Last Week Of Summer!! Whether you’re super excited, kind of sad or a little bit of both, make sure to make the most with your kiddos this week!
Check out a free yoga class at Villager Yoga, Bart’s Books at the Birmingham Museum of Art, or Kids In Nature at Ruffner Mountain Nature Center.
If you still have a few things left on your summer fun list, now’s the time to get busy! Bake those cookies, hit up the park, or take the kids on a surprise road trip!
Moms, if you’re a Downton Abbey Fan check out the after hours party on the plaza at the Hoover Public Library.
It’s Not Our Fault if Your Kids are Bored!
Sunday August 11th
The Great Water Balloon Jollification – Crestwood Park
Fun with water balloons to beat the summer heat. We will have some pre-filled balloons ready to go, but make sure to bring some of your own as well.
2pm – 6pm
$5 Fun Days at the Birmingham Zoo
Enjoy $5 Admission and $1 Hotdogs. Face Painting, watch the Red Diamond Sea Lion Splash Show, check out Predator Zone and the Wildlife Shows and enjoy a Get Rhythm!® Drum Circle. Watch African Wild Dogs use their hunting instincts to tear into piñatas and see spider monkeys search for hidden food during the Zoo’s exciting animal enrichment activities. Additional attractions include a chance to get up-close and personal with the animals at the daily Boma and Rhino Encounters or partake in animal-themed bingo games. Don’t miss all the Zoo has to offer during $5 Fun Days!
*Admission only. Daily fees still apply for rides, feedings and other seasonal exhibits.
For more Info on the Fun Days Schedule – visit out post here.
Lowes Build and Grow Clinic
Bring your kids to Lowe’s for some high flying fun this weekend! Your child will love building Dusty from Disney’s Planes-In Theaters in 3D August 9th. Register Here
2pm
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Monday August 12th:
Free Yoga Classes – Villager Yoga
Come check out our kids classes as we prepare to start our Fall Kids 8-Week Series. Free class for kids ages 3-5
1:30 – 2:15
Tot Time with Ms Eve – Avondale Library
Storytime for 2-4-year-olds with a caregiver. Includes stories, songs, and craft. 24-hour advance registration required.
10:30am
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Tuesday August 13th:
Family Tours with Art – Birmingham Museum of Art
Join us for an in-gallery family experience! Children aged 3 – 8 and their adult companions are invited to join Museum educators to explore our collection, discover activities that make looking at art fun and exciting, and create new family memories about art.
No reservations required. Family Tours are also available by appointment for groups of 10 or more children aged 3 – 8. For more information or to schedule a tour, call 205.254.2964.
10:30am
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Wednesday August 14th:
Free Yoga Classes – Villager Yoga
Come check out our kids classes as we prepare to start our Fall Kids 8-Week Series. Free class for kids ages 5-8
4:00-4:45
Family Story Time with Mr Mac – North Shelby Library
Storyteller Extraordinaire – Come join Mr Mac and his musical storytime complete with puppets! All Ages, no registration required.
10:45am
Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
Join us as Rocket masters the alphabet, sounds out words, and finally learns to read all on his own.
11am
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Thursday August 15th:
Free Yoga Classes – Villager Yoga
Come check out our kids classes as we prepare to start our Fall Kids 8-Week Series. Free class for kids ages 5-8 and 9-12
3:30 – 4:15: ages 5-8
4:30 – 5:15: ages 9-12
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Friday August 16th:
Downton Abbey Party – Hoover Public Library
After Hours on the Plaza: Can’t get enough of Downton Abbey? Then join us for an evening of Downton Abbey inspired food and fun. 2013 Southern Voices author Wendy Wax will lead a trivia game and sign her new book, While We Were Watching Downton Abbey. Dress in your best Downton-era attire and enter our costume contest! Bring your own libations to the party.
7pm – 9pm
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Saturday August 17th:
Kids In Nature – Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
Let’s go outside and explore! KIN Club focuses on a different topic each month and includes a naturalist-led hike and a craft. KIN Club is suited for 3rd – 5th graders and their family.
1pm
$5 Fun Days at the Birmingham Zoo
Enjoy $5 Admission and $1 Hotdogs. Face Painting, watch the Red Diamond Sea Lion Splash Show, check out Predator Zone and the Wildlife Shows and enjoy a Get Rhythm!® Drum Circle. Watch African Wild Dogs use their hunting instincts to tear into piñatas and see spider monkeys search for hidden food during the Zoo’s exciting animal enrichment activities. Additional attractions include a chance to get up-close and personal with the animals at the daily Boma and Rhino Encounters or partake in animal-themed bingo games. Don’t miss all the Zoo has to offer during $5 Fun Days!
*Admission only. Daily fees still apply for rides, feedings and other seasonal exhibits.
For more Info on the Fun Days Schedule – visit out post here.
Bart’s Book – Birmingham Museum of Art
American Gallery: Bart’s Books is a storytelling program for children ages 4-7. Bart selects a new book and related work of art each month that he thinks kids will enjoy. This month, Bart has chosen In the Garden with Dr. Carver, by Susan Grigsby.
11am
Bart’s Art Cart – Birmingham Museum of Art
This drop-in art program for kids and families features a different theme from our galleries and art activity each month. Stop by to make art with Bart! Bountiful Boxes // Inspired by summer’s natural beauty? Make your own miniature garden with Bart!
11am
Family Storytime – Emmet O’Neal Library
Bring the entire family and join Mr. Mac for stories and music each Saturday morning.
10:30 a.m.
Storytime Barnes and Noble Summit
Llama Llama is sad when he has to go to preschool without his mama. Will mama come back? Of course she will. But before she does, join Llama to find out how much fun school can be!
11am
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Sunday August 18th:
$5 Fun Days at the Birmingham Zoo
Enjoy $5 Admission and $1 Hotdogs. Face Painting, watch the Red Diamond Sea Lion Splash Show, check out Predator Zone and the Wildlife Shows and enjoy a Get Rhythm!® Drum Circle. Watch African Wild Dogs use their hunting instincts to tear into piñatas and see spider monkeys search for hidden food during the Zoo’s exciting animal enrichment activities. Additional attractions include a chance to get up-close and personal with the animals at the daily Boma and Rhino Encounters or partake in animal-themed bingo games. Don’t miss all the Zoo has to offer during $5 Fun Days!
*Admission only. Daily fees still apply for rides, feedings and other seasonal exhibits.
For more Info on the Fun Days Schedule – visit out post here.
Birmingham Barons – Regions Park
VS. Tennessee Smokies. 3pm
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Local Attractions Open Daily!
McWane Science Center:
IMAX
McWane Science Center’s IMAX® Dome Theater puts you in the center of the action by projecting breathtaking quality images onto the 5-story-tall dome screen and delivering intense surround sound through almost 3 tons of speakers and subwoofers.
Now Showing: Flight of the Butterflies, Titians of the Ice Age
Unearthing Alabama’s Ice Age – through December 31st, 2013
McWane Science Center is home to Alabama’s second largest natural history collection. Made up of over 500,000 specimens and objects pertaining to the natural history of the state, this important collection focuses on the preservation, education, and research of Alabama’s rich biodiversity and paleobiodiversity. One of the more significant subsets of the collection is Alabama’s largest collection of Late Pleistocene faunal remains – or Ice Age fossils.
Made up of nearly 10,000 cataloged specimens, the McWSC Pleistocene collection contains a unique diversity of fauna that not only includes those native to North America, but migrants to the state from both South America and the Old World. This collection includes mammals, both extant and extinct, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fishes, and botanical remains collected from both cave and stream localities in the state. Extinct mammals represented in the McWSC collection include mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, saber-toothed cats, giant armadillos, tapirs, peccaries, and giant ground sloths.
This spring, visitors will have an opportunity to view some of the fossils in the collection with a new exhibit titled — “Unearthing Alabama’s Ice Age.” This exhibit will not only highlight many of the Ice Age animals from the McWane Science Center Collection, but will highlight and dispel many of the common misconceptions surrounding the Ice Age in the state. The goal is for visitors to have a better understanding and appreciation for this time in Alabama. For example, guests might learn that Alabama was on average only five degrees colder than today, glaciers did not reach farther south than southern Illinois or that all the Ice Age animals did not go extinct at the end of the Ice Age. While the largest animals, such as mastodons, giant ground sloths, and saber-tooth cats died out, nearly all the animals that are living in Alabama today were also around in the Ice Age.
The Unearthing Alabama’s Ice Age Alabama display is located in the City Gallery on Level 2 of the museum. It is included in the cost of admission to the museum and free to members.
Birmingham Zoo:
Lorikeet Aviary – Our Lorikeet Aviary has more birds than ever! Zoo guests can feed these exotic birds every day. You and your family will see these birds’ behavior as they eat nectar out of your hand.
Weekends 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
PELICAN FEEDING – A great way to see our pelicans in action is to witness them eating their favorite treats near the pelican boardwalk.
RHINO ENCOUNTER – Embark on an African adventure and experience one of the world’s most extraordinary animals, the Southern White Rhino. Watch from only feet away as our zookeepers engage in hands-on interaction with the animals inside their African-themed exhibit. Don’t miss this exciting encounter with one of the largest mammals on the planet!
Weekdays: 3pm – 3:30pm
Weekends: 11:30am – Noon & 3pm – 3:30 pm
GIRAFFE FEEDING – This up close and personal animal encounter is a memory you and your family will have for a lifetime.
Weekday: 11am – Noon
Weekends: 10am – 11am & 2pm – 3pm
Vulcan Park and Museum:
Vulcan is the world’s largest cast iron statue; made of 100,000 pounds of iron and 56 feet tall, he stands at the top of Red Mountain overlooking the city of Birmingham. But, Vulcan is more than a statue. Vulcan Park and Museum features spectacular views of Birmingham, an interactive history museum that examines Vulcan and Birmingham’s story, and a beautiful public park for visitors and locals to enjoy. With an official information center that is operated by the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau, Vulcan Park and Museum serves as the first stop for visitors to the Birmingham area!
Railroad Park:
Railroad Park is a 19 acre green space in downtown Birmingham that celebrates the industrial and artistic heritage of our great city. Situated along 1st Avenue South, between 14th and 18th Streets, the park is a joint effort between the City of Birmingham and the Railroad Park Foundation. Hailed as “Birmingham’s Living Room,” Railroad Park provides a historically rich venue for local recreation, family activities, concerts, and cultural events, while connecting Birmingham’s downtown area with Southside and UAB’s campus.
Southern Museum of Flight:
Earn Your Wings – Bring your little pilot and soar above the clouds in our little pilots room. Kids enjoy building aircrafts, flying kites, and more.
Museum Open Tuesday – Thursday
9:30am – 4:30pm
Do you have or know of an event you would like to have added to our weekly calendar? Please email us at contact@birminghammommy.com, subject line “Events Calendar” – We would love to hear from you!
** All information listed on our calendar is subject to change without notice to us or you… We do our best to keep the information accurate and will always update as soon as we learn that something has changed. It’s always best to double check with the event via their website or a quick call, especially when weather can impact the event.
