UPDATE 5/24/16: Don’t forget to check out the details from our first visit to the Wickham Park Main Playground, Aviary and Nature Center. Wickham Park is now open for the 2016 season and will remain open through the last weekend in October 2016. You can find the most up-to-date hours & rate information here. 2013 Post: Cut […]
Wordless Wednesday: Wickham Park
Last weekend we had a fun family photo shoot with our friend and official blog photographer Kathryn of Kathryn Deane Photography at the beautiful Wickham Park in Manchester, CT. Wickham Park has tons of beautiful gardens and scenic corners that make wonderful backdrops for photos. But even better, it also has an awesome playground that […]
Essex Steam Train’s Day Out With Thomas
Thank you to the Essex Steam Train for providing our families with tickets to this event. All opinions are 100% my own. ——————————————————- 2015 UPDATE UPDATE 4/27/15: For the third year in a row, we were so lucky to be able to attend Day Out With Thomas at the Essex Steam Train! This year’s event […]
Super Bargains and FREE Family Fun from This Month’s Sponsors
Today we are sending out April showers of thanks to our wonderful sponsors. Of course, we want to thank them for supporting our site and helping us to keep “scouting your CT outing.” But this monthly Sponsor Shout-Out is also a great opportunity for you, our readers, to learn more about these great businesses with lots […]
My Favorite Connecticut Town: Glastonbury
So, as Mandy told you in her post on Tuesday, Connecticut’s Office of Tourism is hosting a contest where folks can vote for their favorite CT town (and be entered to win a pretty nice grand prize just for voting). As part of the campaign, they’ve asked us to help spread the word by writing […]
OAAM Tiny Diner Series: Wood-n-Tap
Cut to the chase. Take me to the Momsense. When it comes to mealtime, there’s only one thing that can top eating a delicious meal while enjoying the company of your family, all while knowing that you don’t have to do a lick of clean-up afterwards. And that’s being outside while you do it! Now […]
Wordless Wednesday: It feels like spring! (Finally)
I just can’t get enough of this beautiful weather! It almost pains me to come back indoors so Boo can have his afternoon nap. (Notice I said almost 🙂 ). Today we hit one of our favorite playgrounds, Addison Park, for the first time this season. It never ceases to amaze me how much more […]
Little Hikes for Little Tikes at Wintergreen Woods in Wethersfield
Cut to the chase. Take me to the Momsense. If there’s one positive thing I can say about the frosty, snowy, dreary, loooooong winter that we just experienced, it’s that it has made me enjoy these first lovely spring days even more. Lately my outing mantra has been: I don’t care what we do, so […]
Music Together
Cut to the chase. Take me to the Momsense. Please note: this post was written in 2013, and while it should still give you a good overview of this activity, it may also contain some outdated information. Please be sure to check the Music Together website for the most current information. (And yes, we are […]
Wordless…Tuesday: Here we grow again!
We’re having a few technical difficulties here at OAAM today, so we won’t be able to post our regularly scheduled outing review until tomorrow (you may also have noticed that we’re currently sporting our super old header pic–look at those little babies!). However, we’re hoping you will forgive us for the delay when I tell […]