Family Activities

Ah, Easter. That glorious time of year when adorable children dressed in their Sunday best battle it out on grassy arenas for plastic eggs filled with jelly beans and gum balls. Well if your little...

  Summer is a glorious time of year when the scorching heat beckons you to toss on a sundress, make some homemade lemonade and head to the pool. Novel in hand, sunscreen in tow, time...

The holiday season can be so busy. In our family, we are striving to create family memories, have quiet reflections, and celebrate meaningful traditions.  The main way we have refocused the month of December around...

Five years ago, I was attending Austin City Limits with a friend. As we sipped our beers, he noticed an ex-girlfriend who was in the VIP section with her toddler. As we stood there...

Keep Austin Weird: How To Show The Cool Side Of Austin To Kids Austin is a cool town, however, is it actually still weird?  Are we turning it into an ordinary city with all the...

No matter what the calendar says, the temperatures outside are telling us that summer is here. Which in Texas means making a beeline for any place that has shade or water, hopefully both. Thankfully...

Summer break means VBS for many kids, and there sure are a lot of options in and around Austin. Here's a list of VBS programs in Austin: 1. Creation Care VBS @ Church of the Violet...

I have three kids, ages 12, three, and one. As you can imagine, summer activities that entertain all three of them simultaneously are few and far between -- if they even exist at all. As a...

First Birthday Parties: Yay or Nay? You’ve made it a year. Your little baby is moving toward toddler status and in order to survive the emotions of that reality you put every ounce of energy...

Show and Tell. It's a great thing. It gives your child the opportunity to practice public speaking skills. It encourages creativity. A sense of pride. Kids learn from each other. It's something to look...