One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: The UPMC Children's Ball

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This weekend we got to have family time. And family time is always good!

Anybody who has kids understands that it is important to keep them stimulated. One way to do that is find out about interesting events going on and attend those that make sense. In the past twelve months we've gone to the circus, to see "Yo Gabba Gabba Get the Sillies Out" and to a Chinese New Year celebration to name a few.

This past weekend, we attended The UPMC Children's Ball at the Carnegie Science Center and it was a night perfect for adults and children. We arrived and walked on a red carpet, which seemed fitting given that we like to say that we're raising our daughter, "Hollywood style" in Pittsburgh.

The Carnegie Science Center is a great place to have a party!


They had great food. There was a carving station with Prime rib and turkey, salad and French fries and chicken fingers. And how many balls can you attend where they have peanut butter and jelly?!

As you can see from the photos below we partied hard. Perhaps we are rock stars after all...

Moving and rocking we're never stopping! (See our little bass player in the corner.)



Mommy and toddler and a large pink giraffe!


Toddler dancing with the pink giraffe!



Toddler under the sea in a submarine!



With the Eat n' Park Cookie, he was very good with the kids!





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Heidi's Wanderings said…
It looks like you had a great time. And I like that pink giraffe.

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Chaton T. Turner said…
Heidi, the pink giraffe was AWESOME!
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