Archives for Kid Stuff
Tide Pooling!
by Donna Amis Davis - @donnaamisdavis Winter Low Tides Are Best For Tide Pooling Fall and winter in San Diego is Tide Pool season. The lowest tides of the year are perfect for exploring one of the local tide pools. Tide charts help you find the best day and time of day for the necessary low tides. You need to…
Tiger Trail: 7 Reasons Your Kids Will Enjoy It (Though #5 Upset Me)
The new Tiger Trail exhibit is really amazingly well done. Visitors to San Diego wonder, Is it worth the drive up to Escondido to see the San Diego Zoo Safari Park? Will the kids enjoy it as well or better than the Zoo? The answer is yes, yes, and yes! The Tiger Trail exhibit is child-friendly. But you don't have…
Z is for Zoo – San Diego Zoo
(This is part of a series, Blogging from A to Z April 2014 Challenge. My theme for the challenge is Quintessential San Diego from A to Z, focusing on those things that are typical, or perfect, or classic examples of San Diego life. Today is our last one, Z!) What could possibly be more Quintessential San Diego than the San Diego Zoo?…
Afternoon at the San Diego Zoo with Preschoolers – Elephant Odyssey
by Donna Amis Davis / @DonnaAmisDavis The San Diego Zoo is an amazing place. We love taking our two little grandchildren to the zoo. It is near downtown, in Balboa Park. At 100 acres, with more than 3,700 animals from 660 species and subspecies, and over 700,000 plants, it is too large for a small child to take in on…
Healthy Apple Walnut Oat Muffins
by Donna Amis Davis / @DonnaAmisDavis Apple Walnut Oat Muffins This week, Tuesday is another election day here in my home town of San Diego. (Thanks to our embarrassing former mayor.) My husband and I are poll workers again for this election. Election days are long days for poll workers. We arrive at our polls at 6 am to set…
Healthy Toddler Snacks – Energy Balls
by Donna Amis Davis | @donnaamisdavis This recipe for Healthy Toddler Energy Balls is the most-viewed post, and my most-pinned pin. Energy Balls Healthy Toddler Snacks We're always looking for great healthy toddler snacks to bring along on our outings with our grandkids. We love to take the kids to the zoo, but WOW the prices at the snack bars there.…
San Diego Kids Free October – San Diego Loves Kids – 100 Free Attractions in October!
Feeding the Ducks at San Diego Zoo Safari Park Kids are free in October all over San Diego! 100 partners have joined this year for San Diego Kids Free October. The San Diego Zoo has offered kids-free Octobers for more than 25 years. Local tourism officials expanded the program last year to get families to extend the summer traveling season…