By Colleen Scholer, the “Macaroni Kid” lady, www.jeffersoncity.macaronikid.com When my 10-year-old son Matthew was still a baby, my husband Aaron, who is a pediatrician, asked me to create a document on all the great things to do with kids and families in our community that he could share with...

Like many young girls, dance lessons were a rite of passage for Shelly, Stacy and Stefani Schrimpf who began taking ballet when they were each 5 or 6 years old. Those lessons culminated each year in a recital where they took the stage in their swirling tutus and became princesses, at least for that night....