Family Guides, Reviews, and Local Adventures

SEA LIFE Grapevine is bringing back Homeschool Week October 19–23, with $12 tickets for kids and adults and no group minimum. You can go with just your family or bring your co-op.

Before you pay full price for your next museum or zoo trip, check your library card. Seriously. I knew libraries had more than books, but I didn't realize just how many places you can get into for FREE with a library card until I started paying more attention to what our own library offered here in Fort Worth.

My kids love getting mail, and apparently there is a surprising amount of free stuff you can actually have mailed to kids.

LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Grapevine is bringing back Homeschool Week September 21-25, and if you've been wanting to go without paying regular admission prices, this is a good week to do it. Tickets are $12 per person for both kids and adults; there's no group minimum, and you can go with just your family or make a whole co-op day out of it.

If you're a DFW homeschool family trying to decide between Dallas Zoo and Fort Worth Zoo Homeschool Day, we've done both. Actually, we've done Dallas Zoo's Homeschool Day three times.

The Dr Pepper Museum has been sitting on my “we should go there one day” list for years. I’ve seen the videos, watched people make their own sodas, and thought it looked cool, but apparently not cool enough for me to actually get in the car and drive to Waco. Then I randomly saw they were hosting a Homeschool Day and thought, okay, this is my excuse.

I get asked a lot about what homeschool stuff is actually worth buying. Because there is A LOT of homeschool stuff out there, and Pinterest will have you convinced you need an entire classroom in your house.

If your kids love to climb, explore, or challenge themselves, Fritz’s Adventure in The Colony is one of those places where you can easily spend a few hours without running out of things to do.

Did your kids go through a full-blown Blippi era, or was that just mine? No shade to Blippi because he taught my kids more about construction equipment than I ever could, but I definitely don't miss hearing The Excavator Song on a loop. Even though we've moved past that stage, my kids still get excited anytime they spot an excavator or bulldozer. I'd known about Dig World in Katy but had never made the trip, so when I heard they were opening a location in Grapevine, I was immediately interested. If y'all know me, you know I love a good niche attraction, and a theme park centered around construction equipment definitely fits the bill. We visited during one of the park's preview days, so if you're wondering what Dig World is really like and whether it's worth a visit, here's everything you need to know before you go.

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When I found out the Dallas Museum of Natural History was temporarily reopening, I knew we had to go before it closed again. The museum is only open on Sundays through July 19, and since I never had the chance to visit before it closed more than a decade ago, I didn't want to miss this rare opportunity. I expected to enjoy it. What I didn't expect was to leave wondering why more people aren't talking about this incredible piece of Dallas history.

My kids have been campaigning for a trip to Hurricane Harbor Arlington for years.