Art and Nature at Laguna Gloria (central Austin)

Our family ventured, several days ago, to the original of Austin Museum of Art’s two locations, Laguna Gloria. The primary building on the grounds is an Italianesque villa that houses a permanent collection, as well as rotating exhibits; the current exhibit is called Art and Nature (an apt description of the whole operation, actually). Although [...]

Austin Children’s Museum: Notion of Motion

Austin Children’s Museum unveiled a new exhibit last week, Notion of Motion.  With just one of my kids in tow, we trekked downtown to go check it out.  I was particularly intrigued to see this exhibit because I was hoping to get some inspiration for developing some hands-on activities for the students I work with. [...]

Austin Children’s Museum – The Big Game exhibit

This Memorial Day weekend we just packed in all kinds of fun with the kids. We made an impromptu trip to the Austin Children’s Museum on Sunday afternoon, and to our great delight as we hadn’t looked online to see if there were any new exhibits, The Big Game exhibit was just put up the [...]

Mayfield Park and Preserve

A month of thanks giving: I am thankful that we live in place which cherishes the arts, its history, and its natural beauty. Where else around town are you going to see peacocks strutting their stuff alongside newly engaged couples or ladies in gorgeous white wedding gowns? Green Pastures, maybe (at least there were peacocks [...]

Austin Children’s Museum – MakerKids exhibit

We are long overdue to review the Austin Children’s Museum and its latest MakerKids exhibit.  Hands down, Austin Children’s Museum is THE best place for kids to learn and play in the Austin area in my opinion.  Every few months, the museum unveils a new feature exhibit, and more than any of the others in [...]

Cedar Park Library preschool story times

Held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 11 a.m., preschool story time at Cedar Park library is a great opportunity to enhance a child’s love of reading and work just a little on those atrocious preschool listening skills For the younger crowd, there’s a lapsit story time at 9:45 and toddler story time at 10:30. The [...]