Come celebrate Alabama’s rural history with this unique event at the Birmingham Zoo. Harvest Day will feature a live cow milking demonstration, in addition to many other demonstrations, storytime, games, music, activities, and crafts – even an egg race!
Be sure to check with zoo personnel at the gate for a schedule of events.
September 5, 2009
1-5 pm
Summer may be ending, but the chance to have a fun weekend away is only beginning! It’s time for our big giveaway for… 3 days, 2 nights at the Wilderness at the Smokies Resort and Waterpark in Tennessee. Included are 4 waterpark passes! The indoor/outdoor waterpark will let you keep your tan in the winter, and be a fun surprise for the kiddos!
There are four ways you can enter to win this great prize! You can enter up to once per day in each of the following 4 ways (for a total of 4 entries per day):
1. Entry by filling out the form, that’s all, easy!
2. Twitter – Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/BirminghamMommy and Tweet about this Giveaway. Be sure to copy us by adding @BirminghamMommy. Then fill out the entry form again and leave a comment in the form letting us know you tweeted.
3. Blog – If you have a blog, you can mention this Giveaway on your blog and link back to it, then fill out the form and include a link to the URL where you blogged about it.
4. Facebook – Become a Fan of the BirminghamMommy.com Facebook page by clicking here and then come back here and fill out the form with a link to your facebook page. If you’re already a fan on Facebook, you can earn an entry by mentioning this giveaway on your FB status or on your wall and then filling out the form and leaving the link to your facebook page.
For the maximum number of entries, you would do options 1, 2, 3, and 4 every day.
The contest will run from noon on 9/1 to noon on 9/8. Winner will be announced on the site. For more information regarding our contest policy, click here.
For more information about WATS, click here.
Summer may be ending, but the chance to have a fun weekend away is only beginning! It’s time for our big giveaway for… 3 days, 2 nights at the Wilderness at the Smokies Resort and Waterpark in Tennessee. Included are 4 waterpark passes! The indoor/outdoor waterpark will let you keep your tan in the winter, and be a fun surprise for the kiddos!
There are four ways you can enter to win this great prize! You can enter up to once per day in each of the following 4 ways (for a total of 4 entries per day):
1. Entry by filling out the form, that’s all, easy! (put n/a in comments – or anything else that strikes your fancy 🙂
2. Twitter – Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/BirminghamMommy and Tweet about this Giveaway. Be sure to copy us by adding @BirminghamMommy. Then fill out the entry form again and leave a comment in the form letting us know you tweeted.
3. Blog – If you have a blog, you can mention this Giveaway on your blog and link back to it, then fill out the form and include a link to the URL where you blogged about it.
4. Facebook – Become a Fan of the BirminghamMommy.com Facebook page by clicking here and then come back here and fill out the form with a link to your facebook page. If you’re already a fan on Facebook, you can earn an entry by mentioning this giveaway on your FB status or on your wall and then filling out the form and leaving the link to your facebook page.
For the maximum number of entries, you would do options 1, 2, 3, and 4 every day. **But please be sure to return to the site and fill out an entry form for each of the four ways to enter**
The contest will run from 9/1 to noon on 9/8 (cst). Winner will be announced on the site. For more information regarding our contest policy, click here.
For more information about WATS, click here.
Really? You need to go potty AGAIN? You just forced 8 drops out 10 minutes ago.
Newly potty trained kids everywhere are testing their mothers’ patience by insisting on using every single public bathroom in the city of Birmingham. If there’s a bathroom, my kid wants to try it out. I find it alarming how he doesn’t care at all about scary fecal matter as he grabs the toilet and tries to climb on top of it. I cringe when he pokes at the sanitary napkin disposal can. I practice the words “dirty” and “NO touch” to no avail. Hello, my name is BirminghamMommy, and my son is a Germ Addict. As the mother of a Germ Addict, I’ve tested every sanitizing product out there. If it promises to kill salmonella and E. coli, I’ve sprayed it on my hands, and most likely on the seat of every Mexican restaurant bano in town.
Here’s my breakdown of the essential potty on the go supplies:
1. Toilet seat covers- If you’re not in a huge hurry (everything is a hurry for toddlers) and you have time to unfold the seat and peel the little stickies off the back, then this cover is GREAT! Normal seat covers don’t have the stickies, so the second you put the kid on the potty, the cover slides and exposes gross seat parts.
Pros: really stays in place, covers the whole potty- even the front part where undies might touch.
Cons: $5 for 10… so save these for the grossest toilets, takes a minute to get into place.
2. Clorox Anywhere Spray- Moms everywhere rave about this product. Now it comes in a great purse size bottle too. This has been helpful for the emergency situation… where there’s no time for seat covers. I just spray the toilet and do a quick wipe. I know it doesn’t clean the whole thing, but every little bit helps! And this stuff is safe for high chair use, so if a drop gets on my kiddo’s skin, I don’t worry.
Pros: quick and easy
Cons: requires us to clean a public toilet… YUCK! Like we don’t clean enough toilets already…
3. Lysol Disinfectant Spray- Much like the Clorox Spray, but in aerosol form…
Pros: aerosol form means less wiping
Cons: scented like fresh linen, which doesn’t combine well with public-bathroom-poop-smell… actually made me sick to my stomach
4.Purell – Good ole trusty Purell. Once you get the seat clean, you can’t forget to get your kid clean too!
I’ve heard too many stories about toddlers chewing on the bottle and causing a call to Poison Control. I’m using only the tiny bottle.
Pros: come in nice scents, although… like I said before… flowers + public poop = GROSS
Cons: alcohol content makes me cautious, but still an essential
4. Germ-X Wipes- my personal favorite and most essential item… I can’t figure out why Purell hasn’t come out with something similar. This one is alcohol-free and safe for use on kids’ delicate skin. I use them to wipe the seat, then wipe my kiddo’s legs and hands. (With a fresh one of course)
Pros: easy, alcohol-free, safe on skin, all-in-one item with dual purposes
Cons: easy means you go through them much faster, but really, can you put a price on avoiding other peoples’ filth and germs?
This post originally appeared in 8/2008 on BirminghamMommy.com. It is timeless, so we thought we’d rehash it!
Need to getaway and need to getaway fast? Head up to Sevierville, TN (near Knoxville) – a new resort with an indoor/outdoor water park. Snuggled up next to the foothills of the scenic Smoky Mountains, Wilderness at the Smokies is situated on 700 acres in one of the nation’s most popular vacation spots. Visit them at www.wildernessatthesmokies.com or call 877-325-WILD (9453)!
Amenities at the park include: Wilderness at the Smokies Stone Hill Lodge Hotel at the Sevierville Events Center, Salamander Springs Outdoor Waterpark located at Stone Hill Lodge, Wilderness at the Smokies River Lodge, one, two and three Multi-Room Suites, The Wild WaterDome Indoor waterpark totaling over 60,000 sq. ft. A new Outdoor waterpark at Wilderness at the Smokies Multi-Room Suites.
The Wilderness at the Smokies is part of Bridgemont, a 1,000-acre development that includes the 240,000-square-foot Sevierville Events Center and the 18-hole Eagle’s Ridge championship golf course. Planned additions to Bridgemont include the Shops at Bridgemont, a 75-acre lifestyle shopping, dining and entertainment complex.
And BirminghamMommy.com is crazy excited to announce that in just a few days we’ll be hosting a giveaway for a getaway to this fantastic resort. This giveaway is worth over $500!
Can’t wait for our next Elmo giveaway? Grab this exclusive BirminghamMommy.com discount code and order your tickets today!!
The code is: Ernie
Tweet it, Facebook it, message board it and shout it from the rooftops, just make sure to use it and save some money on those tickets.
Thanks again to everyone that entered, stay tuned for upcoming promotions.
New, expectant and hopeful parents won’t want to miss this event.
Momprenuer, Career, and Education Summit
Diaper Derby and Dancing Baby Contests
Citywide Baby Shower featuring the Baby Bucks Auction
Fashion Shows, Parades, and Plenty of Shopping
Child Safety Center featuring free Child I.D. Kits
Saturday, August 29th. 10:00am – 3:00pm
Metropolitan Church Event Center
Free Event
For more info: Babypalooza
Grab your calendars and start planning because it’s festival time!
The Alabama Butterbean Festival just sounds fun – right? Well, it’s actually a festival founded on the premise of uniting the older generations with the younger. “The Alabama Butterbean Festival was born as an effort to unite the senior citizen population of Palmerdale with the present and younger generations throughout the area. It aides as an effort to fund renovations. The theme for the festival came from the original roots of the community, a laid back, friendly butterbean-eating neighborhood. Many memories spawn from the thoughts of eating butterbeans and cornbread while visiting with neighbors on the front porch.”
This year’s theme is and Old Fashioned Birthday Party for Alabama – so come on out for an old-fashioned good time! Featured in this year’s event is a 5K & 1-mile run, childrens parade, cooking contests and much more.
September 5, 2009
Pinson, AL
For more information, visit their site Alabama Butterbean Festival
Congratulations to Christi Watts – winner of our first of 3 family four packs to see When Elmo Grows Up! Thanks to everyone who entered. More chances to win coming soon!
With the grand bash behind them, the newly remodeled Chick-Fil-A in Inverness will be hosting some family fun during the week.
Tuesday’s will be Family Fun Night. Kids eat free with the purchase of an adult meal. 5pm to close. Don’t forget, they have a great indoor play area, maybe you can actually enjoy a meal while the kids play. Free food and the opportunity to eat in peace? Does it exist? Go See!
Inverness location is located off of Hwy 280, on the Target side.
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