FREE things to do with Kids Summer 2025 in Toledo

Grab your calendars & tag your friends, mommas! Here’s this year’s list of fun, free, kid-friendly activities going on this Summer in Toledo & the surrounding area!

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4 Tips for Planning Your First Family RV Trip

Taking your family on an RV trip for the first time is exciting, but it can feel overwhelming. This blog will share four tips for planning your first family RV trip that will help you organize the ultimate family getaway.

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Items You Need To Have When Using a Birth Pool

Giving birth is a profound and personal experience, and many expectant mothers are turning to home births for a comfortable, intimate setting. Birth pools are gaining popularity as they provide a soothing environment that can ease labor pains and promote relaxation. Whether you’re an expectant mother, a doula, or a professional midwife, knowing what you need for a successful birth pool setup is vital. Below is a list of the items you need to have when using a birth pool that oversees stability and safety. 

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7 Teens/tweens, 2 Adults, 1 Island, No Ferries…our first camping experience!

I never understood it, shoot, if I’m being honest, I thought they were all crazy. What kind of a person volunteers to leave their climate-controlled home with a private bathroom, a fully stocked fridge, freezer, wifi, and all the modern-day accommodations they work so hard to provide their family and go live in the great outdoors for a week? To me that sounded like pure nonsense, borderline insanity. Vacations should require less work, not more. Why pack towels, air mattresses, sheets, pots, pans, coolers, etc.? Why not save yourself time, energy, and bug bites and just stay home? After an impromptu extended stay on an island with 7 tweens/teens, one brutal storm, dirty underwear, greasy hair, and legs you could play connect-the-bug bites on I think I finally get it. I drank the Kool-Aid. What’s even more shocking, is I miss it, there, I said it. But I’m getting ahead of myself, let me start from the beginning. 

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First Annual Lauber Hill Community Founder’s Day to be held August 18

The Museum of Fulton County is honored to be hosting the first annual Lauber Hill Community Founder’s Day to celebrate the immigrant families who traveled to Ohio and established a farming community near Lauber Hill 190 years ago. A limited number of tickets are now available for this late afternoon program and meal to be held on Sunday, August 18 at the Lauber Hill Reformed Mennonite Church north of Archbold.

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The Ultimate Family Reading Experience -Available at Museum of Fulton County’s Legacy Shop

Wauseon-born author Merrill Wyatt’s popular mystery novel “Tangled up in Luck” has come alive through a new interactive reading experience now available at the Museum of Fulton County. Families will enjoy looking for clues at real-life Wauseon locations featured in the story to solve the mystery. Participating families will also be invited to an exclusive author book signing event at the museum.

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8 Reasons Why You Need to Visit Toledo Ohio’s Glass City Metropark

Located a stone’s throw from downtown Toledo Ohio, Glass City Metropark is where curiosity and tranquility meet. It is a perfect destination for any occasion, mood, time of year, and age. Are you seeking meditative peaceful reflection? A destination where the entire family can play for the day? A quiet stroll hand-in-hand with the one you love? An epic afternoon or evening filled with active play and a great workout? No matter what you seek Glass City Metropark and Riverwalk is the answer. Are you ready to step off to an epic adventure? 

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