One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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Friday Tip: Free Stuff for Kids (The Pittsburgh Children's Museum)

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Pittsburgh has really had some wonderful, fun, family-friendly events lately. In honor of a new park opening on the North Side in its backyard, admission to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is free tomorrow. (Please see below for more details.)

My daughter visits The Children's Museum so much that I think that she believes that it’s her playroom. That really helps since our townhouse doesn’t allow her to have an actual playroom. I don’t think that the constant pile of toys, crackers and bowls she uses as drums on the floor of our living room qualifies…

I am a HUGE fan. The Children's Museum is like a kid's wonderland. It  is always hopping and is a good time for parents and kinds. I know that my toddler will be all over the Hula Hoop Jam!
NOTE:  There is free parking. And I don't recall anybody giving up free parking in Pittsburgh for years. So, you can come stay for while and at the sign of the first tantrum you can high tail it out of there and know that all you have lost is the gas it took you to get there. (Or if you live on the North Side or downtown, you can simply walk home.)
Please let me know if you plan to attend! I would love to meet you!

Free admission to the Children's Museum all day
(Sponsored by the Jack Buncher Foundation)

Join us for the grand opening of the revitalized Buhl Community Park at Allegheny Square. It's a full day of family fun - both inside and outside of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.

• Official dedication ceremony at Noon
• Cirque-tacular, a troupe of aerialists, acrobats and dancers
• Performance by River City Brass Quintet
• Hula Hoop Jam with Stephanie Moser
• Activities and demonstrations by the National Aviary, The Andy Warhol Museum, New Hazlett Theater and Saturday Light Brigade

NOTE: The official park ceremony is at noon. That's when we'll likely venture over there.


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Kristen said…
We absolutely LOVE Children's Museums. We just recently relocated to FL from Kansas City, MO where they had 2 different ones and we actually had our oldest daughter's 2nd Birthday Party at the Children's Museum! They really are great resources for our children...Sounds like you guys are going to have a fabulous time, Enjoy!!

~Kristen
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