Bentonville Steals

So I only have 2 of them (well, maybe two and a half), but for those that live in my area, I've had a few fun outings in the past few days that cost little-to-nothing and thought I would share.
The Bentonville square is one of my favorite places in this city. It is filled with things to do (family-oriented) for hours and we have spent quite a bit of time there in the past year.
Let me give you an example of a "day on the square" we have now done twice:

**Take the kids to play at the Splash Park for an hour or so.

 ** Dry them off and put them in the double jogger for our run through Crystal Bridges Trail (which is breathtaking GORGEOUS).

**Take a detour to check progress from the "lookout tower" of what Crystal Bridges Museum will soon be!! So excited for this one!!

**Stop by our favorite, Table Mesa to grab some Sweet Potato Fries to-go...they're AMAZING and the best part is a whole to-go box full, costs only $1. Seriously.

 **Take our goodies to the fountains and play on the ridge in the pretty atmosphere (our kids LOVE this fountain!)

**The you can go to another restaurant on the square called Central Station and they give free ice cream to the kids! again, SERIOUSLY.

**Sit outside at their table son the square and let the kids eat some ice cream.

**By now we're usually reaching 2.5-3 hours, and if the kids are up for it, we will head to the other side of the square and play at the park (which, of course, happens to also be our favorite).

I did this little outing with Noah last week, and Jason and I took the kids out on the same little routine 2 nights ago. So much fun and we only spent a dollar when it was all said and done (and even got a workout in).

Then this morning, I got up with Lincoln while the rest of the house slept, and we headed to Krispy Kreme with a coupon for a free donut we've been holding on to for a few weeks now.

When we got there,

I let Lincoln pick out his free donut (and of course he insisted on "paying for it himself with his coupon), and while we were waiting they gave us 2 hot glazed ones (as usual, i think?).

Lincoln ate the one he picked out, and I put the 2 additional free glazed in the bag to take home for daddy for his breakfast - zero money spent! Lincoln and I had a good time together...we hung out in there for about 45 minutes, watching them make the donuts (he was fascinated...and wore the hat the whole time), and he even did a little dance party for the customers which was hilarious.

So those are my two recent "cheap dates" if you will, that were a blast with my fam. Love them.

And just to add for you B'ville folks out there, we all found an awesome snow cone stand a mile or so off the square tonight called "Frozen Tung". We are snow cone snobs to some degree and loved these tonight!

Jason and I were just sitting here talking about how exciting these next few months are going to be. I remember this time last year being super fun with each other and our kids - especially the ages they are at. This warm weather this weekend has given us a taste of what's to come and I can't wait. Now if our dang pool would hurry and open! :)