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Tree Farms in and around Pensacola, Florida

November 30, 2010 By Jen 1 Comment

When do you put up your Christmas tree? Do you put up a fake tree or a real tree? Does your family head out to a Christmas tree farm to cut down your own?

Here are a few U-pick Christmas tree farms in our surrounding area. Even if you already have a tree or put up a fake tree, a visit to the farm can be fun for the family. If there are any farms to add to the list or if any of these are no longer operating, please let us know! As always, make sure to call ahead before you go.

Fish River Trees - Located in Summerdale, AL; This is the only farm on the list that we have visited. We had such a great time and we didn’t even go to pick out a tree! There is a ride around the farm, hot chocolate to purchase, Santa and reindeer to visit.

Whispering Pines Christmas Tree Farm - Located north of Milton; They have staff to help you with your tree purchase.

Country Pine Christmas Tree Farm - Located near Bratt; Enjoy the pond, free cookies and candy canes for the kids, and run around while looking for your tree.

The Christmas Tree Forest - Located in Pensacola; They have both choose and cut and potted trees.

Filed Under: Day Trips & Overnighters, Things to Do Tagged With: Alabama, Christmas, Day Trips from Pensacola, farms, Florida

The Great Visit Florida Beach Walk

October 26, 2010 By Jen Leave a Comment

VISIT FLORIDA, the Sunshine State’s official tourism marketing organization, and Volunteer Florida, in coordination with the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, the Florida Lottery and other Florida organizations and businesses, are teaming up to conduct a statewide, one-day, mile-by-mile beach walk by a minimum of 825 volunteers, ultimately covering Florida’s 825 miles of beautiful beaches.

If you are interested in being a volunteer to walk a mile stretch of the beach taking pictures and documenting on November 6, head to Visit Florida to see the flyer and information.

Filed Under: Just for Fun Tagged With: Florida

Florida and Alabama Tax Free Shopping 2010

July 21, 2010 By Jen 2 Comments

Mark your calendars for the Florida and Alabama tax free shopping days. This is a great time to buy school supplies and clothes while saving a few dollars.

Alabama Tax Free Days are August 6-8. We usually head over to Foley to do shopping during the Alabama tax free days. The Florida Tax Free Days are August 13-15. Follow the links to learn the limitations and rules of the holidays as well as to confirm the dates.

Filed Under: Things to Do Tagged With: Alabama, Florida, Shopping

Free Entrance into Florida State Parks on Saturday, July 17

July 14, 2010 By Jen Leave a Comment

We love to visit the Florida State Parks here at Pensacola with Kids. On Saturday, July 17, Florida State Parks will waive admission fees in honor of Recreation and Parks Month. Stop by the Florida State Parks website to find a park that you want to visit. There are state parks with sinkholes, springs, caverns, gardens, hiking, tubing, swimming, and picnics! Here are some posts I have written about state parks we have visited:

Yellow River Marsh Preserve Park

Big Lagoon State Park

Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park

Falling Waters State Park

Eden State Gardens

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park

Filed Under: Things to Do, Things to do Under $5 Tagged With: Day Trips from Pensacola, Florida, Free Activities

Santa Rosa County Library Summer Reading Programs

June 13, 2010 By Jen Leave a Comment

The Santa Rosa County Library Summer Reading Program activities begin June 14. There are all sorts of great activities and challenges planned for children of all ages. You can even sign up online!

Filed Under: Things to Do, Things to do Under $5 Tagged With: Florida, Free Activities, Gulf Breeze, Milton, Pace

Weekend Roundup – May 21, 22, and 23rd

May 21, 2010 By Jen 2 Comments

Here is your weekend roundup of activities. If you know of a family friendly event going on around the area, please leave a comment. As always, call ahead or follow the links to make sure that the information is still accurate.

May 21 – Family Friday Flicks - Watch Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squealquel under the stars!

May 21 – Pensacola Pelicans Opening Night

May 21 – Gallery Night

May 22 – Summer Sidewalk Stargaze on Pensacola Beach

May 22 – Pensacola Pelicans vs. Grand Prairie – Fireworks Night

May 22 – Visit the Palafox Market

May 22 – Lowes Build and Grow – Build a catapult!

May 22 and 23 – Milton’s Riverwalk Arts Festival

May 23 – Pensacola Pelicans vs. Grand Prairie – Kids Club Sunday

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Filed Under: Things to Do, Things to do Under $5 Tagged With: Florida, Free Activities, Pensacola, Weekend Roundup

Summer Road Trip Celebration – Jacksonville, Florida

May 19, 2010 By Jen Leave a Comment

All summer, while we continue to showcase all the great things going on around Pensacola we will also be sharing our favorite (and yours too!) road trips. For Mystery Photo Monday, I asked if you knew where this fountain was:

This particular fountain is in Jacksonville, Florida. We have friends in Jacksonville so we make the drive over there once or twice a year. It is about 6 hours away so we find the trip is best made when we can take a Friday or Monday off but we have made the trip on a regular weekend. Here are our favorite family picks for Jacksonville:

Explore Friendship Fountain and the rest of the surrounding area. Kids will love running around this huge fountain!
Visit Kids Kampus at Metropolitan Park. Splash in the water or play on the playground equipment.
Catch a baseball game at the Jacksonville Suns stadium.
Drive over to St. Augustine and explore Flagler College, the fort, or downtown.
Learn about the history of firefighting at the Jacksonville Fire Museum.
Visit the Museum of Science and History after you have checked out the Friendship Fountain. It is right next door!
Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens will keep the kids entertained all day! Don’t forget the swimsuits and a change of clothes. There is a splash fountain for the kids to cool off in when they are done visiting the animals!
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve – Visit the preserve, check out the ranger program or just take a nature walk.
Peterbrooke Chocolatier Tour – Chocolate…need I say more?!
Hands On Children’s Museum – Let the kids explore and have some interactive playtime while you relax or play with them!

Stop by Trekaroo Spotlight Thursday to see where other people are traveling this week.

Filed Under: Day Trips & Overnighters, Things to Do Tagged With: Florida, Free Activities, Jacksonville

Mystery Photo Monday #18

May 17, 2010 By Jen 1 Comment

For this week’s Mystery Photo Monday, I am kicking off the Pensacola With Kid’s Summer Road Trip Celebration with a picture from another city. Throughout the summer, I will be posting road trip suggestions from both the readers and PWK’s favorite places to go to get away. Don’t worry…we will continue to write about Pensacola and the surrounding areas. I can’t wait to start exploring with my kids this summer!

Here are a few hints: This fountain is downtown next to a great museum the kids will love; the Superbowl was held here; it is one of the largest cities in Florida.

Have a guess? We hope you will play along! If you know where we will be road tripping this week, leave your guess in the comments. I will give you a Top 10 with kids list for visiting this city later this week. Also this week on Pensacola with Kids, info on Friday Family Flicks, geocaching in Pensacola, and the Pensacola Pelicans!

Filed Under: Day Trips & Overnighters, Mystery Photo Monday, Things to Do Tagged With: Florida, Mystery Photo Monday, Summer Road Trip Celebration

Mystery Photo Monday #17

May 10, 2010 By Jen 1 Comment

My freezer is full of these perfectly delicious berries! Any thoughts to where this picture was taken?

We hope you will play along! If you know where this strawberry patch might be leave a comment. The season only has another week or so. I will try to get my act together and post the answer tonight rather than wait until tomorrow so you have plenty of time for berry picking!

Filed Under: Mystery Photo Monday, Things to Do Tagged With: Florida, Good Eats