My husband and 11-year-old daughter excitedly exclaimed, "Over here! We found it!" Our 8-year-old daughter and I rushed over to the glass case they were examining. Inside was an ornately decorated ancient Greek drinking cup (which was more like the…
Read More The Percy Jackson & the Olympians Art Adventure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
I could see the focus and determination on my daughter's face as she and my husband alternated pulling the 2-person saw back and forth. Shrush! Shrush! Shrush! Success! They cut through their log in just under 44 seconds to win…
Read More The Long Island Fair at Old Bethpage Restoration Village
We excitedly walked along the dark path and saw the glowing orbs in the distance. As we got closer, we started seeing the exquisite details of thousands and thousands of incredibly carved pumpkins. All of us started pointing out the…
Read More Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns at Old Westbury Gardens
After a long search through the vast field, my daughter's search was over. She found just what she was looking for - an unusual looking green gourd with a long graceful neck, the appropriately named swan gourd! One of our…
After he finished blending the yellow and orange together, he carefully applied several strokes of black paint. Voila! The man had magically transformed my daughter's face into an African savannah landscape complete with a cheetah, a lion, a giraffe, an…
The 5 children made a few wrong turns as they interpreted the map and raced across the college campus in pursuit of the statues. Finally, they spotted something hiding among the shrubs - 2 smiling lions were staring at them!…
Read More Sculpture Exploration Backpack at the Hofstra University Museum
There were more than 40 kids between the ages of 7 and 17 assembled. All of them had a hungry, gleam in their eyes as they got ready to shoot with bows and arrows. This has become a regular sight…
As we turned the corner, we caught a glimpse of an enormous white flower in the tree. All of us wondered what could it possibly be? Then we saw more of them in several trees. Luckily, the High Line had…
As we turned the corner, we caught a glimpse of the baby. She was fuzzy, gray, and had the cutest little trunk! This was the first time we had ever seen a baby elephant. Priya was with her mother and…
"It's an hour-long wait from here," said the attendant. Yikes! Thankfully when we showed her our Chicago CityPASS vouchers, she ushered us to a separate Fast Pass lane and in less than 10 minutes we were 103 floors up on…
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