The OC Fair is great fun for the whole family. There is so much to do. There are rows and rows of food booths and shopping booths. Several stages with music and other acts like the peking acrobats, a comedy juggler, or local kid
groups performing ...continue reading... OC Fair
Gymnastics Summer Camps Orange County
Summer is here and some, even in the midst of our hush hush depression, are looking for camps for their kids. We have experienced a few and have looked at others. I have my opinions and my child has hers. Let's start ...continue reading... Gymnastics Summer Camps Orange County
A rare August thunderstorm (rare thunderstorm period) blew through southern Orange county today. Here is an image I captured this morning of a lightning strike over Laguna Niguel (or possibly behind it in San Juan Capistrano or Dana point). What a slow moving storm.
I guess ...continue reading... Laguna Niguel Lightning Strike
Disneyland FREE! What's not to like?
Well, aside from giving out my REAL birthday. lol And the fact that:
Kids Musical Theater is always entertaining both for the kids and the parents. If you have a chance to send your kids to a class or camp this summer, you won't be disappointed in this one at the Center Stage Studio in Aliso Viejo.
This is the "We ...continue reading... Kids Musical Theater Camp Rock OC
Bears, Buddies and Toys just opened up in Laguna Niguel, in south orange county california. Their tagline "It's not just a shop--it's an adventure!" is certainly true as my daughter will attest.
As you walk in, you can't help but notice the great big pirate ship in the middle ...continue reading... Bears, Buddies & Toys in Laguna Niguel
Looks like we just had a small earthquake. USGS indicates a 4.7 centered in the Santa Ana mountains between Santa Ana and Lake Elsinore. It occurred at about 10:29am. I felt it here in Laguna Niguel, but not much shaking and it didn't last long. ...continue reading... Orange County earthquake Santa Ana mountains
Fantastic acting and musical theater summer camps for kids ages 7 year old to 18 year old at the Laguna Playhouse Annex in Laguna Hills, Orange County, California.
Summer is here! And our classes will be starting in a week, July 6th, and there is still space available to ...continue reading... Orange County Summer Camps - Acting, Musical Theater, Singing, Scenes
A great new place opened up in Laguna Niguel in southern Orange County California. JW Tumbles is a children's gym that offers a variety of athletic activities indoors. The philosophy of their core program is helping parents achieve both physical and social goals for their children, while ...continue reading... JW Tumbles Laguna Niguel
A fun place to have a birthday party in Orange County if your kids are into ocean creatures or Science, is the Ocean Institute in Dana Point. It is primarily an educational institution but does have public access on weekends. It is perfect for the 6-12 year old ...continue reading... Birthday Party Ocean Institute
Let your kids enjoy nature at Orange County's little island of wilderness - Laguna Coast Wilderness Park - at their camp sage Summer Camp for kids. My daughter did the Junior Ranger program at this wilderness jewel behind Laguna Beach last year and loved it. There are ...continue reading... Nature Summer Day Camp Laguna Coast Wilderness
Living in south Orange County, it sometimes seems it takes longer to drive to the zoo than the time you spend there. That's why the Jones mini farm in San Juan Capistrano was such a great atraction. While small and only a handful of animals, it provided ...continue reading... Zoomars petting zoo and bird park
The Itty Bitty Broadway program at The Center Stage Studio in Aliso Viejo introduces the five and six year old age group to musical theater. If you have five year old or six year old extroverts who like to perform on stage, whether it is singing, dancing or ...continue reading... Orange County Childrens Musical Theater
Do your kids love to sing and dance? Are they interested in learning how to play an instrument or do they memorize the lines of every movie they watch? I know my child does. She's constantly reenacting her movie videos. And what small child doesn't ...continue reading... Lifetime Performing Arts Academy Aliso Viejo
A great way for small kids, especially little girls to see a concert! I know when my daughter was two, she did not like the 3D movie at Disney California Adventure. But as a six year old, she thought it was "really cool". She kept trying ...continue reading... Hanna Montana 3D Movie Concert Delights Little Girls
The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana offered one hour classes in science last week. They split them up in to Kindergarten through second grade and third grade through fifth grade. They had the following classes:
First - Second Grade:
10:00am Each Day
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2008 - Planetarium Starlab
Starlab, ...continue reading... Discovery Science Homeschool Week
Dental care is so important for kids I thought it would be ok to post about. Let's take my 5 year old daughter's first trip to the dentist. She was quite nervous about it, especially since it was coming just weeks after she had got a shot ...continue reading... Family, Pediatric, and Cosmetic Dentist in Laguna Niguel
Sadly and suddenly, Lifetime Performing Arts Academy of Aliso Viejo closed their doors last month. Apparently due to an inability to come to terms on a new leasing contract. This leaves a big hole in South OC for the main reason that it offered kids a 'fun' ...continue reading... Lifetime Performing Arts Academy closes
I don't think an adult can truly review a child's play. While I can enjoy the play too, it is a play for children and they are the true judge of such plays. With kids, you don't look for thumbs up or thumbs down. You look ...continue reading... Laguna Playhouse Stuart LIttle A Musical Fantasy
Wow! The kids won't stop talking about this party. We went to a birthday party for two little six year old boys and it was a ton of fun for the little ones. First they got to feed animals, mainly turtles, some really squirmy caterpillar like ...continue reading... Prehistoric Pets Birthday Party for Kids
The Aliso Viejo Ice Palace in Orange County offers public skating and ice skating birthday parties. We went to one for six year olds. They have a seperate room where you can have your own private party. The current price of $175 for 10 kids and ...continue reading... Ice Skating Birthday Party
Let me just say up front, if you or your kids like nature, this is a great event to attend!
The best thing about the children's dance classes at the Lifetime Performing Arts Academy in Aliso Viejo are the quarterly shows. It makes it so much more fun for the kids, especially at a young age, when they can show off the fruits of their labor as often as ...continue reading... Children's ballet and tap classes and Quarterly shows Lifetime Performing Arts Academy
Dinosaure Live is now scheduled for Orange County! August 2oth-24th at Honda Center in Anaheim. Tickets on sale now.
If your kids loved the Walking with Dinosaurs videos, they should love this show. According to ticketmaster, the tickets aren't on sale until 6/22 at 10am ...continue reading... Dinosaur Live Orange County Show 2008
Christmas is coming and portrait Christmas cards will soon be on everyone's mind so it is time for a plug for me. :) If you love to go all out on your Christmas cards, try the gorgeous fine art portrait cards from m&K artworks photography. For your ...continue reading... orange county photography
What a great program for your budding naturalist! In my daughter's first meeting they found doodlebug (sp?) tracks and quail tracks, a wolf spider and bobcat scat. They also learned about native plants and what a ranger does. She could not stop talking about the program. ...continue reading... Junior Ranger Laguna Coast Wilderness
Something for Moms (or Dads)!
Many years ago, on a beautiful fall day, I went on a hike in Caspers Wilderness park with a friend. We decided to take a trail that was on the map but in real life was a narrow path of beaten down tall grass. We didn't get ...continue reading... Caspers Wilderness Park
A Little Princess at the Laguna Playhouse
This sounds like a wonderful play for kids as young as 5! The Youth Theater group will feature this classic children's tale at the Laguna Playhouse from May 8-17.
The play stars several Laguna Beach residents, youth actors Gianna Cancelliere and Ellie ...continue reading... Little Princess at the Laguna Playhouse
