Art and Nature at Laguna Gloria (central Austin)

Our family ventured, several days ago, to the original of Austin Museum of Art’s two locations, Laguna Gloria. The primary building on the grounds is an Italianesque villa that houses a permanent collection, as well as rotating exhibits; the current exhibit is called Art and Nature (an apt description of the whole operation, actually). Although [...]

Quarry Splash Pad (Williamson County)

Hooray for the new Quarry Splash Pad at the Southwest Williamson County Regional Park! This place couldn’t have opened at a better time, seeing as how our weather forecast pretty much just predicts HOT for the foreseeable future. My friends and I decided to pack picnic lunches and head to the new splash pad with [...]

Capital of Texas Zoo (Cedar Creek)

Armed with our Living Social deals for the Capital of Texas Zoo, my friends and I headed out towards Bastrop Cedar Creek one weekend.  I half expected Capital of Texas Zoo to be like the Austin Zoo, more animal rescue/sanctuary than traditional zoo, but I was wrong on all accounts.  I was pleasantly surprised at [...]

Sago Modern Mexican (central, The Triangle)

The kids wanted to splash water somewhere, anywhere, and hubby and I were craving Mexican food so we packed some swim clothes and headed to The Triangle.  Sago is right next to the bocce ball and splash pad, so that’s where we went.  We were having an early dinner after a late brunch so we [...]

Brushy Creek Sports Park (Cedar Park)

I was out and about with my kids and nephew when the three kids started jibber jabbering about skateboards.  Clearly they had no idea what to do with a skateboard, based on their most hilarious conversation.  We were just at Champion Park on Brushy Creek so I made a quick detour to the Brushy Creek [...]

Creative Playground (Georgetown)

The Creative Playground in Georgetown is just awesome.  It’s similar to the Children’s Park in San Marcos, just a little bit smaller but certainly large enough for several hours of outdoor play.  The playground is entirely constructed of wood with many towers, bridges, walkways for all sorts of imaginative play.  There’s even a tiered seating [...]

Day or Overnight Trip: Dallas Zoo

Over Spring Break, we took our children to the Dallas Zoo, and though I grew up in the DFW area, I had not been to the zoo since I was a child. So much has changed and for the better! We decided rather than to drive and park at the zoo, we would get day [...]

Perry Playground (north central Austin)

Over the weekend, we happened to be in the area and found Perry Playground for the kids to run off some of the energy.  Perry Playground is a City of Austin park that is adjacent to Highland Park Elementary and Crenshaw Athletic Club.  For the most part, the park and the school run together.  It’s [...]

Oakview Neighborhood Park (northwest Austin)

Oakview Park is a city park next to Kathy Caraway Elementary School in northwest Austin, tucked in established neighborhoods.  I had taken the morning off of work to take my son to the allergist, and we had an hour or so to goof around so I took him to a park because he wanted to [...]

Playscape at Children’s Park (San Marcos)

How we came upon Children’s Park was completely by chance.  We were in Lockhart, and I searched for parks using the GPS which pulled up Children’s Park in San Marcos among many options.  Since San Marcos is no more than 30 minutes away, we thought why not.  Let’s go to San Marcos. Are we glad [...]

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