Need a Day Trip?

Looking for something to do for the day? Head down to Boulder and check out their open space! http://www.bouldercounty.org/openspace/recreating/ Lots to do, and Walker Ranch even has Homestead Events coming up in July & September (check the calendar or the link for more information).

Lots of other things have been added to the calendar too, so check it out :)

So much going on!

There is so much happening, it's hard to keep up! Here are some highlights:

- Crocs has a warehouse sale going on again this weekend. At the Twin Peaks Mall in Longmont. It runs Thurs 1-7pm and then mall hours on Friday, Saturday, Sunday. We attended last weekend. A HUGE room full of boxes upon boxes of all styles of crocs for $5-10 a pair.

- Fossil Creek Family Bike Fair is at Fossil Creek Park on Saturday from 11am-4pm. Live music, food, bike rides, games, educational booths and more. Info at 970.416.2411 or dk@fcgov.com

- Front Range Village (site of the new SuperTarget, new Counsel Tree Library, etc) is also having summer music on Saturday nights. Check out the info here

- Free summer bowling at Chipper's Lanes. Be sure to arrive EARLY. More info on their website.

- Berry Patch Farms in Brighton has strawberry picking! They're organic and so sweet to the kids. They tell them they have to eat strawberries while they are picking. Costs about $3/pint

- Little Builders exhibit at Longmont Museum open May 26- Aug 2. Children 2 to 7 will create and play as they explore the concepts of construction, motion, and simple machines. Totally free! Reminds me of a Children's Museum exhibit, but closer and cheaper. Worth the trip!

- Loveland also has the annual Cherry Pie Fest.
Cherry Pie Celebration & Street Dance July 10th
Celebrate Loveland's heritage at Peters Park, Loveland Museum/Gallery, 503 N Lincoln Ave, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. with cherry pie, ice cream, and dancing in the street to the music of Shawn Waggoner & the Tumblyweeds and Pairadeux. Admission free, pie & ice cream for sale. For information about the Cherry Pie Recipe Contest, call 970-962-2410.

- and Corn Roast Fest and parade (3rd weekend in Aug)

The Loveland Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Engaging Loveland, Inc., presents the Old-Fashioned Corn Roast Festival, moving back to their original location to the new Fairgrounds Park. Saturday will start with a Pancake breakfast hosted by Loveland Kiwanis at 7:30 a.m. The parade begins at 9:30 a.m. The beer garden opens at 11 a.m. Other events include: “Loveland’s Got Talent” talent contest; live entertainment; corn eating contest; corn recipe contest; and much more. Hot Colorado sweet corn will be sold throughout the event. Kids' amusements, commercial and food vendors will be open all day. For more information please contact, 970-667-6311.

Thanks to Kelly and Gail (and the Coloradoan) for all the great info!

Looking for a Father's Day Gift?

I know this isn't exactly something for the kids to do, but they could give it to their dad! It's a 11x14" canvas picture for 8.99 with free shipping! It's from Artscow - weird name but they do a good job. It said on the coupon to share with my friends so here you go:

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PS. That's one of my newest scrap kits I used for the pictures! And yes, I do scrap booking gifts for people to give to their own families too. But if you want to keep up with that side of my life, you need to visit my other blog at http://csuramsrule.blogspot.com/ :)

Get out in Nature!

Great website I found about fun nature "staycations". Yes, I hate the word staycation too, but it still doesn't negate the fact that there is some great info on stuff to do with kids in nature :)
http://www.naturerocks.org

CSU Sports Summer Camps

CSU has pretty good deals on their sports summer camps. You'll want to check them out at http://www.hes.cahs.colostate.edu/CommunityPrograms/YSC/index.aspx