Mayfield Dairy Field Trip???

Anyone up for a fieldtrip to the Dairy farm? I thought it would be something fun for us to do before preschool starts. If anyone is interested, we'd love to have company!

Thrasher Park - Norcross, GA

The Nanny also told us about a fun park in Norcross that has recently been re-done and is now state of the art. It's Thrasher Park and is located in downtown Norcross. The City's website doesn't have anything written about it, but I've posted a link to wikimapia which will at least give you an address. We're going to check it out one day this week.

We went to the park today and had a GREAT time. It is on the outskirts of downtown Norcross which is very quaint and downtown Decatur like. The parking lot borders a train track and all play stops when the train blows its whistle. The entire park is brand new and the play equipment has stuff for all ages, including a spiderman web climb. It was only 10 miles from our house and worth the trip!

Thrasher Park

Center for Puppetry Arts

Anyone ever been to the Center or know anything about their shows? I'm considering splurging on some tickets for the boys, but would like your opinions before I do it.

Trains, Trucks and Tractors

Trains, Trucks and Tractors. Southeastern Railway Museum. Explore visiting trucks and tractors, take a train ride, make crafts in the Kids’ Corner and more.

Aug. 1-2. Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., noon-5 p.m.
3595 Buford Hwy., Duluth. 770-476-2013.
Many activities free with admission: Adults, $8; children 2-12, $4; children under 2, free.

Southeastern Railway Museum

Decatur Book Festival

Decatur Book Festival. Decatur Square.

We've never been to this before, but from the info on their website, it looks like a great place for the entire family to spend the day. Browse books, meet and greet more than 150 authors, listen to live music, play in the interactive children’s area, watch parades and cooking demonstrations, and more.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND - Sept. 4-6.

Decatur Book Festival

Home Depot Workshops

The first Saturday of each month, Home Depot offers a free kids workshop where kids can come for some hand-on fun. The workshop is open from 9-Noon at all Home Depot stores. So, not only will you get to take home the completed project you'll also get an orange apron (well your child will anyway).

Home Depot Workshop

Tubing in Helen GA

The boys and I went to the park the other day and started visiting with a Nanny. She was full of information about fun places to visit (wouldn't it be nice to be rich enough to have a nanny)! Anyway, she said they had just gone tubing in Helen, GA and then played at the water park afterward. I looked it up and it is pretty cheap ($3) to tube and only $15 to tube and play at the water park. Rich is going with the youth from our ward this weekend, so I'll let you know what he thinks next week.

In the meantime, here's the link if you want to take a look.

http://www.helentubing.com/

Wild Animal Safari

I've seen a few advertisements for this place lately and thought it looked interesting enough to post. It is located in Pine Mountain, GA, approx 1.5 hours from Atlanta. The entry fee is a little steep, but according to most of the comments well worth it. The website claims they have twice as many animals as the Atlanta Zoo.

If any of you have been or know more, please post away.

Wild Animal Safari

Stone Mountain Park

I know most of you are VERY familiar with Stone Mountain Park, but for those of you who aren't I think it's worth a look! We have a pass to the park as well as all of the attractions and our boys love to spend the day at the park. If you don't have an attraction pass, there are still plenty of things to do (you'll have to pay a parking fee to get in the park which I think is $10).

You can hike up to the top of Stone Mountain, play at the playground, picnic on the lawn, watch the laser show, walk around the village, fish...

You can also buy single event passes or a daily pass at a reduced rate at Kroger.

Free Fishing Derby

Youth Fishing Derby.
Brookside Office Park Lake.

Test your fishing skills in this youth event. Bring fishing gear and bait.

Ages 4-12.

July 25. 8-11 a.m.
3625 Brookside Pkwy., Alpharetta. 678-297-6140.
Pre-register.

Free Bowling

Stephanie posted this when I first started the blog, but now that it is getting warmer outside I thought it might be more interesting.

The alley participating is in Decatur. All you pay for is the shoes. You can find all the details by clicking on this link.

Kids Bowl Free

Centennial Olympic Park

The Fourth Saturday of each month, the Park hosts an afternoon of free family activities. This Saturday's theme is It's About Sports. The festivities start at Noon and last until 4 PM. So, if you are brave enough to play in the heat this may interest you!

For more details as well as the 2009 schedule use this link:

http://www.centennialpark.com/events/fsffd.html

Mayfield Dairy Farm

Mayfield has a farm in Braselton, GA, which is about 45 minutes from Atlanta. They offer a behind the scenes tour of the dairy plant and of course ice cream from their old fashioned ice cream parlor.

Little Shop of Stories

We went to an event tonight at the Little Shop of Stories on the square in Decatur and it was really fun. I had never heard of the Pete the Cat book, but the author and illustrator were there. The author also creates children's music and teaches music lessons at the store. They sang songs about the book as the illustrator drew pictures that went along with the songs. It was fun and their website has a list of future events. You can see them here.

Soccer

This will be our first year in organized sports and I've heard wonderful things about TYSA. Online registration is open now or you can register in person the first few Saturdays in August. All the details are online and it looks like the games for the beginners are on Saturdays only.

http://www.tysa.com/