Hey there,
Again! Another Crazy week!
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This weekend, I'm choosing to rest. Not because I don't care, but because I need it.
5 things that I'm using to help me rejuvenate.
- This Google Doodle for Earth Day
- This instagram account : I found it today. It's my new go-to account for #joy.
- This YouTube video: I wasn't going to use this video, but then my kids one by one joined me and watched the entire video with me. It was a sweet time enjoying Lin-Manuel Miranda together.
- This Facebook group: It's good for a laugh!
- This article : This is seriously interesting and totally not useful at all.
Today is Earth Day, but we love to celebrate so much in Minnesota, we celebrate all month long and into May. I think our love of spring may be the reason the Twin Cities Metro does not skimp on Earth Day activities and events. While this is a chance to teach our children about good stewardship of our planet, it is also the perfect excuse to get out and enjoy the long-awaited spring. Between mid-April blizzards, flooding and Covid, we
haven’t had great luck with Earth Day Family Events recently, but we are cautiously optimistic for 2021 and will keep adding events as they are announced.
Though we’re typically modest Minnesotans, the Twin Cities doesn’t shy away from its fairs and festivals. We’ve got hundreds of options for Minnesota Festivals & Fairs to attend all year long.
We celebrate our communities and traditions all year round. From Winter Carnival in January, to the legendary Minnesota State Fair in August, to the Holidazzle Festival in December, we love to get outside and explore this awesome state. Browse our monthly listings to find old favorites and new ideas.
No arm-twisting is necessary to get our kids out the door to the park or to pick up a book (and coincidentally, we’ve had a peaceful, satisfying summer!) So here’s what I find so cool about the StoryWalk program, which unites these classic indoor-outdoor summer activities: it turns us on to new (to us) authors and takes us to parks not normally on our radar.
It’s time to start thinking Spring Farmers Markets! How much more fun does it sound to bring your kids along to one of these family-friendly Twin Cities Farmers Markets as opposed to dragging them to the local supermarket?
Note that we did not republish this article in 2020 because most markets were discouraging family visits and cancelling events and activities. We are anxiously awaiting 2021 details and hoping things will be closer to normal, but will update closer to opening dates as information comes in.
As soon as I can smell the wet earth and the sun is still shining at 6pm, I’m ready for a spring farm fix. Come on out and meet the fuzzy new arrivals — lambs, chicks, piglets, goats and all the rest — plus farmhands of all ages can partake in waking up the barns for spring. With our state’s farming tradition, we can find Minnesota farm babies throughout the Twin Cities.
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Sincerely,
Family Fun Twin Cities
gianna@familyfuntwincities.com
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