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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.
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Winter Holiday Activities for Kids in Lake Tahoe & Nevada
Looking for a special event to celebrate the holidays while in Lake Tahoe or close by Carson City? Here are some ideas of places to thrill your kids and family. Happy Holidays!
Heavenly Mountain
South Lake Tahoe, California
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Spectacular views of Lake Tahoe await Gondola riders.
Heavenly Village
In front of the Heavenly Village Cinema South Lake Tahoe, California
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South Shore's only outdoor ice-rink offers music, lights, and the whimsical winter ambiance.
5001 Northstar Drive
Truckee, California
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Roast S'mores around a fire pit with your family.
1960 Squaw Valley Road
Squaw Valley, California
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If you've never tubed before, it's a whole day of fun!
1960 Squaw Valley Road
Olympic Valley, California
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Experience the thrill and excitement of Dog Sledding.
1360 Ski Run Boulevard
5 minutes from Heavenly Ski Resort South Lake Tahoe, California
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I'm liking the price of $10 an hour!
10244 Soda Springs Rd
(Exit 180 off I-80) Truckee, California
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Tube Town has been expanded over the summer. More lanes were added so you can have more time on the tube and less standing in line.
1900 Jameson Beach Rd
South Lake Tahoe, California
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Wilderness Sleigh Rides - another great reason to stay at Camp Richardson.
V&T Train Station Carson City
4650 Eastgate Depot Siding Road Carson City, Nevada
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I envy the families who get to experience this!
2180 South Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada
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Santa Train Ride Dec 10 & 11, Dec 17th & 18th. Fare is $3.00 per seat. (775) 687-6953
813 N. Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada
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Performances of "Annie, Jr." will be December 2, 3, 9, and 10 at 7:00 PM and December 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 4:00 PM at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada. (775) 887-0438
reviewed on: November 21 2011
"A Fantastic Way to Spend the Afternoon"
A Fantastic Way to Spend the AfternoonMy family drove 30 minutes from South Lake Tahoe to Carson City to visit the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada. It was my first trip to Nevada’s capital, Carson City. The Capitol Building is beautiful and downtown Carson City is charming.
The Children’s Museum is located in the historic former Carson City Civic Auditorium, built in 1939. The museum is a large room with small store fronts and exhibits such as a Carson Tahoe Emergency Room with a Human Anatomy Exhibit running along the walls. There is also a play structure, climbing wall, and floor piano children can play with their feet, just like in the movie BIG.
I set my two children loose inside (a girl age 6 and a boy age 3.) My son was immediately drawn to the large slide suspended from the tall play structure. My daughter did a bee line to the Asian Cafe connected to Smith’s Grocery Store.
The attention to detail in the café was inspiring! Aprons hang on the wall for children who want to pretend to be cooks or serving staff in the scaled down kitchen. A table is set for children who want to pretend to be hungry customers in the restaurant. The table place settings are beautiful plastic Asian plates, bowls, and spoons. Inside each soup bowl is pretend tofu. There’s also pretend sushi on some plates. A Chinese zodiac poster hangs on the wall resembling one of those zodiac placemats you often see in a fast food Chinese restaurant. Hats off to the staff that put this together!
Smith’s Grocery Store is a market with shopping carts and a variety of pretend food. My son loaded up 2 shopping carts worth of food before having a melt down because he wasn’t coordinated enough to push both carts at once. I quickly ushered him to a neighboring train table. Luckily his mood quickly brightened or I would have had to haul him off to the sheriff’s office and jail cell. He would have been able to post bail though because the bank and ATM machine were close by!
My son spent a good chunk of time at a table with large wooden shapes that were painted different colors while I played a metal instrument resembling a xylophone with a wooden drumstick. We loved the giant replica of a Space Shuttle with an on-board flight simulator and the giant virtual reality maze projected on the floor that we could control by stepping on it. It was similar to one of those little hand held plastic games with tiny metal balls inside that you can tilt one way or the other to try to get the balls to settle in the holes.
My girl struck up a conversation with a lady who was painting pottery in the lobby and was invited to go the basement to observe a ceramic workshop where they met Liz who was making a porcelain bowl on a pottery wheel. My daughter was also encouraged to touch many different types of clay like porcelain, terra cotta, and stone wear and she learned how hot kilns get.
I had a big laugh at the giant green screen exhibit where I saw a dad cover his body in a green blanket while standing against a green wall thus making his head appear to float on its own on the connected television. I also did a double take when I walked by one of the distortion mirrors and noticed my hips looked twice as wide. Yikes!
Lastly I learned about the ACM Reciprocal Program, a family membership from your local children’s museum that provides free or discounted admission to almost 200 museums in the U.S. and Canada. The Children’s Museum of Carson City offers a reciprocal membership for only $125. The Children’s Museum of Sacramento charges $250. For more information go to www.childrensmuseum.org.
Highway 395
from Lampe Park in Gardnerville to historic Minden Park Gardnerville, Nevada
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Participants enjoy barbecue dinners prepared by local chefs and hot beverages.
Children scramble for candy and treats dispensed by the parade.
right next to Mont Blueu casino
Stateline, Nevada
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This fun and exciting sleigh ride lasts 90 minutes and travels along the Pony Express Trail to a spectacular view of Lake Tahoe.
4004 Ski Run Boulevard
South Lake Tahoe, California
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New this season is Heavenly Holiday with a month of festivities including live music, ice sculpting, fire dancers, professional ice skaters, face painting, interactive games and photo opportunities inside a giant snow globe or festive backdrops. “A Heavenly New Year Celebration” includes a concert followed by the Gondola Drop with a decorated and illuminated car descending from the top of the mountain in a “midnight” countdown at 9 p.m. and firework display.
1111 Sierra at Tahoe Road
Twin Bridges, California
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Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort continues its Christmas tradition with a two-day kids' festival, Dec. 23-24 with events, music, sack races and a snowman competition.
55 Highway 50
Stateline, Nevada
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Barton Health’s Festival of Trees & Lights is Dec. 2 – 4 at MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa. The 3rd annual festival features designer decorated trees, holiday décor, crafts for kids, live entertainment and of course Santa Claus.
9090 Ski Run Boulevard
South Lake Tahoe, California
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The Tahoe Queen, an authentic Mississippi paddlewheeler, is offering opportunities to meet and take photos with Santa on the 12 p.m. Saturday cruises. Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort continues its Christmas tradition with a two-day kids' festival, Dec. 23-24 with events, music, sack races and a snowman competition.
