Anne Marie

Anne Marie is a mother of 2, a resident of Austin, and the main author of the Austin top 50 site since 2011.

Peter Pan and Pease Park

For our most recent outing, the boys chose to spend the morning playing mini-golf, followed by an outing to a sprinkler park.  And for mini-golf, our favorite location is Peter Pan mini golf just south of the river. How can you not love a place that has been around for 65 years?  Peter Pan is just about…

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Texas Military Forces Museum

While I am all about peace ,love and happiness, my youngest son is going through a stage (let’s hope it is a stage), where his interest is war.  And the Texas Military Forces museum in Camp Mabry is perfect for anyone mesmerized by tanks, guns or battles! The main exhibit hall contains a variety of tanks,…

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Teen Volunteer Opportunities!

Volunteering can be a great way to teach your kids the importance of giving back to the community.   And having a teenager, I now have learned it is also highly rated on college applications ;o) But it can be somewhat difficult to find places that will allow teens to volunteer. I have reached out…

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Twin Falls and Sculpture Falls Hike

I will attempt to update this page on a regular basis on the water conditions, but if you happen to visit Twin Falls after the date listed above, please share the love and use the comment space below or email with an update on the creek conditions!   This has to be one of my favorite hikes…

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Bull Creek Greenbelt Hike

The last words out of my son’s mouth before we left for our hike was “Do I have to go?”  The first words out of his mouth after we arrived: “We should come here more often!”  :o)   The Bull Creek Greenbelt is a gem of a hike, located near 2222 and 360.  The 3.5…

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Rock n River Aquatic Pool

Today, we headed north to Round Rock to enjoy their Rock n River Aquatic Center.  This is basically a pool on steroids!  The park is run by the City of Round Rock, so the prices are very reasonable – $5.50 for adults, $4.50 for children, with a dollar discount for residents. For older children, one draw of the…

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Jump Street Indoor Trampoline Park

With a projected temperature of 106 degrees today, we needed to stay inside!  With two children kept indoors for the last week due to allergies, I needed a place for them to run!  Jump Street in Cedar Park was the perfect solution! Jump street is a trampoline park; very similar to an inflatable house, but for…

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Texas Memorial Museum

Our first full week back in town for summer, and K is suffering from sever allergies :o(  So, with most of our outdoor places off the list, we are hitting some indoor places. An old favorite of ours is the Texas Memorial Museum on the UT campus.  This free science museum was built in 1939. …

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Bullock Texas State History Museum

The Bullock Texas State History Museum is one of Austin’s newest museum; entirely devoted to providing information about the formation of Texas as both a country and a state.  This museum has three floors (focused on Land, Identity and Opportunity) with a variety of interesting displays about the native Indians, discovering oil, fight for independence…

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Barking Springs

Ahhh – the first day of summer vacation.  There is no better day in the year :o) One of the first things the boys asked me this morning is where we were going.  Well, we had a lot of things to do to get ready for summer:  empty and store school backpacks (woot!!), find this…

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