ...
• Take a Child Outside Week: Sept 24-30, 2015
  Cooler temps and lower humidity means that Fall is on it’s way and it couldn’t be a better time to participate in Take a Child Outside Week (TACO), held September 24-30, 2015. Take a Child Outside Week is an national initiative through the NC Museum of Natural Sciences with partner organizations throughout the country.  The program emphasizes ...
• Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA
  For Claire’s 2nd birthday this year we decided to take a family trip north to Langhorne, PA to visit Sesame Place amusement park.  She recently discovered a fondness for the Sesame Street characters and with her love for the water it seemed like a fun way to celebrate her crazy, smart, expressive 2-year old self! Sesame Place is ...
• Harveyville, Kansas
  Today would’ve been my Aunt Pam’s 59th birthday.  For as far back as I can remember, she lived in a large ranch house off a very long gravel road in Carbondale, KS, but she grew up 30 minutes from there in Harveyville, KS.  Pam was my dad’s younger sister and I miss her a lot these days. Despite ...
• Top 9 Raleigh Parks for Wrangling More Than One Kid
  We’ve all been there, our eyes are glued on our fearless older child as she climbs the arching ladder on the playground while trying to locate the other fearless younger child.  Swearing the fearless younger child was moments earlier pulling on your leg begging for “More Snack”, you tell fearless older child to sit still on ...
• 2015 Summer Bucket List
  With the opening of our neighborhood pool this past weekend and another year of preschool finished up, it’s time to switch gears and think summer activities!  While we were able to cross a lot off our bucket list goals from last summer, we have some of the same goals and some lofty new goals this summer (note, ...
• Mother’s Day 2015 Ral-ideas
  Mother’s Day is right around the corner and it’s the perfect time to show your mom, wife, or other special maternal lady in your life how much you care about and appreciate her!  While it’ll be a bitter sweet conglomerate of emotions for me this year, I’m glad to be carrying on my 10-year tradition of ...
• Just Do It – City of Raleigh 2015 Summer Camps
  It’s hard to believe with the icy weather last week that it’s time to begin planning for summer activities!  Summer has quickly bubbled to the top as my favorite season with all the pool trips, picnics, late summer evenings and general care-free outside playtime! Between a lot of our unscheduled outdoor summertime it is nice to throw in some bursts ...
• Top 5 (off the beaten path) Triangle Parks for Fall Foliage
  With the peak of Fall foliage on our heels in the Triangle, I wanted to recount some of my favorite local parks for capturing beautiful autumn pictures.  There are a lot of obvious places to visit such as Umstead Park, Historic Yates Mill Park and Pullen Park, so here’s my Top 5 (off the beaten path) ...
• 2014 Summer Bucket List Follow-up
  The first day of Fall began this week with a few days of colder temperatures, which led me to reminisce about my first full summer home with both girls.  Despite having a tough adjustment period from 3-day-a-week preschool to zero-day-a-week preschool, things smoothed out and we had an awesome summer!  I find myself longing for ...
• 2014 Fall Festivals @ Local Parks
  Here’s a list of upcoming Fall Festivals happening at various parks in the Greater Raleigh area: Southeast Raleigh Community Day @ John Chavis Memorial Park – Sat., Sept 20 from noon-4pm; free event that will feature free food, health information, music, voter registration info and more 9th Annual Fall Harvest Celebration @ Historic Yates Mill Park – Sat., ...
• Take a Child Outside Week: Sept 24 – 30, 2014
  With the fall weather on our heels, it couldn’t be a better time to participate in Take a Child Outside Week (TACO), held September 24-30, 2014. Take a Child Outside Week is an national initiative through the NC Museum of Natural Sciences with partner organizations throughout the country.  The program emphasizes outdoor nature activities with children ...

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