Carolina Creek is an overnight summer camp offering a wide range of exciting activities and events connecting fun and faith. Kids and families can challenge themselves in high adventure activities like a climbing wall and zip lines as well as water sports like wakeboarding and tubing. Located in Huntsville, Caroline Creek is a short drive from Houston, but far away from the big city. This is the same place that hosts my favorite Lone Star Lights! If you had a blast on the zip line and ropes course at Christmas time... you can go back in the summer for kids camp or family camp! AND I'm giving a ..read more

Beauty and the Beast is at Main Street Theater through December 23, 2023! This is a professional production that is mean for families to enjoy together. My teens enjoyed this Theater for Youth as young kids... and now they are accompanying their younger sister to the same shows. We recently attended Beauty and the Beast and were all entertained. The singing is fabulous and it would hard not to be impressed with Belle! Main Street Theater offers Sensory-Friendly/Relaxed, Audio Described and ASL interpreted performances for each production along with large print playbills. Please find the speci ..read more

Christmas Village at Bayou Bend is open December 8-30, 2023! There are lights, hillside tubing, an outdoor movie, Santa pictures and more! At Bayou Bend, you park and cross the lit up suspension bridge to see thousands of lights and have all the fun. See the video (from past years) below: We went on a school night and it was not too crowded... but last year we went on a Friday by Christmas, and it was packed! As we get closer to Christmas, I recommend arriving at opening... or later in the evening to try to avoid some of the crowds. The kids had a great time throwing the cotton "snow balls ..read more

Halloween Town will be at Constellation Field on Sunday, October 29th! This family friendly event includes costume contests, candy, inflatables, games, live music, a pumpkin giveaway for the first 300 kids, special character appearances, a movie on the videoboard and more! AND I have tickets to give away! Learn all about the event HERE. [feast_advanced_jump_to] Event details WHEN: Sunday, October 29, 2023 | 12 PM - 5 PM WHERE: Constellation Field (1 Stadium Dr., Sugar Land, TX 77498) TICKETS: VIP - $40 / Adults - $11 advance of event date, $15 day of event / Kids - (4-12) $8 advance of event ..read more

Alief Park is a great park! It is huge, it has an awesome playground and it has a great skatepark and pool. Read all about the renovation HERE. Christi, of Christi's Creations, sent me these pictures and I had to go see it for myself. Alief Park has basketball courts, tennis courts, soccer fields, baseball diamond, walking paths, picnic areas, pool and a really fun playground. The playground has a climbing structure like Hemisfair Park in San Antonio... plus a whole bunch of other cool features like a hillside slide, climbing wall and small climbing area. Alief Park also has a huge new buildi ..read more

Does your child have ideas? Do they like to experiment? Do they want to do something bigger than they are doing? If so, watch the video below. The teachers say that Rainard School may be the place for them. Rainard School is for kids that are intellectually gifted and may not being served appropriately in other settings. If your child does not like learning where they go to school, Rainard could change that. Learn more HERE. The post What teachers say about Rainard School for Gifted Students appeared first on JillBJarvis.com ..read more

With your zoo or museum membership, you can get into zoos and museums, worldwide, for free or for a discount! Read on to learn about Houston Reciprocal Museum Memberships. I kinda-sorta knew that my Houston Zoo Membership could be used in other cities and at other zoos... but did not realize the same was true for my other Houston Memberships. Last time I was in San Antonio, I got in free or for half price at several spots... all because I saw a sign about reciprocal museum memberships. Since many Houston families have memberships to the museums or zoo, here is a guide to what you can get. Jus ..read more

Are you looking for an intimate learning environment for your gifted child? The Rainard School for Gifted Children is now enrolling students in their prekindergarten program. Rainard is the only non-profit private school in Houston with a singular focus on gifted education. They offer hands-on, project-based curriculum to engage and grow your child's fine motor skills. They also offer advanced curriculum for your gifted child and monthly field trips. If you are looking for a place for your preschooler to flourish, learn more about Rainard, HERE! The post Enroll in preschool now at Rainard Sch ..read more

The City of Houston has 37 outdoor pools, in addition to the 26 splashpads. Splashpads are usually open all year and the Houston pools are open June through August. Alief - 11903 Bellaire, 77072 Agnes Moffitt -10645 Hammerly, 77043 Beverly Hills - 9800 Kingspoint, 77075 Clinton - 203 Mississippi, 77029 Cloverland - 3801 Hickok Lane, 77047 Denver Harbor (Selena Perez) - 1020 Gazin, 77020 DeZavala - 907 75th Street, 77012 Eastwood - 5000 Harrisburg, 77011 Emancipation - 3018 Emancipation, 77004 Finnigan - 4900 Providence, 77020 George T. Nelson (Yellowstone) - 6900 LaSalette, 77021 Glenbrook ..read more

The ICE at Discovery Green is closing for the season... but it is turning into an outdoor roller rink! I used to go to a small town roller rink, every Friday night, as a tween… and I am so excited to take the kids to Discovery Green. When: February 10 - March 17, 2023 Prices: $12 per person plus tax and includes skate rental $8 on Cheap Skate Nights, February 13, 20 & 27; March 6 Hours: Mondays – Thursdays 5 – 10 pm Fridays 5 – 11 pm Saturdays and School Holidays 11 am – 11 pm Sundays 11 am – 8 pm Weather permitting. Where: Discovery Green, 1500 McKinney, Houston, TX 77010 The post Outdoo ..read more