How to get new parents all riled up

I was out with my kids and overheard a mom griping to another mom.  It made me think back to my early parenting days when I was part of playgroups and joined online discussions with other new parents.  Through that, I witnessed some parenting choices instantly setting off arguments, in fighting, and down right nastiness [...]

Soccer Tots Review and GIVEAWAY – Winner picked!!

We are excited that Soccer Zone has generously offered to one Little Austinite between the ages of 18 months and 7 years the opportunity to win free enrollment in an 8 week session of Soccer Tots ($114 value) in Cedar Park!  Soccer Zone offers programming and summer camps for children of all ages and skill [...]

So You Think Your Child Should Model

Capturing Your Life, One Image at a Time By Dawn Fry So You Think Your Child Should Model, April 2010 Being in the photography business opens me up to a lot of questions from parents. “How long have you been a photographer?” “How did you learn how to do this?” “How do you get such [...]

Austin Children’s Choir: Miss Kathleen’s 2010 Summer Camp Giveaway – Winner picked!

Continuing with our goal this year to highlight local arts and children’s programs, Little Austinite is excited to present an exclusive giveaway for one lucky child (ages 6-15)  to attend a music and theater camp this summer.  The winner will be selected in early May.  The artistic director Kathleen Turner will present the winner with [...]

The Big Bounce (Cedar Park)

We have been anticipating the opening of The Big Bounce for months, as it seemed that the place announced a soon-to-open date last fall.  Finally The Big Bounce in Cedar Park has softly opened its doors with a grand opening to happen sometime in early summer, from what I understand.  We’re always on the look [...]

Austin Children’s Museum Celebrates Its Second Imaginarium Gala with a tribute to its “Superheroes”

Austin, Texas (April 15, 2010) – The Austin Children’s Museum, with the support of Silicon Labs as the Presenting Sponsor, will host its annual fundraiser, “Imaginarium,” May 8 at 6:30 p.m. near its future home at the historic Browning hangar at Mueller. Imaginarium will deliver a “superhero” theme and experience to this year’s gala attendees [...]

The Texas Capitol

The Texas Capitol to Austinites is like the Statue of Liberty to New Yorkers, the city kind.  It’s there.  It’s interesting.  It’s full of history, but you might not make a point to go there because it is in your own backyard.  If you have not taken your kids for a stroll there, GO! The [...]

The Dream: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Zilker)

Austin Shakespeare Creates Magic With The DREAM: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Theater with Newly Composed 1960s Era Rock ‘N Roll Free Shakespeare in Zilker Park Sponsored by Jamail & Smith Construction AUSTIN, Texas—Experience Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a 1960s rock ‘n roll edge as Austin Shakespeare presents the 25th incarnation of free [...]

9th Annual Front Porch Days (Kyle, TX)

Plum Creek’s 9th Annual Front Porch Days Front Porch Days is a family-friendly, weekend celebration that brings hundreds of residents of Kyle and surrounding areas to Kyle’s community of Plum Creek. Saturday, May 1 Golf Tournament: 4-Person Scramble Plum Creek Golf Course 750 Kohler’s Crossing Kyle, TX 78640 Registration and luncheon: 1p.m. Start time: 2:30p.m. [...]

Great American Bake Sale – Volunteer bakers needed!

The following information is from the organizers of a bake sale which is to benefit Share Our Strength, an organization that is fighting childhood hunger.  They have asked that if anyone would like to donate baked goods, they are in need of some volunteers.  For more information, please contact the organizers at mightysweetmoms@gmail.com. —– Dear [...]

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