Jan
14

Free things to do in Northeast Ohio on MLK Jr. Day

Posted by Jennifer

Are you wondering what you can do with your children on Monday, when they are off from school to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day? There are a lot of fun and interesting things to do in and around Cleveland — many of which usually cost a lot of money, but which are open free on Monday. There’s even a free shuttle around the University Circle area between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Cleveland’s not that far — what, about half an hour from Medina — and there is a plethora of activities geared for families. In years past, we have seized the opportunity to take the children to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the Great Lakes Science Center and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Last year, we visited the Western Reserve Historical Society, which had...

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Apr
16

That was Spring Break??!

Posted by Jennifer

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of silence….the kids are back in school (and the baby is sleeping) after a week of togetherness otherwise known as Spring Break. Now, I realize that we opted to save our cash and stay in Medina for the week, but the four inches of snow on Tuesday just added insult to injury! It wasn’t quite as bad as a few years ago, when our neighbors built a bikini-clad snow-woman “sunbathing” in a lounge chair in their front yard during Spring Break. But would it have killed the weather gods to have given us a bit of warm weather and sunshine? Our decision to stay in town wasn’t completely driven by economics — as committed Catholics, my husband and I have come to appreciate the “holy” in Holy Week and felt it was...

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