Need Summer Time Ideas?

YAY! It’s Summer Time!! Schools out and the Sun is shinning I LOVE this time of year.  However, if your kiddos are like mine I start to hear, “Mom, I’m bored” and “What are we going to do today?” to which I am usually stumped.  This year we have come up with a great list of ideas to help you plan and ENJOY this great city we live in with your family.

Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas
Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park
Dallas Zoo, Dallas
Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose
Frank Buck Zoo, Gainesville
Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch, Pilot Point
Hawaiian Falls – Colony
White Rock Lake, Dallas
NRH2O Family Water Park, North Richland Hills
Trinity River Kayak/Canoe Expeditions, Dallas area
Dr Pepper Star Center, Euless, Farmers Branch, Frisco, McKinney and Plano
Galleria Ice Skating Center, Dallas
Top Golf, Allen, Dallas and The Colony
Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington
Rangers Ballpark/Rangers, Arlington
Dallas Arboretum, Dallas
The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney
Dallas Children’s Theater, Dallas
McKinney Performing Arts Center, McKinney
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Plano Children’s Theatre, Plano and McKinney
Windmill Stables of Spring Park, Richardson

Need more ideas? Check out 181 Places to See & Things to Do in Dallas-Fort Worth

Things to Do Around Town This Weekend

Fun ideas for this weekend…. We are going to check out Shane Frame and “The Lawbreakers” Zin Zen Wine Bar tonight…. What are you doing?

What are you Doing this Weekend????

Here are a few ideas

Kids:

Pirates Weekend at Sea Life Aquarium in Grapevine 1/26 and1/27

More Details here: http://www.visitsealife.com/grapevine/

Strings Concert, part of the Plano Family Symphony Sundays, is a fun, interactive, concert for kids ages 3-10 and their families featuring the String instrument family. Children hear, see and learn about the many different instruments as they interact with the musicians. There will be children’s activities before the show in the lobby, including the Instrument Petting Zoo, Conductor Station, Storyboard/iPod Station, Coloring Station and Craft Station.

More Details Here:http://northtexaskids.com/ntkblog/index.php/plano-symphony-orchestra-sunday-family-series-starts-jan-27th/

Adults:

Weekly Brewery Tour: This popular tour with guide and brewery owner Dennis Wehrmann is just $5 for the tour and tastings of several varieties of the “bier from here.” At Franconia Brewery, 495 McKinney Pkwy., 972-542-0705.

Live Music

Zin Zen: Shane Frame and “The Lawbreakers” (Fri )7:30-10:30

Cadillac Pizza Pub: Broken Code (Fri.); Buzz Andrews Band (Sat.)

Hank’s: The Dirty Pesos (Fri.); Max Stalling (Sat.)

Grand/Rick’s: Buzz Andrews (Fri.); Jon Griffin (Sat.)

Grotto Live: Missing 3 (Fri.); Prophets & Outlaws (Sat.)

Landon Winery: JR Byrd (Fri.); Joel Clarke (Sat.)

Lone Star Wine Cellars: Matt Compton (Fri.); Kari & Jerry Shurtleff (Sat.)

Spoons: Live Music (Fri.-Sat.)