17 June 2010

Our Family Is Growing!

We're very please to announce that our blog has a shiny new url! Please visit our new blog at dallaschildblog.com, fortworthchildblog.com and northtexaschildblog.com and don't forget to change your bookmarks and register for our newsletter.

Stay tuned for announcements for new additions to our growing family of blogs.

Calling All Future Tony Romos!

Still looking for a way to keep the kids active this summer? If your little ones (and maybe you yourself) have been missing football season, we've got good news! Trinity Christian Academy is giving away a free, one-week pass to a Little Trojan Football Camp. Camp starts next Monday, June 21, and there are separate sessions for grade-school tykes (grades 3-5) and older folks (grades 6-8). Campers will learn fundamental football skills from Trojan coaches and participate in competitions every day.

To enter, send an e-mail to mediateam@pharrpr.com detailing why your child deserves to attend. Be sure to include a phone number and your child's age bracket! Remember, camp starts Monday so get those letters in fast!




8-10 and 10-12

16 June 2010

What to Do Today: June 17

DALLAS
Want to get out of the house and into nature? Bring the kids out to Peter Rabbit's Flower Village at the Arboretum between 9am and 5pm, where you will all explore a themed village featuring the characters Peter Rabbit, Mrs. Tiggy Winkle, Mrs. Tittlemouse and Jemima Puddleduck. Cost is $10 for adults; $7 for children ages 3-12; kids 3 and younger free.




FORT WORTH
In need of a breath of fresh air? Bring the whole family out to Sundance Square for Stars Under the Stars. Tonight's movie is the widely acclaimed The Blind Side (PG 13), a film that might just have everyone pulling for the tissues. Film starts at dusk; free.



NORTH TEXAS
Come on out to Quakertown Park at 8pm for a throw-back to the good ol' campfire days of your youth at Movies in the Park. Before the 9pm showing of Astro Boy (rated PG), everyone will enjoy huddling around the campfire to roast marshmallows. Bring blankets and chairs. Free.

15 June 2010

What to Do Today: June 16

NORTH TEXAS
Craving some good book discussion? Well girls, round up your daughters, sisters, grandmothers—they'll all fit in at It's a Girl Thing! at 6pm at Denton's South Branch Library. Tonight we'll be discussing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and you won't want to miss it. Refreshments will be provided to cure your inevitable sweet tooth. Ages 10-14; call ahead to register.


DALLAS
Travel all the way to the Outback without leaving the city! Kids ages 6 and older will get a kick out of learning about kangaroos with Kangaroo Kate—they'll even meet a tiny joey wallaby! Head to Josey Ranch Lake Library at 2pm for the free fun.


FORT WORTH
Be a 19th century Texan for a day at Wagons West! You'll get to wash clothes with a washboard, grind corn by hand and weave on a loom. Bring all your friends (grades K-6) out to Log Cabin Village at 9am for the old-fashioned fun! $15.

14 June 2010

What to Do Today: June 15

DALLAS
Take me out to the ballgame—especially one that's incredibly family-friendly! Cheer on the Frisco RoughRiders as they take on the Midland RockHounds tonight at 7pm in Frisco's Dr Pepper Ballpark. Tickets start at $7.

FORT WORTH
Mini inventors should be sure not to miss Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius 1-am-5pm daily (through Sep 6) at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. This impressive exhibit highlight da Vinci's famous machines, inventions, artwork and designs. $14 adult; $10 child/senior; museum member free.

NORTH TEXAS
Enjoy stories, music and movement for new parents with babies younger than 18 months during Mother Goose Time 11:15am today at the Flower Mound Public Library. Free.

13 June 2010

What to Do Today: June 14

DALLAS
Watch as youthful golf competitors play a round for a good cause during KidSwing 8am-6pm today at the Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch. Free registration for golfing kids; free admission for onlookers; fund-raising is encouraged for the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital.

FORT WORTH
Get crafty and let your artistic student create a take-home project during Crafty Kidz 4pm today at the Keller Public Library. Free; for kids in fifth grade and older.

NORTH TEXAS
Enjoy stories, music and movement for new parents with babies younger than 18 months during Mother Goose Time 11:15am today at Flower Mound Public Library. Free.

10 June 2010

What to Do Today: June 11

DALLAS
Dust off your cowboy boots and get ready to cheer for your favorite rider at the Mesquite Championship Rodeo starting at 7:30pm tonight at Mesquite's Resistol Arena (gates open at 6:30pm). Families will watch barrel racing, bull riding, roping and more. Tickets start at $11 adults and $6 (and greater, depending on seats).

FORT WORTH
Break out the picnic basket and relax under the stars during musical performances at Concerts in the Garden 6:30pm tonight gates open (show starts at 8:30) in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. $20 lawn tickets; children 10 and younger admitted free to lawn with adult.

NORTH TEXAS
Two of the biggest fairy tale villains, the Big, Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch, will wreak hilarious havoc on traditional fairytale stories during Fairy Tale Courtroom 8pm tonight at The Colony's Lakeside Theater.

09 June 2010

What to Do Today: June 10

DALLAS
Summer nights sizzle at Jazz Under the Stars 8pm tonight at the Dallas Museum of Art. Bring a picnic and blanket; concessions available for purchase. Tonight's entertainment is The Shelley Carrol–Brad Leali Big Band featuring Sandra Kay. Free; weather permitting.

FORT WORTH

Enjoy outdoor musical performances on an open lawn during Summer Concert Series 8pm at Arlington's Levitt Pavilion. Bring your own lawn chairs and blankets (picnics, snacks and coolers are allowed; no glass containers). Tonight's entertainment is Cedric Watson, a Creole fiddler, accordionist, vocalist and songwriter. Free; weather permitting.

NORTH TEXAS
Families and friends will enjoy watching an outdoor screening of The Adventures of the Wishing Rock during Movies in the Park 8pm tonight at Denton's Quakertown Park. Kids will especially love roasting marshmallows by the fire and participating in take-home arts and crafts projects. Free; weather permitting.

Rain Cancels Concert

If you've already made plans to listen to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra tonight at the Dallas Arboretum during the DSO Community Concert, take note: the Arboretum announced earlier today that the concert has been canceled due to expected thunderstorms.

At this time, there are no plans to reschedule the free concert. For more information call 214/692-0203 or visit www.dallassymphony.com.