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Berry Picking – Wednesday Activity Review

July 27, 2016 / August, family, food, July, June, Legacy, Outside, September, Wednesday Activity Review / By Anna Mae

Berry Picking is today’s Wednesday Activity Review. Each Wednesday this summer, Ann Arbor with Kids is covering an activity typically aimed at children in Elementary School. It is currently Blueberry Season in Michigan. Michigan is also great for picking raspberries. With this summer’s hot temperatures blueberry season actually started about a week earlier than normal. Dexter Blueberry Farm Yesterday we visited Dexter […]

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5 Free Air-Conditioned Activities

July 22, 2016 / August, July, June, Legacy, Summer / By Anna Mae

With the extreme heat this week, indoor air-conditioned locations are definitely the best choice for family fun, especially if you don’t have air conditioning at home. But, many indoor locations such as indoor play places have an admission fee which can get expensive with the number of hot days that we’ve had this summer. I’ve put

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Knoebels Amusement Park – Travel Thursday

July 7, 2016 / August, elementary, July, June, Legacy, May, Preschoolers, Rides, teens, Toddlers, Travel, Travel Thursday, tweens / By Anna Mae

This post about Knoebels Amusement Park is part of our summer Travel Thursday series. My husband grew up going to the Knoebels Amusement Park in Elysburg, PA. We have been visiting as a family yearly since 2009. Knoebels Amusement Park grew out of a picnic grove and campground and still offers open access from the adjacent

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Rolling Hills Water Park in 2015- Wednesday Activity Review

June 29, 2016 / August, elementary, family, July, June, Outside, Preschoolers, Summer, swimming, teens, Toddlers, tweens, Wednesday Activity Review / By Anna Mae

This review of Rolling Hills Water Park is part of our Summer Series: Wednesday Activity Reviews. On Sunday we made our first trip of the season to Rolling Hills Water Park. We usually visit earlier in the summer, but either my daughter was camping with her Girl Scout troop or we had other activities going on. Our Visit to Rolling Hills

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Healthy Habits from Together Counts & Girl Scouts

June 26, 2015 / August, July, June, May, Scouts, September, sponsored / By Anna Mae

Disclosure: As part of the Mom It Forward Blogger Network, Ann Arbor with Kids was compensated for sharing this information by Together Counts/Girl Scouts of the Nation’s Capital. When I was approached by the Mom It Forward Blogger Network about working on a project for Together Counts and Girl Scouts of the Nation’s Capital about their Healthy Habits initiative, I

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Strawberry Fudge Mini Milkshake Recipe

June 24, 2015 / August, food, July, June, May, recipes, sponsored / By Anna Mae

Mini-Milkshakes are the perfect summer treat for kids. They offer a sweet treat in a great size for kids. Our Strawberry Fudge Mini-Milkshake incorporates fresh local produce (and fudge) into the drink. Visiting the Farmers Market This morning, my daughter and I stopped at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market to buy fruit and vegetables for the week.

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Tree Runner Adventure Park – “The Best Day of My Whole Life”

June 12, 2015 / April, August, birthday, Day trip, elementary, family, July, June, May, nature, October, Reviews, Scouts, September, sports, Summer, teens, tweens / By Anna Mae

When I first heard about Tree Runner Adventure Park opening in West Bloomfield last summer I was intrigued. I thought it sounded great, but didn’t know how my daughter would feel about it. This year, her Girl Scout troop decided to use their cookie money to plan a trip there to go zip lining. My

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Mixed Berry Agua Fresca

June 9, 2014 / August, July, June, May, recipes, September / By Anna Mae

When shopping at Meijer today, I was influenced by the great prices they had on berries to make a Mixed Berry Agua Fresca. Last week I was inspired by Lena’s Strawberry Mint Agua Fresca at Taste of Ann Arbor to create my own version of Strawberry Mint Agua Fresca. I loved having it in the

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Tigers Game Report

September 2, 2013 / April, August, Detroit, July, June, Legacy, May, September / By Anna Mae

In July our friends from Philadelphia came out to visit the weekend that the Philadelphia Phillies were in town to play the Tigers. So the 7 of us (my family of 3, their family of 4) attended a game at Comerica Park in Detroit. Comerica Park is located in downtown Detroit and is easily accessed

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Review of Blue Heron Bay at Independence Lake

August 30, 2013 / August, July, June, Legacy, Summer, swimming / By Anna Mae

This afternoon my daughter and I met friends at the new Blue Heron Bay spray play facility at Independence Lake that opened this summer. It was our first visit to the new facility. When I first heard about Blue Heron Bay at Independence Lake, I was excited because my daughter had not particularly liked the

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