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September 19, 2012

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Apple Barn and the girls Isn't it amazing how our whole perspective changes with the first chilly nights?!  Makes you want to fire up the oven and bake an apple pie or take the kids for a bike ride on one of the area trails to crunch through the leaves. 

If you are ready to load up the car and head out for a weekend adventure, you'll appreciate our Fall Family Fun Guide - area festivals, pumpkin farms, apple orchards, corn mazes &  haunted houses!

Springfield Blues Congrats to the Springfield Junior Blues on their 20th anniversary season opener this weekend Friday and Saturday night at 7:00 pm at Nelson Center! We hope to see many families at games throughout the season.

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Featured Resources
  
Pumpkin Decorating for the Young Crowd:Do your little ones get impatient with complicated jack-o-lantern carving? Lauren Coleman offers some fun alternatives.

Why the Wheeze? Dr. Jeffrey Lehman shares his expertise on asthma and allergies.

Teacher Survival Kit: Reader Michelle Lyons Zecchin submitted this great idea.  Surprise your favorite teacher!

Halloween Costume Swap: Borrow this great idea from Chatham Library and do a swap within your playgroup or preschool network!

Tips for a Successful Biking Outing: Sarah Chandler has some practical advice for families with little ones hitting  the pedals!

Book Nook: Halloween Picks!

 
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 Family-Friendly
Events

AthletiCare: Stress Management Seminar:
Tonight at 6:30.

SJCH: First Steps Mothers Group 
  9/26 from 12:00 - 1:30.  Baby Basics 9/20 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Fall Retreat on Mindfulness: 9/22 at 9:00 a.m.

ChurchMice:
Music and motion program for little ones on Saturdays at 11:00. 9/22 and on.

YMCA:
Y Soccer Day at UIS Games 9/22 at 12:00 and 2:30.  Art Contest deadline 9/30.  Arts Week 10/1 - 10/5.  Save the date!  Fall Family Festival 10/19.

Prairie Heart Center for Living: Pregnancy Yoga 
9/26 at 5:30.  Ongoing. Pre-registration required.

 H20: Hope. Healing. Overcoming.  9/20, 9/27  GriefShare and Divorce Recovery classes weekly on Thursday nights. 6:30 p.m.

Habitat Youth Build KickOff! 9/21 at 6:00 p.m.

Springfield Junior Blues Hockey: 9/21, 9/22 and 9/28 at 7:00 p.m.  Celebrating 20 years this season!

Illinois State Museum
Creatures of the Night 9/22 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Auburn's "A-Maze-ing" Corn Maze 2012 9/8 - 9/9 and weekends through 10/8.    

 

Gail's Pumpkin Patch: Open now through October 31st.  

  

Children's Discovery Museum: Playful Learners 9/20, 9/21, 9/27, 9/28.  Worldwide Day of Play and Block Party: 9/29 all day.   

    

Illinois Products Market ongoing at State Fairgrounds. Thursdays 4:00 p.m. throughout summer and early fall.

Old Capitol Farmers' Market  Wednesday and Saturday mornings from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Adams Street.

Conscious Discipline Workshop: 10/5 at 5:00 p.m. Affiliated with Friends of Funshop and Community Childcare Connections

Register Now: Girls on the Run 5K  November 10th   

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