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This Saturday, October 3, head on out to Cahaba Heights Elementary for a Free Fall Festival, sponsored by Cahaba Heights Merchants.

A day of moon walks, face painting and free cupcakes! Register for the Fun Run which will begin at 8:30am. Bring the kids from 9am until 2pm for a day full of festivities.

This is a free event!

Did you know you could order Chick-Fil-A online now?

We’ve gotta say, Chick-Fil-A (Chick-a-flay, Chicky way…whatever your kids call it) is already a favorite fast food restaurant for us. The restaurants are generally clean, the service is usually nice and the food is pretty good – not to mention that it’s served pretty quick. So, the fine folks at Chick-Fil-A have decided…eh…let’s make it a little better!

So now…online ordering is available at certain locations only, so hit up this link and find out if yours is on the list! Click here for participating locations and online ordering!

Celebrate fall’s arrival at the Mt Laurel Harvest Festival. Live music provides a background for activities that are sure to please the whole family — kids and parents alike.

In the inflatable playground, kids can bounce off the walls, literally. Bring the whole family for a hayride around the town. After the kids get tired from jumping around, they can sit and rest while sipping fresh-squeezed lemonade or slurping a colorful snow cone.

Meanwhile, artisan craft tables overflowing with homemade pieces line Main Street and a section of Olmsted Street for parents to browse. For edible items, parents are welcome to peruse the farmer’s market or any of the delicious Mt Laurel restaurants. All of the Mt Laurel restaurants and shops are open during the festival.

There are also activities adults and kids can do together at the festival, such as hayrides and pumpkin carving. The event is free and open to the public.

Ready to get into the Halloween mood? Take the kids out to Aldridge Gardens to see all of this years Scarecrows. They are super creative and BirminghamMommy.com even has a Cinderella on display!

So take your little Princess or Prince out there to check them out!

Aldridge Gardens is located in Hoover, off of Lorna road. Scarecrows will be on display through October 31.

Don’t miss the Crestline Street Festival on Saturday, October 3rd coordinated by MAFIAoZA’s to include pizza, children’s activities, music, and fun for the entire family! Activities will be set up outside the restaurant and into the First Commercial parking lot. Competitions will include wine relay, meatball & sauce competition, bodybags tournament, guess the number of Red Bulls in a Chevy to win the car!, and prizes will be awarded. Information about wine and Italian food will be available for those that are interested. Sponsorships and vendor spaces are available. Contact Mafiaoza’s for more information. Funds raised will benefit the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce.

Fall Festivals are popping up all over the city right now. One of our favorites happening this weekend is the Whistle Stop Festival in Irondale.

It’s an all American tradition – a street festival of fun, food and entertainment.

This year in the spirit of stepping back in time, they will be adding old time children’s activities like checkers, hopscotch and a cake walk on the historic North side, as well as Children’s activities and more on the Southside.

This Saturday September 26th.
Kicking off at 9am with entertainment lasting until 10pm

Need a good excuse to get outside? How about enjoying FREE admission to all National Parks, is that a good excuse? Well, National Lands Day is making it happen.

Pack up the family and head on out, hike, picnic and just enjoy being in the great outdoors.

Check the site for a National Park near you.

Saturday, Sept 26th