This weekend the Derby Festival Spelling Bee, Louisville Youth Orchestra and 2010 Kentuckiana Cluster All Breed Dog Show will pique the interests of adults and kids.

Before planning your next international trip, call the University of Louisville Travel Clinic. Their doctors will help you prevent a plethora of really nasty and hard-to-pronounce diseases.

Several branches of the Louisville Free Public Library will hold kid-friendly programs to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Green beer excluded.

Grab the kids and head over to the zoo this weekend for an elephant's birthday party, then swing by the Highlands for a St. Patrick's Day parade!

My family just got back yesterday from a 8-day trip in Ecuador. I was surprised by all of the family-friendly stuff there was to do in Quito, and the surrounding areas. Here are some of the highlights from my trip.

Louisville.com's family and parenting writer sends her first dispatch from Ecuador

My mantra for travel is to pack light. This is way easier said than done now that I'm traveling with Jack and all of this baby accoutrement. Here are some of my must-have travel items (almost all from local stores) that will keep your suitcase light and your children happy.

Target stores across the nation will delight children, red fish, Loraxes and wockets alike with a free Dr. Seuss event this Saturday.

You're never too young or old to learn a new language. Los Monitos Language Center offers instruction in a multitude of languages to all ages.

Some tricks of the trade that will help your family fly the not-always-so-friendly skies.