Want to know what it feels like to fly..... check out this video- and try it yourself... Life is all about lifting oneself up and living in the moment. One of the best ways I have found to improve my worldview is to get out of my comfort zone. IFLY is the perfect place to learn how to soar and to fly. If you have never gone sky diving, this is the way to get a taste of what it is like to harness the wind. I took three friends with me who had never been in a wind tunnel. The

Baketivity The winter months are the perfect time to heat up your home with freshly baked goods. Baketivity is a super fun baking kit option that comes with an adorable chefs hat and child size apron. This. as well as easy to use recipe instructions, pre-measured ingredients and a delicious product. We baked one of the cupcakes kits, not only was it a joy to create, but the final product was a delight too. Baketivity offers single kit purchases as well as subscription purchas

Now more than ever people need activities to relax their minds, improve their moods and forget about everything. Everyone has a different way to keep themselves smiling. Here are a few ideas that are sure to please. Alice’s Table & 1-800-Flowers Alice’s Table is the ultimate way to bring joy to yourself and keep it going for several days. Flowers are delivered to your door, and then simply zoom in and listen to Alice who is a bubbly fun instructor who will tell you how to arr

All these activities are simply amazing and will help foster your kids fine motor skills, sense of balance, imagination and will certainly keep them entertained and smiling. Schwinn Krate EVO The Schwinn Krate EVO is truly a beautiful bike. It’s stylish, sleek while some might notice the nostalgic elements such as the seat, it features all the modern updates to make the bike comfortable and a perfect fit for most children between ages 3-7 (38-48” tall). It comes with training

CINEMOOD CINEMOOD 360 is the large screen television and the movie screen you have been waiting for. This handheld device turns screen time into activity time, and even allows for a full virtual tour of national parks, galaxies and more scenes. Check out this video exploring a galaxy. With Cinemood 360, one can feel as if they are personally immersed into spectacular nature scenes and it also provides take a virtual tour of some of the universe’s most spectacular sights. It i

Building is fun, teaches fine motor skills and E-Blox® are not your ordinary building blocks. They bring your creations to life and light up your buildings. E-Blox® patented technology consists of tin-plated blocks which connect to a battery block, powering the electrical component blocks. The blocks integrate electronic circuitry into your builds so there are no wires to bundle and hide. Super fun and educational. Color Chemistry Lab Set The Crayola Color Chemistry Set for k

Staying at Home for weeks on end has challenges- check out these videos with the kids- beautiful and educational and free. See link below.... A Volcano 10 Times More Forceful Than Mt. St. Helens Their streaming service, Smithsonian Channel Plus, is now offering a variety of content for FREE without a trial or subscription which can help with some great at-home learning. Get access to hundreds of other original series and documentaries as well, through a free trial to try befo

The MIM displays over 6,000 instruments and is the world’s only global instrument museum, representing 200 of the world’s countries and territories. An award-winning Smithsonian Affiliate it uses state-of-the-art technology allowing guests to see the instruments, hear their sounds, and observe them being played in their original contexts. Founded in 2010 by Robert Ulrich, the CEO emeritus of Target Corporations, many of the instruments in MIM’s Artist Gallery are on loan from

T About a million people visit the 30 acre McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park yearly, it’s the perfect place to go with young kids. Ride the picturesque 1950’s-vintage Allan Herschell carousel and then jump on the mini-train which has with three steam locomotives, 2 diesel engines and an electric engine. Go see the 10,000 square foot model railroad building where trains zip by and visitors can press orange hands that will turn the displays on. Don’t miss the museum which houses

Founded in 1939, The Desert Botanical Garden boast the world's biggest outdoor desert plant collection. A beautiful place to discover desert flora and fauna, it was created to protect, research and conserve desert plants. Visitors can check out five thematic trails featuring towering cacti, alluring succulents and colorful wildflowers. Each trail explores the use of desert plants in everyday life. Wildlife abound in the garden, from the butterfly exhibit hosted yearly, to see

Leave the Arizona desert behind when you walk into the largest indoor butterfly pavilion in the USA. Thousands of floaty butterflies from all over the world abound in the conservatory which has rainforest temperatures, flowing waterfalls, lush tropical plants and a large Koi pond. Visitors also can see the emergence gallery where the little creatures are in various states of life- many of which are in metamorphosis. The center also has freshwater aquariums with exotic fish an

Check out the new OdySea Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the Southwest, home to over 30,000 animals, 50 exhibits, and an aquatic presentation where guests sit in a theater and rotate around an enormous tank filled with sharks, sea turtles, and seals and sea lions See African penguins swim in a water tank, watch the otters get fed, walk through the “Great Barrier Reef” tunnel filled with ocean life and take the kids to touch starfish in an open pool of water. Be sure to wand

If you love architecture, be sure to visit Taliesen West. It is located in the desert foothills of the McDowell Mountains, and it was one Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home, studio and architectural campus. On the grounds of his home- turned architectural wonder, Wright and his students created theaters, apartments and studios. Their objective was to use the natural surroundings of the Sonoran Desert, so many of what visitors will see in this National Historic Landmark is build