This Week's Northeast Ohio Bucket List | June 12 - 18, 2014

Hello Father's Day Weekend!  There are just way too many fun filled festivals this weekend and way too much laundry!  What's a family to do?!!?

Let me know what you think of our list and feel free to let me know of anything I missed!

If you are looking for some fun, look at the calendar at the end! It is full of ideas of what we would like to do this Northeast Ohio if we had unlimited time and money. Some are free, most are not, and be sure to call all events prior to attending, just in case I have some information wrong or it was canceled.

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THIS WEEK'S NORTHEAST OHIO BUCKET LIST HIGHLIGHTS

This Week's iNeed a Playdate Bucket List | May 29 - June 4, 2014

I am so grateful that the snow is gone and the sun has been shining!  We spent last weekend flying kites and exploring the Cleveland Botanical Gardens' Nature Connects exhibit.  Nature in Lego form is amazing.

It seems that everything fun is going on this Sunday so Saturday is dedicated to cleaning my house!

If you are looking for some fun, look at the calendar at the end! It is full of ideas of what we would like to do this Northeast Ohio if we had unlimited time and money. Some are free, most are not, and be sure to call all events prior to attending, just in case I have some information wrong or it was canceled.

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THIS WEEK'S NORTHEAST OHIO BUCKET LIST HIGHLIGHTS

This Week's iNeed a Playdate Bucket List | May 15 - 21, 2014

It is hard to believe that the sun is shining over Cleveland, Ohio - finally!

I don't have to look that far this weekend for family fun!  Lakewood is hosting the Cleveland Orchestra all over town, and I mean all. over. town!

If you are looking for some fun, look at the calendar at the end!  It is full of ideas of what we would like to do this May in Northeast Ohio if we had unlimited time and money. Some are free, most are not, and be sure to call all events prior to attending, just in case I have some information wrong or it was canceled.

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Think "Big Spring" at @CBGardens

The kids and I went courtesy of the Botanical Gardens. We did not received any other compensation. 

Hello Spring!  Hello Cleveland Botanical Gardens!

I can not tell you how sad this so called spring has been for me since it has snowed so much!  And, than like a ray of hope, the kids and I were invited to experience Big Spring at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens.  I swear the clouds parted as I read of all the cool things to do, see and smell (it is the botanical garden after all).

I hate to admit this but - GLOW this past winter was the first time I had ever been to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens.  I have no idea why because this is just an amazing place and if their summer exhibits are anything like Big Spring I may buy a family membership.

I could go on and on about the maze for the kids, the larger than life flowers, the meal worm races but, I would rather just show you!

The Ladybug Labyrinth where the kids find there way through, learn about lady bugs and listen to birds.

The kids spent more time in the maze than I thought was possible.

Figuring their way through.

Tea time in the Mad Hatter's gazebo.

Life size chess anyone?

The kids and I with Polly the bee.

My son is on the right, also dressed as a bee.

The girls dressed as butterflies performing on the toadstool stage

About the Cleveland Botanical Garden's Big Spring

from the website...

Alice's wonderland was "curioser and curioser!"

At Cleveland Botanical Garden, we think we know what Alice meant. Humongous ladybugs, giant flowers and enormous garden tools -- these are some of the curious and wonderful things awaiting you at Big Spring, Cleveland’s super-sized, all-new indoor and outdoor springtime celebration.
30,000 brilliant flowers and their sweet scents awaken your senses from a winter slumber, both indoors and out. Here in this larger-than-life setting, choosing what to do first is a kid’s only conundrum. Rain or shine, kids may:

• Join an imaginative tea party in an enchanting woodland garden 
• Explore a fanciful indoor garden hedge maze
• Dress up as bugs and strut their stuff at the Toadstool Theatre
• Enjoy the outdoors outdoors, where new activities abound, including the endless delights of Hershey Children’s Garden

This spring, go from housebound to spellbound in one giant step.
Big Spring is bound to make your spring more fun. And this year, spring is making it big!

This year, spring is bigger than ever

Hours March 23 - April 28 Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays 10am - 5pm Wednesdays & Fridays 10am - 9pm Sundays 12 - 5pm

Tickets $12/non-member adult $8/non-member child (3 - 12) Free for children under 3 Free for Garden members BUY TICKETS

Word(less) Wednesday - Spring on Lake Erie

The kids and I spent some time this past weekend playing in the sand at lake, enjoying the spring like weather. Can you see the little icebergs floating at the shore line?


But today...

What's the weather like today in your neck of the woods?

Wordless Wednesday: Spring

To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon.

~  Kurt Vonnegut