Siouxland Families

If you've been reading this blog for long or if you know me personally, you may have noticed I love donuts. While I'm a huge fan of our Sioux City donut shops, especially Jitters and Sunkist, I couldn't resist trying some donuts in Sioux Falls too when I was there recently. After all, it's only an hour away! We stopped by Flyboy Donuts , which I have heard is Sioux Falls' go-to place for gourmet donuts. They have a wide variety of donuts from classic cake including plain, blueberry, and chocolate, and yeasted donuts in a variety of shapes like donut holes and stars, to trendier flavors like maple bacon and cereal topped long johns. They also had giant donuts, apple fritters, and huge caramel rolls. To drink, they had hot coffee and cocoa, plus a cooler full of a wide variety of milk, juices, etc. One of their fun options we didn't try but would love to sometime is donut letters. They do an amazing job of somehow making all the letters turn out clea...

It's back to school time! For most parents, that comes with a bittersweet blend of feelings, which for me includes missing your kids and how awesome and helpful and fun they were to have around all summer, and relief that you no longer are expected to participate in half hour long discussions about which Lego Ninjago character has the best elemental powers, and sleepiness, because getting your kids to school in time to hang up their bag and do their bell ringers before the bell actually ring requires waking at the crack of dawn My personal favorite way to process these feelings is indulge in a combination of caffeinated beverage and baked goods. So without further ado, here are my top 6 suggestions(in random order) of where in Siouxland parents should go after school dropoff on the first day of school (and okay, any day really!) along with their location and hours for Thursday, August 23rd. Check with individual eateries for hours and locations for other days, although fo...

Have you heard of Tinkergarten? It's a fun learning option for the preschool crowd that is new to Siouxland in 2018. I chatted with the Tinkergarten leaders for Sioux City and Spencer to find out more about it. Here's what Siouxland families should know about Tinkergarten: What is Tinkergarten? Sioux City Tinkergarten summer 2018 Tinkergarten is a play based outdoor preschool program for kids ages 2-5. Tinkergarten focuses on hands-on activities and lots of movement and exploration. Sessions are usually about an hour long and take place at local parks where kids can discover nature while learning with their peers. According to the Tinkergarten website, focus areas are: sensory skills motor skills focus and self-control self-reliance creativity & imagination collaboration problem solving empathy communication Who teaches it? Sarah Newswander teaches Tinkergarten in Sioux City and says: "I have a background in early childhood education...