Taking Better Pictures of Your Kids in Flower Fields

With all the rain we have been having one of the benefits is all the fields of beautiful wild flowers. It is a wonderful Austin tradition to go out and get pictures of your kids in a bluebonnet field. Here are a few tips to help you get the best pictures possible. 1. It is [...]

Masterful Silhouettes from a Master craftsman.

*** GIVEAWAY *** You could win a free silhouette ($25 value) for your child!  Leave us a comment (in the Speak Your Mind section), and tell us where you’ll hang up the silhouette in your home if you are the winner.  Comment entries will be accepted until January 27, 2012.  A random winner will be [...]

GIVEAWAY! Study Skills Class for 3rd-8th grader from Thinking Caps

Through my experience as a teacher, successful students share common characteristics.  What do I mean by successful?  Of course passing classes is a given, but I am talking about students who set goals for themselves.  Successful students have the “know how” to achieve their goals, and at least from my experience these kids have a [...]

GIVEAWAY from Sweet Life Family Photography by Emily Pechal

A tremendous thank you to local photographer Emily Pechal of Sweet Life Family Photography for generously offering a mini photo session to one lucky Little Austinite family! You will only have until Monday (October 3, 2011) to enter.  The winner will be selected and announced Tuesday (October 4, 2011). GIVEAWAY – 30 minute mini session [...]

YMCA of Austin Winter Youth Basketball League Registration Now Open

Registration for YMCA of Austin winter Youth Basketball leagues is now open and will run through December 4. Y Youth Basketball leagues are open to children ages 4-14. YMCA sports help develop healthy kids, families, and communities by placing a priority on family involvement and healthy competition rather than rivalry. The Y emphasizes the value [...]

Texas Science Festival (October 15 and November 5-6, 2011)

Setting his hand on fire, filling gyms with smoke, exploding flower pots and dangling school principals in the air are all part of Steve Wolf’s “Science in the Movies” show. The Texas Science and Engineering Festival will kick-off its second annual celebration of science and engineering on Saturday, October 15 at the south steps of the Texas [...]

Borrowed Sugar (local news and discussion website)

There are no shortage of Central Texas news websites, and Borrowed Sugar is an East Austin start-up that puts a spin on local news.  For those of you familiar with Babycenter or City-Data, Borrowed Sugar incorporates the idea of community forums into a news aggregate site.  It’s similar to the Community Impact newspaper but adds a [...]

Savory Kids Cooking Classes

Savory Spice Shop Teams Up With LiveMom.com For Savory Kids Cooking Classes AUSTIN, Texas – Savory Spice Shop has teamed up with LiveMom.com (Austin’s great resource for Moms and families) to launch Savory Kids, a series of cooking lessons for children ages 7-12. The lessons will provide children with a fun and interactive way to [...]

Daisy by Marc Jacobs – Mother’s Day Giveaway

Thank you to our friends at HEB for the lovely Mother’s Day basket!  Happy Mother’s Day to all!  If you have not yet purchased a Mother’s Day gift — or don’t like what “the kids” picked out (gasp) — then stop by HEB to pick up one of these terrific Mother’s Day baskets.  The one [...]

How Do You Roll? To Support Demand Healthy Week

Austin Sushi Restaurant How Do You Roll? To Support Demand Healthy Week How Do You Roll? and ACTIVE Life Team Up to Make Healthy the Norm for Austin’s Youth AUSTIN, TX – How Do You Roll?, a maki sushi bar, is proud to announce that it is donating 50,000 free kid’s meal cards to support ACTIVE [...]

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