NO MORE CANDY FOR CAMP FIRE USA BALCONES COUNCIL KIDS

Camp Fire Kids Save Water and Raise Money, Awareness with “Absolutely Incredible Kids” Water Conservation Campaign Austin, Texas – March 29, 2011 – Less than 25% of our community knows where their water comes from – or where it goes.  In Central Texas, our water comes from the Colorado River.  And an average family of [...]

Kid’s Block at Art City Austin (April 2+3, 2011)

Art City Austin continues its tradition of engaging children through art by partnering with local organizations to create a Kid’s Block where young artists can create their own masterpieces. Partners and activities include: Abrakadoodle: Art Makes Austin postcard installation Armstrong Community School of Austin Lyric Opera: Spin art on recycled CDs and DVDs The ARC [...]

Day or Overnight Trip: Dallas Zoo

Over Spring Break, we took our children to the Dallas Zoo, and though I grew up in the DFW area, I had not been to the zoo since I was a child. So much has changed and for the better! We decided rather than to drive and park at the zoo, we would get day [...]

Curses you, Oak Tree!

I used to think that trimming my kids’ toe nails was the worst recurrent mommy-chore ever. My kids would (and still will) kick and fight which only makes the task worse.  The clipper is a potential weapon in my hand, and one bad turn, goodbye some skin.  This chore always has to wait until the [...]

Ready Set Roll exhibit at Austin Children’s Museum

I probably had as much fun as my kids if not more at the Austin Children’s Museum with the current exhibit “Ready Set Roll” that began late January and will run through September.   Rolling a golf ball through a series of loops and on tracks is just a blast.  It’s classical mechanics at its [...]

Maggiano’s Little Italy (north Austin)

Maggiano’s in the Domain is just like any other Maggiano’s, and that’s not a knock against it. (It’s just that it is a chain restaurant.) All other times when I have dined at Maggiano’s, it has been in the Dallas area for bridal or baby showers and sans children. We thought we would give it [...]

Sleeping Beauty at Scottish Rite Children’s Theatre

Scottish Rite Children’s Theatre presents Sleeping Beauty. April 2-May 8 Saturdays: 10:00 AM Sundays: 2:00 PM Weekday School Shows: Wednesday, April 13 and May 4 at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 14, 28 and May 5 at 10:30 a.m. Scottish Rite Theatre, 207 West 18th $8 Children (ages 1-12) • $10 Adults • $4 Infant under [...]

Free Music Classes at Heartsong Music (north Austin)

March 21st – FREE Musical Spanish Classes at Heartsong Music – 2700 W. Anderson Lane, Ste. 320 Sample Class Times: 3:30pm and 4:30pm This music-filled, action-filled, fun-filled class is for infants through 5 year olds and their parents. Learn lots of tools to use at home with your children as you play with songs, chants [...]

What can we do as parents to help?

I received a few emails asking what parents could do to help right now.  Because the problem stems from a budget deficit, I don’t know how individual citizens would be able to resolve that issue in a time table fast enough to save all the schools and teachers this year.  I wish that I have [...]

Save Texas Schools

As I am sure most of you have heard on the news, Texas schools are under budget constraints severe enough to impact the classroom.  This means it impacts our children.  It impacts our educators.  It impacts our future. I am feeling and witnessing the stress the budget crisis is having because I am a teacher [...]

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