Thursday's Kids, Tweens, and Teens: Downtown Adventures

Hi Family, Friends, and Fans,

Happy 17th Month Birthday to Me!  Now, as you know, technically after 12 months we don't celebrate EVERY month anymore ... but let's take out the "we" and replace it with "I"... yes, I can keep celebrating my 17th Month Birthday!

Image Credit: Mad Max and Family / Tara Johnson

Look, I'm such a big boy now that I am starting to dress myself.  Impressed?  Yes, so am I.  You can obviously see how excited I am because of how blurry the photo is ... !

Speaking of "birthdays", stay tuned ... Friday will be bringing a new feature.  Fun Fridays with Super Sesame!  Also, Sesame is celebrating a big milestone this week too: 20 weeks on Saturday.  Sesame is half-way there ALREADY.  Can you believe it?  Be sure to stop by tomorrow to celebrate with Sesame.

Now back to our regularly scheduled blog post ...

We are continuing our Downtown ideas from Tuesday.

So what are some more ideas of things you can do with your older ones in Downtown?  Now being that I am the big 17 months now I am certainly the expert!  We have two picks for you today in the same location, but one is a day event and one is an evening event (evenings being not so good for Wee Ones and Tots since us Super Babies and Toddlers go to bed earlier).

Day Event: Have you had the chance to check out the Kayak Boat Rides and Model Boats yet at Discovery Green?  They are available on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 5 pm.

Evening Event: Ikea Houston Screen on the Green is happening this Saturday at Discovery Green at 7:30 pm.  And you can't pick a better movie: The Muppets!  More about The Muppets and the event:

The Muppets, (PG), 2011, 103 min.  With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon.  Come an hour early for fun contests and activities.

Be sure to check out our Houston Chronicle Blog: Mad About Town for even more ideas.

So what do you think?  If you are in Houston, will you be checking out either of these events?  Or if you are outside of Houston, what do you like to do in your Downtown area?

-Mad Max