Save up to $15 on Kings Dominion Admission – More Great Deals for Summer Fun Here

Save up to $15 on admission at Kings Dominion now!

Check out the updated ideas from our readers included below – Keep the great ideas coming for great summer fun! Happy Summer, Everyone! MORE IDEAS! (Updated 8/2/2011) Kings Dominion is making it more affordable and fun to visit the park. Celebrate Pink Days through August 22, 2011. Online tickets are just $38.99 and $1.00 goes [...]




FREE Tickets for Kids to Richmond Squirrels Games

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Go Nutz! Here’s a great way to enjoy time with your children and give them some fun activities and gifts too. The Squirrel Tails is the Richmond Flying Squirrels FREE Kids Club and it’s open for kids 14 years and under. Kids have lots of benefits in the club including: FREE tickets to Kids Club [...]




Kate & Kate + 8’s First Free Richmond Adventure: VA Historical Society

Summer 2010 is gonna be a fun one, with the help of Kate & Kate plus eight. That’s right: Two moms (with the same one-syllable name) and eight offspring. Some of these adventures we’ll have together, some apart. Our goal is to bring you at least one weekly FREE or LOW-COST way to have fun [...]




Week 2: Kate and Kate Plus Our Eight Get into Some Paint at Whole Foods

With all the incredibly hot days we have already had this summer many of us are looking for cool activities to do with our families. And there’s the added bonus if it is free! One great activity is the Half Pints Kids Club at Whole Foods – Short Pump. Every Tuesday afternoon join Adrian for [...]




Week 3: Yorktown Beach

I like taking a vacation. If I plan it just right I can do most the work before I get there and then have a good time. And sometimes it does not take much just a simple change of pace. One easy and fun day trip is down to Yorktown Beach. Without the hassle of [...]




Week 4: A Visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)

This event took some planning which I botched. I planned to be at VMFA when they opened which is at 10am (daily). My kids were to have had breakfast and a heavy snack before we arrived. That way we had a couple of hours before they were “dying of hunger” Unfortunately I could not find [...]




Week 5: For low-cost fun, Richmond kids dig Maymont

Last week’s “Kate & Kate + 8″ Adventure with our eight kiddos ages 9-and-under landed us at Maymont. Specifically, we opted for the coolness of the Maymont Nature Center for most of the morning. At just $16 entry fee for all of us (adults are $3, kids $2 and children under 4 are FREE) this [...]




Summer Fun – Did You Get it All In? There is Still Time!

For some in the Richmond area summer has come to an end.  But for many there are still many warm days of vacation ahead.  Have you taken advantage of all the great opportunities we have in the area? Here is our list of fun things to do. Have a suggestion – share it with us! [...]