Summertime is right around the corner and that means three things: good weather, barbecues and baseball. And with the baseball season just starting, its time to start planning your weekend vacation to see some games.

Watching baseball in real life delivers an effect far more dramatic then watching on television. The right baseball stadium has a unique energy; the smell of hot dogs and peanuts lingering in the air, crazy, pointless chants, sunny skies and wild cheering. A little bit of luck will get you this experience in any stadium around the country but several cities work particularly well with the weekend traveler. Here are Suite Trip’s picks for our favorite baseball cities for a weekend visit.

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The following post is by a special guest blogger: Sharlene Earnshaw, Trekaroo’s Blog Editor.

There is something captivating about watching a kite swirl and soar through the wind currents high above us.  Children love the excitement of running with their brightly colored rhombus shaped flying machines, eager to watch it catch the right current to send it up, up, up towards the clouds.   If your family can’t get enough kite flying fun, then you should definitely spend a day at one of the many great kite festivals across the nation.

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A few of our lovely SuiteTrip supermoms are featured today giving tips on how to keep your little ones giggling and entertained while traveling. (For the record, we’re fans of both “when I was a baby” stories and Angry Birds.) Way to go Jamie Pearson, Amy Allen Clark and Esther Lee!

You can read their 10 tips over at Parent and Child Magazine’s website.

The following post is by a special guest blogger: Sharlene Earnshaw, Trekaroo’s Blog Editor.

Once upon a time, way back in 1878, there once was a group of children on Capitol Hill enjoying the Monday after Easter tradition of egg rolling. One precocious child in the bunch noticed President Rutherford B. Hayes, who was watching his own children participate in the fun, and decided to ask him the question that changed history.

“Say! Are you going to let us roll eggs in your yard?”

President Hayes did let the children of DC roll eggs on the White House lawn, and a tradition was born.  As the years have passed, the annual White House Easter Egg Roll event has evolved, but one thing remains constant: eggs will be rolled.

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