Tag: Friday Fun

Have you booked a flight?

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We took our girls to IFLY in Yonkers, NY before covid hit. IFLY has locations all across the USA. Have you been? It’s a real blast! It’s basically indoor skydiving in a wind tunnel. When we were there we saw people of all ages trying it out from the young to the old. Phil and our girls took a an orientation class when they first arrived and then they got suited up with a flight suit and helmet. They were nervous but excited. Everyone stands around the tunnel and watches each person take their turn. Which is helpful so you can get a feel for what to expect when it’s your turn. Each flight lasts around 60 seconds. You start off slow with a flight instructor who can help correct your form and assist you when you need help moving around and then they slowly show you how to go up the tunnel. The flight instructors also take a turn in the tunnel by themselves so you can watch someone advanced. It is really cool to see them flip and fly really fast like superheros! Plan to be there about 60-90 minutes total. They even do birthday parties! I couldn’t participate since my shoulder likes to dislocate but I had a great time watching my family! It’s not scary and a lot of fun! If you are ever looking for something different to do check this place out!

Bingeing right now

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Sometimes you have to let things go. The escalating costs of cable were too much for us. Just before COVID started, we decided to cut the cord and resorted to streaming services to fill the media hole. It wasn’t easy, because you have to fully commit to trying the new way while fully letting go of the old way in order to reduce the costs since it’s far too easy to subscribe to streaming AND keep cable. The only thing that we sometimes miss is the occasional live awards show only available on a network channel, but if you really need it, you can buy a month of a live network channel for a pretty low price. Hulu and Netflix is where we landed for streaming.

Here are some fun shows we are hooked on…

Renee’s picks:

HULU- Younger, Being Erica, Little Fires Everywhere, Married, Mr. D, The Handmaid’s Tale

Netflix- Schitt$ Creek, Imposters, Dead to Me, The Stranger, Ozark

Phil’s picks:

HULU- Rick and Morty, Fear the Walking Dead

Netflix- Blood of Zeus, Baki

8 is great!

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Our little Daisy turned 8 this past week! We sang happy birthday to her and gave her a few presents…one gift was from her daycare! The day before her birthday she went to her favorite doggie daycare called Wag Central to hang out with her friends and get a bath! We discovered this wonderful place when we moved to town and we are so fortunate that it’s nearby! It is incredibly clean, spacious, offers all kinds of classes, has a swimming pool, a groomer and a cute retail shop and doggie cafe! It is pretty incredible! I am glad that daycare helps her socialize with other dogs too! When she attends they always text me a photo of her during the day…I attached one here of her actually smiling! If you have a local doggie daycare consider bringing your dog…there are so many benefits. We’ve been taking her once a week. Daisy used to be reluctant to go inside but now she runs in and when I pick her up she is fully tired from all the fun she had all day long! Makes my ❤️ happy!!

easter, celebration

Happy Easter, Happy Spring, Happy Happy Everything!

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Easter baskets, chocolate bunnies, colored eggs, pretty dresses & fancy shoes were some of the things my girls looked forward to each Easter! When my girls were little we probably went to 3-5 egg hunts each year. I know…it’s a lot! The girls had a blast though! I would plan something holiday related to do each weekend leading up to Easter. We loved the New Canaan Nature Center’s egg hunt and the town of Rowayton, CT has a good one too but that was geared towards real little kids. The Young Women’s League of New Canaan puts on a fantastic celebration at Waveny Park with bounce houses, the Easter bunny, a huge egg hunt, a bake sale and face painting. We attended one event where a helicopter dropped thousands of eggs onto a field but it was sort of chaotic and not geared for little ones. I always kept my eye out for local fun events via marypoppins.com, the local paper, libraries and ctparent.com to name just a few!

Here are some pics from one of our previous Easter celebrations. Party City has always been my local go to, I also like Michaels, Palmers in Darien, Etsy and Ebay is my favorite for my daughter’s outfits! Do you have a favorite crafty way that you incorporate into your holiday? Drop a line or share a pic! I’d love to see it! Wishing you all an egg-citing day!!