next stop: KBR Kids Day

Hi Friends,

How are you today?

What is your next stop this weekend?  We hope to make it to Dewberry Farm since we were unable to make it last weekend because of the weather.  I seemed to have come down with a stuffy nose Monday night so cross your fingers that it doesn't get worse!

But what we are also really looking forward to is our next stop (last stop) as a family of three (Daddy, Mommy, and Me - Mad Max).  Do you remember your last outing as a family of three (if you added a fourth or more!?).

Image Credit: Erin Carlyle Photography

Mommy is planning on taking us to the KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou on Saturday, October 20th (as long as she is feeling okay / Sadie doesn't come early!).  If you live in Houston, this is a must stop this Fall with kiddos!  If you live outside of Houston, what events must you go to this Fall?

KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou (More from the Buffalo Bayou Partnership):

6th Annual KBR KIDS DAY ON BUFFALO BAYOU
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2012

Hands-on activities, kayak demos, park performers,
Halloween Costume Parade, Art Cars on display and much more!

WHAT:
Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership and KBR for the 6th year anniversary of KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou.  A day filled with FREE family fun, hands-on educational activities, music, food, park performers, and so much more!

Activity stations will include numerous hands-on activities from over 30 Houston non-profit organizations partners, rock climbing wall, kayak and skateboarding demonstrations, Art Cars on display, local entertainment, face painters and balloon artists.

Additionally, there will be a Halloween Costume Parade, led by Whole Foods Market so come dressed in your favorite costume!

We will be collecting submissions for our first ever Kids Day Coloring Contest. Deadline is October 1. Kindergarteners through fifth graders can send us a picture of what you like to do on Buffalo Bayoufor a chance to win cool prizes and have their artwork displayed. So, have your children enter our drawing contest and get ready for KBR Kids Day!

Click here to view all the fun from last year's KBR Kids Day.

WHEN:
Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 11am - 3pm

All performances will take place at the Children's Memorial Hermann Stage 
11 - 11:30 am
DJ Bill and his Bag of Tricks

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Leah White performing her Houston Hits

Noon - 9 pm
Skatestock (click here for more info)
FREE grass-roots, all day event connecting the dots between, skateboarding,
music, art, and science
Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark

12:30 pm
Halloween Costume Parade led by
Whole Foods Market Veggie Salute

1 pm
Captain Kale with Whole Foods Market
Healthy Eating Games

1:30 pm
Break Dancing / VisciousGermzCrew

2 - 3 pm
Allegro West Academy
Dance Zone
Emotion Dance Company
Mixteco Ballet Folklorico
North Harris Performing Arts
Planet Funk
Vitacca Dance Project
Houston Dance Showcase Presented by Vitacca Productions & Company

COST:

FREE and open to all
Food and drink will be available for purchase (including food trucks - Monster PB&J,
It's a Wrap and Porch Swing Desserts)

WHERE: 

Downtown's Sabine Promenade - (150 Sabine Street, 77007) between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive.

PARKING: 

Parking is available at City Lot H (next to Fonde Recreation Center at Sabine Street and Memorial Drive) and Lot C (Memorial Drive and Houston Avenue). Click here for a map.

SPONSORS: Lead sponsor KBR with additional support from Children's Memorial Hermann, City of Houston
Mayor's Office of Special Events, Downtown District, The Greensheet, Houston Family Magazine,
Houston First Corporation, Houston Parks and Recreation Department, IKEA, KHOU-Channel 11,
Orange Show for Visionary Arts, Texas Children's Health Plan, United Airlines, Watermill Express
and Whole Foods Market

PARTNERS:Air Alliance, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Archaeological Institute of America, Artist Boat,
Astro's Junction Jack, Bayou Land Conservancy, Chick-Fil-A Herd of Cows, City ArtWorks,
Downtown Aquarium, Houston Family Magazine, FotoFest, Friends of Anahuac Refuge, Galveston
Bay Foundation, Green Mountain Energy, Harris County Flood Control District, Houston Arboretum
and Nature Center, Houston Ballet, Houston Bat Team/TPWD, Houston Green Scene, Houston
Public Mobile Library, Jesse H. Jones Nature Park, KHOU-Channel 11, LEGO Brand Retail, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, National MS Society, Native Plant Society, Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, REI, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Sun & Ski Sports, Weather Museum, Whole Foods Market, Young Audiences of Houston

We hope to see you there!

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-Mad Max