Realizing that school is starting on Monday, I decided to pack up the kids and venture out again since I’ll be in class teaching again in just a matter of days. We headed east and stopped at Afton State Park on the St Croix river first. The beach you see in the picture was not [...]
Category Archives: Kid Activities
Day Trip- Glenwood, Alexandria & Sibley State Park (Minnesota)
August 1, 2010 – 11:22 pm
I decided to spend my day off visiting my brother in Alexandria since I have never seen his apartment and feel bad that he always ends up having to drive down here. It’s about a two hour drive. Once I got to his apartment though it was apparent we weren’t staying there (even for a [...]
McLeod County Regional Park Review- Swan Lake Park
July 15, 2010 – 1:52 pm
I had the idea to do this a few months ago but thought it to daunting- review all the county parks in our area (including the Twin Cities metro). Now I am wondering why I balked- I don’t exactly need to do it all in one summer. I have my whole life! Yesterday I posted [...]
July in Minnesota
July 13, 2010 – 9:40 pm
I always said I wasn’t going to be the kind of mom who dressed her daughter in dresses. But something happens to me when I am in a store and I walk past a pretty dress. Some sort of magnetic pull. . . especially if said dress matches my daughter’s pretty blue eyes. So I [...]
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
May 31, 2010 – 10:42 am
Last week, the kids and I packed up the car and took a trip 45 miles east to visit the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen. First we stopped in Waconia. What a beautiful little town! I sort of have a dream of living there now. The downtown sits up on a hill overlooking the gorgeous [...]
