This weekend (July 16-18) Target is sponsoring arts and cultural events all over the US for their Arts & Wonder Free Family Event. If you don’t already have plans I think these would be a lot of fun! We’re planning on hitting up the Walker Art Center on Friday and the Guthrie Theater open house on Saturday since they seem the most toddler friendly. There’s also the Minnesota Orchestra concert and the Minnesota Children’s Museum. A little tip: If you head to the Guthrie you can make it an all… Continue reading…

Wait, what? The Children’s Museum is free? Not every day but it is on every third Sunday of the month thanks to Target Corp. There are 4 levels to the museum and many different play areas.  The Little Peanut had so much fun that we’re planning on heading back whenever we can. We had to drag her away from World Works, the water filled “action-packed, hands-on environment that encourages investigating, experimenting, problem-solving, and observing.” She also had so much fun grocery shopping and cooking in Our World, the “unique neighborhood… Continue reading…

With the weather warming up and my daughter getting older now I’ve been on the hunt for fun things to do in the Twin Cities. It also just happens that everything I’ve found so far is also FREE, which is great because an outing with the family can get pretty expensive these days – and so starts my new series “Fun & free 4 kids!” Fun & Free 4 kids ~ Stillwater, MN A few weekends ago I delivered some consignment goods to Darn. Knit. {Anyway} in Stillwater. (DKA is… Continue reading…