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“Know Before You Go” Pick-Your-Own-Fruit Season Begins with Sweet Start: Shlagel Farms
It’s pick-your-own fruit season again; the perfect activity for all ages! Beginning in April, I start to check the
- Know Before You Go: Mother-Son “Date Knight” at Chick-fil-a
- “Know Before You Go” Preparing for the USA Science and Engineering Festival (DC Convention Center)
- “Know Before You Go”: Preparing for Maryland Day (University of Maryland, College Park)
- “Know Before You Go”: Final Space Shuttle Discovery Welcome Event This Sunday
- Welcome Discovery: More Space Shuttle Fun!
- “Know Before You Go”: Take Allergy Meds and Head to Brookside Gardens
- KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: US Botanic Gardens “Children’s Garden” (Washington, DC)
- Know Before You Go: MathAlive! (Nerdy Fun for the Entire Family)
- A Hidden Oasis: Bladensburg Waterfront Park
- Need Drop-in Day (or night) care? Try Adventure Kids Playcare (Bethesda, MD)
Let's Move: Staying Active
Need Drop-in Day (or night) care? Try Adventure Kids Playcare (Bethesda, MD)
What does a stay-at-home caregiver do when s/he needs childcare during the day? Well, if there are no family or friends that are also home during the day, options are really limited! So, when we were [Read More]
To Do Today: Find Your Neighborhood’s Hidden Treasure!
There are days when you need to stay closer to home. Sometimes due to tight schedules. Sometimes due to nap time needs. Most recently, it could be these outrageous gas prices! Whatever the reason, it [Read More]
The Playground Superstore (and it’s indoors!)
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I pulled up to the Playground Superstore in Columbia, MD. An indoor playground? I was pleasantly surprised when we walked in the door. There [Read More]
Nature Centers and Gardens
“Know Before You Go”: Take Allergy Meds and Head to Brookside Gardens
I know it’s allergy season and I’m suggesting another garden. But, bear with me. As a fellow allergy sufferer, I really think these [Read More]
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: US Botanic Gardens “Children’s Garden” (Washington, DC)
I always thought of the US Botanic Gardens as a “hands-off” activity. Those beautiful flowers, so fragile-looking, are no match for an [Read More]
A Hidden Oasis: Bladensburg Waterfront Park
Whenever anyone mentions outings and water in this area, some of the places I immediately think of are Annapolis, Georgetown, National & [Read More]
To Do Today: Sprout! (US Botanic Garden)
There are good children’s programs…and there are GREAT children’s programs. The Sprouts Program at the United States Botanic [Read More]Home Happenings
Support Your Local Baseball League to Win a Clinic with Washington Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman
Corporations often times get a bad rap but most of the time we do not know all of the good intiatives they are involved in behind the scenes. This week Our Life Memories was invited to learn about Chevrolet’s commitment to baseball leagues across the country, [Read More]and Beyond
Sesame Place: Langhorne, PA
A couple of years ago, my husband and I visited a “certain” amusement park in Maryland and vowed never to return. Between the unsupervised children running throughout the park cutting lines to the scantily clad adults using profane language, we decided it was probably not a place we wanted to frequent. It made me kind of [Read More]






