The 2013 “Stars Under the Stars” outdoor movie series in Sundance Square will return this summer beginning June 6th. Sundance Square will kick off this series with the showing of BRAVE, the 2012 computer animated fantasy comedy. Additional movies include Big Miracle (June 13), Despicable Me (June 20) and We Bought A Zoo (June 27).
Spring isn’t just a beautiful time to enjoy the outdoors, it is also a great time to get outside with your kids and start your own family garden. A new guide, titled “Get Your Family’s Garden Growing” released by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) shows just how easy and fun it can be to garden with your kids. The new guide is part of the National Wildlife Federation’s Be Out There movement and is being released in celebration of May is Garden for Wildlife Month.
Get Your Family’s Garden Growing is a simple 6 step how-to guide that provides the basics for even the most novice gardeners to start planting. The 6 easy to adopt steps include:
Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend at Aqua Fit with the entire family to receive an important safety course and jump on the world’s safest trampoline all for FREE
Event Info.
Saturday May 11th from 11:00am-2:00pm
At Aqua Fit Plano 1400 Summit Ave Suite D2 Plano, TX 75075
When: Saturday, May 18, 2013 – 8 a.m. Start
Where: The Shops at Legacy in Plano, Texas
Why: ‘Cause Running is Cool!
(see giveaway details below!)
The State Fair of Texas launches its new Summer Adventures in Fair Park Friday night, May 3. Enter for a chance to win a family four-pack to this invitation-only event. The four-pack vouchers allow entry to Summer Adventures from 6 to 10 p.m. You can be on-hand to watch an unprecedented fireworks display from the new Top o’ Texas, Summer Adventures’ new 500-ft.-tall tower ride, the largest in the country. After the fireworks show, test drive the park’s rides, attractions and fantastic food.
by John Dockendorf “Dock”
As the parent of four children, I witness an improvement in family dynamics whenever we are able to spend time outside together as a family. Whether it’s just playing games or better still going on a family hike or bike ride, we just seem to get along better outside. Conversations come more easily and we actually seem to listen to each other. Nobody is distracted by a digital screen, a magazine or a ringing phone. Outside, we play with each other, look out for each other, and share smiles as we witness a brilliant vista or waterfall. Somehow our kids’ complaints about “how much they hate hiking” miraculously disappear by the end of the trip.
