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I’m a single mom with one 3 yr old boy. My two passions are traveling and raising my son. I love being a mom and there’s no place I’d rather be then with my son. I work full time and love to exercise.
Our Family's Travel Personality
adventurous, curious, quiet, cautious, relaxed, simple, independent, energetic, spontaneous, sophisticated, easy_going, social_butterfly
We Just Got Back From
Maui
Our Favorite Vacation Spot
Manhattan Beach, CA
A Place We'd Love To Visit
Petite St. Vincent
Favorite Vacation Memory
Celebrating my son's 2nd birthday in Maui. It was 9 days of Paradise.
Worst Travel Moment With My Kids:
I’ll never forget flying home from Honolulu in first class with my 1.6 month old son on Delta. The plane did not have any milk for the flight and even though I boarded early not one person thought to inform me that the plane was not stocked with milk. Cash was still drinking from a bottle at this time and freaked out over having to go 5 hours without milk in his bottle. This old cranky lady was loudly complaining behind me the whole flight home about how she was tired of hearing my son cry (as if I wasn’t). I wanted to scream (but did not) at every employee of the airline for not informing me the plane had no milk until we were up in the air.
Websites I Like:
Northern California Chinese New Year Celebrations
Kid-friendly Northern California Chinese New Year Celebrations, 2012. Year of the Dragon!
610 First Street, Unit 8
Napa, California
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Join Tillerman Tea as they welcome the Year of the Dragon and Chinese New Year with their annual lion dance celebration. Following the Lion Dance, Tillerman Tea will provide red envelopes and dumplings throughout the afternoon, while supplies last. 610 First St, Napa.
Fee: Free Time: 1 p.m. Phone Number: (707) 265 0200
2701 Prospect Park
Rancho Cordova, California
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Celebrate the year of the Dragon at SCM on 1/21 & 1/22. The Museum will be hosting special activites, story times and crafts all weekend long.
reviewed on: November 04 2011
"Channel Your Child’s Inner Picasso"
The Sacramento Children’s Museum (SCM) officially opened to the public on August 25, 2011. The 7,000 square foot facility hosts an exciting and enriching environment in where children learn through exploration and hands-on activities. SCM strongly believes that play is an essential part of a child’s “work.” Imaginative, hands-on environments provide children with a gateway for opening up their minds to developing new abilities, building confidence, and making connections between their dreams and real world experiences. The museum has several exciting interactive areas for exploring, playing, and learning:
• In “Waterways” children experiment with the flow of water, race boats, and create whirlpools.
• In “Airways” children and adults interact and explore how various objects are affected by air currents.
• “My Neighborhood” encourages role playing and celebrating unique family traditions and cultural awareness.
• “Studio of the Arts” features hands-on art projects.
• “Baby Bloomers” is for babies and toddlers to enjoy safe exploration.
• In “Raceways” visitors will have a ball playing with velocity, gravity, motion, friction, and acceleration.
From the moment my son (age 3) and I walked through the door we were both in awe. This place is a toddler’s dream come true. Every exhibit was amazing and news worthy.
We visited the “Airways “exhibit first. A huge network of clear tubes covers an entire wall from floor to ceiling. Children insert scarves or yarn balls though a waist high tube which then gets sucked up, spit out the top, and falls back down to the children. We easily spent 20 minutes between this exhibit and the adjoining Raceways.
At Raceways my son dropped ball after ball down hot wheel loop de loop tracks. Visitors to this exhibit come away understanding such mysteries as why people don’t fall out of a rollercoaster when riding upside down.
Next we visited “Waterways”. Waterways is a large room with many water activity tables. Waterproof aprons hang from hooks along the walls to keep children dry. Use them! I didn’t immediately put one on my son and within 5 minutes he was soaked from neck to waist. Lesson learned.
My favorite part of waterways was an activity table with an infant seat built into the table so babies can splash in the water! What a great idea!!! As a safety measure the floor of this room is covered with a rubber mat to keep children from slipping on wet floors. Word of caution – my son fell anyway (in sneakers) but did not get hurt. Next time we visit the museum I’ll put his water shoes on for maximum traction.
We then migrated to the Studio of the Arts exhibit. Art Aprons hang from hooks along the walls here too. Kids will get messy, so use one! My son channeled his inner Picasso with tempera paint on the huge plexiglass wall. The art studio provides opportunities for self-expression and creativity. Children can work with a variety of materials including recycled materials, clay, fabric, feathers, paint, rocks, glitter, and more. The art studio is included in the cost of admission.
Last but not least my son played dress up. In the main dress up area there is a wide variety of occupational dress up costumes such as a police officer, a firefighter, doctor and postal worker. There is also a small side room full of actual fireman clothes and gear! While my son played, I sat in a chair against the wall and watched him try to unsuccessfully elbow his way into a game of dress up between two girls. He got shot down but a nearby felt board map of the United States helped him forget his woes.
Some areas we didn’t visit but admired:
Baby Bloomers is a space separated from the rest of the exhibits and is specially designed for babies and toddlers. Young children can be on their tummies gazing at themselves in the mirror, walk up carefully sized steps and over rippling bumps, play peek-a-boo, dress-up like a lion, or even explore the realm of physical knowledge by rolling, kicking and tossing a variety of balls in the ball pit. Adjacent to baby bloomers is a clean and quiet changing room with everything a mom could need or want during a diaper change. There is even a rocking chair for mom’s who need to go into the room and close the door for breast feeding!
World Market allows kids to sort fruits and vegetables, stock shelves, and help others checkout at the cash register. This exhibit offers children a fun, role-playing experience, as well as, helps them develop knowledge about nutrition, sorting, measuring, counting, and cooperation. Items in the super market will include grown locally foods, as well as, foods from around the world.
I’ve bragged about this museum many times to friends and family. If you live in Sacramento or are visiting with children you should make a point to visit. Your toddler will thank you!!! I can’t wait to return and am considering this location for my son’s next birthday party.
The Sacramento Children’s Museum provided my family with complimentary tickets for this review. The Sacramento Children’s Museum did not request that I express any particular point of view and my reviews always reflect my honest opinions.
1200 Front Street
Sacramento, California
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On Monday, 1/23, the Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum will have a small Chinese New Year display and a few souvenirs. It's the year of the dragon.
TBD
Stockton, California
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2012: Year of the Dragon
The Chinese Cultural Society of Stockton proudly presents the:
Chinese New Year Celebration.
More information coming soon!
630 Main Street
Weaverville, California
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Free Admission. Annual Lion Dance celebration at the Weaverville Joss House Historic Park.
10055 Franklin High Road
Elk Grove, California
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January 19th, 2012. Gung Hay Fat Choy! Kids (age 5-12) are invited to join in celebrating Chinese New Year! Learn about the holiday, create special crafts, hear stories, and enjoy refreshments.
Courthouse Square
2200 Broadway St. Redwood City, California
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Lunar New Year
Saturday, February 4, 2012 from
11am-4pm at Courthouse Square.
Join us for this Asian celebration of change and the Year of the Dragon! Lion Dancers, Red Panda Acrobats, Live Music, Martial Arts, Kids Arts & Zodiac Themed Crafts, Food, Inflatable Playland & More! FREE!
388 9th St # 290
Oakland, California
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Bring the kids to a Calligraphy class or another cultural event during
the month of the dragon. Their lunar New Years Celebration is Feb. 4th.
Holiday Inn
750 Kearny Street San Francisco, California
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Chinatown Heritage Walks now Every Saturday at 10 AM!. $30 Adult.
$25 Child (under 15)/students with ID. Free for children under 5
221 7th Street
Oakland, California
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Swing by and tour the factory. You can witness first hand how fortune cookies are made; especially how the fortune is inserted inside of the cookie.
925 Blossom Hill Road
San Jose, California
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On January 18 join in for story time and crafts - kids will celebrate the Chinese New Year (January 23) creating two fun
crafts: a necklace that will bring them good luck in the New Year and a
sequin dragon honoring the Year of the Dragon. To celebrate the
tradition of English tea, children will create cups to take home. Kids
also will enjoy yummy fortune cookies.
1100 Eastshore Frontage Road
Berkeley, California
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On Sunday, Feb. 19, the Northern California premier track for Thoroughbred racing will host lion dancers, ribbon dancers, acrobats, tea tastings, magic, calligraphy and a Chinese buffet for the Year of the Dragon Celebration from noon to 4 p.m. Each guest will also receive a lucky red envelope containing a Mystery Mutual Voucher for either $2 or $500.
The event also falls on a Dollar Day, which means parking, general admission, programs, hot dogs and sodas are all just a dollar each.
