Sunday, April 4, 2010

YMCA Healthy Kids Day - April 17th

From the YMCA:

"Join us for Healthy Kids Day Saturday April 17th from 10am - 1pm!
Free to the Community!
Activities Include:

* Active Family Games
* Bounce House
* Healthy Snacks
* Adventure Fit Course
* Face Painting
* Family Health Information
* 10 - 10:30am: World Dance for 4-6 yr olds
* 11 - 11:30am: World Dance for ages 6 and up
* Open Swim from 12 - 3pm

AND MORE!

PLUS: Join the YMCA on April 17 and we will waive the $50 joiners fee!"

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Mud Hen 5K Run

From the March 2010 CityLine:

"Join Longmont’s Recreation Services and Parks and Open Space on Saturday, April 24, for this family-friendly, timed 5K run/walk around beautiful McIntosh Lake. Register now to take advantage of early-bird fees: $15 for adults, $12 for youth 14 and younger and adults 55 and older. After April 16, the registration fee will increase $5. Day-of registration and packet pickup is from 9 to 9:45 am at the shelter on the west end of Dawson Park on Lakeshore Drive. For more information, call 303-651-8404 or visit http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/rec."

Arbor Day/Earth Day Celebration

From the Longmont Parks page:

"April 17th between 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Thompson Park, 4th & Bross. Arbor Day is a growing experience, Earth Day is about environmental awareness. Come and join in the combined celebration to enjoy and learn more about both. Festivities include obstacle course, games, balloons, live music, an "edible forest" lunch and, of course, the annual tree and rosebush sale. Last year was tree-mendously fun, so if you missed it last year, plan on attending this year. Need more info. call Ken Wicklund, City Forester at 303-651-8449 or email me at ken.wicklund@ci.longmont.co.us. Rain date is April 24th."

This event has been fun for our family! Our boys especially enjoy the zip lines and rids up in a bucket truck!

2010 Summer Camps

Here's a list of links for summer camps in and around Longmont. Make sure you know when registration starts for your favorite camp(s) so you won't miss out!

YMCA Summer Camps

Longmont Recreation Services
and Longmont Rec Summer Camp Preview

Sunflower Farms

Bits, Bytes & Bots

Skyhawks Sports Camps

Crackpots

Boulder Dinner Theatre Drama Camp

CU Science Discovery Camps

Airborne Gym

Avid4 Adventure


Archery in the Wild

Longmont Theatre Company

In case you missed it there's a pull out section of the Times Call today all about Summer Camps. You can find it online here. It has ads for several of the camps I listed above and more!

There's also a huge list on KidsPages.org, a searchable list on ColoradoKids.com and of course the official Colorado Summer Camp Guide.

There is certainly no shortage of opportunities for fun this summer! Now the hard part - finding camps that your kids are interested in, are age appropriate, that you can afford, that work with your schedules and that don't require you to drive them all over the place! :) Happy hunting!