Community Marketplace - Sept 19th at YMCA from 3-7pm

The Chamber of Commerce in Grant County is hosting a one-day Community Marketplace event on September 19th at the YMCA in Marion from 3-7pm. 

This is a FREE event for families, and will include

• food samples from local restaurants
• face painting for kids
• children's fun zone jump house
• giveaways from local businesses
• preview of grant county businesses

Don't miss this fun, free event, that will give you a chance to learn more about Grant County businesses, and give your kiddos a fun afternoon in the process!  :)  See you there!

Lowes Build & Grown Clinic - September 14th at 10am

The next Lowe's Build & Grow FREE kids clinic is on Saturday, Sept 14th at 10am.  These are fun FREE events for kids & their parent(s), so if you haven't done one yet, you should try it!  With assistance, kiddos as young at 3 and as old as 12 can participate.  

For more info, go to:  www.lowesbuildandgrow.com

 Classic Fire Truck

Saturday, September 14 (10:00 AM)

Your kids will love this month’s project! Bring them into Lowe’s this Saturday and they can build this awesome Fire Truck!

Series of Open Houses at K-Bistro

Have you tried K-Bistro in Marion yet?  My husband and I like this place - a grown-up place we like to go sans-kids for a date.  I like the eclectic menu, and I like that it is local!

K-Bistro (2201 S. Western) is hosting a series of open-houses from 5-7pm on Sept 9, 16, 23, and 30th, each which will include a free tasting session.  Three sample food items will be presented each day.  The event is free, and is a great way to explore some local flavor!  On Sept 30th, K-Bistro will celebrate it's one-year anniversary with a live band and food on the patio, with drawings for prizes & fun for all!  (You can take your kids, I just usually like it as my break from my kiddos!)

Check it out - you'll be glad you did!  For more info, call K-Bistro at 603-3336 or http://www.k-bistro.com/

YMCA $5 Joiner Fee Promo - September 7, 2013

The YMCA is celebrating their 5th anniversary with a $5 joiner fee for 5 hours only, September 7th, from 8am - 1pm.  You can sign up in person to get the discount, or register online at www.grantcountyymca.org.

If you've been thinking about joining the YMCA, now is a great time.  Their joiner fee is usually $80, so the special of $5 on Sept 7th is quite a savings!  After the discounted joiner fee, normal monthly rates apply (below).  Additionally, the YMCA has scholarships for individuals & families that qualify, so ask at the YMCA for an application to see if you qualify for discounted monthly rates.

Membership	Join Fee	Rate
Adult	$80.00	$36.00 / month
College	$50.00	$23.00 / month
College Summer 90 Day Required	None	$33.00 / month
Family	$80.00	$52.00 / month
Non-Member	None	None
Senior	$30.00	$23.00 / month
Single Parent Family	$80.00	$44.00 / month
Youth	$30.00	$10.00 / month

If you purchase the family membership, or single parent family membership, free childcare is included while you workout - something that I take advantage of and LOVE!  Additionally, all memberships provide discounts on adult & child sports, swimming lessons, classes, etc.  For more info go to www.grantcountyymca.org.  

Lowes Build & Grow Clinic Aug 24 & 25

The next Lowes Build & Grow clinic is Aug 24/25.  Your kiddos can build a plane from Disney's new movie. 

El Chupacabra

Saturday, August 24 (10:00 AM) OR  Sunday, August 25 (02:00 PM)

The fun continues this weekend at Lowe’s! Bring your child to Lowe’s and they can build El Chupacabra from Disney’s Planes- In Theaters in 3D August 9th.  

To register, CLICK HERE. 

Thought for the day :)

Kelloggs Monsters U Promo... kind of fun!

Okay, I realize that is one of these things I sort of (embarrassingly) got sucked into as a mom, but I figured I'd blog about it anyway.  :)

If you're a fan of Kelloggs MiniWheats, you might want to check out their promo on Monsters U.  Each box of MiniWheats you buy has a code on the inside of the box.  If you go to the Kelloggs.com/MU website and enter your code, you can use the codes to "purchase" Monsters U Stuff.  4 codes/boxes of cereal gets you a Mike (from Monsters U) pillowcase, 6 codes gets you a ticket to the Monsters U movie (which is really cute if you haven't seen it).  My boys saw this promo on the back of the box earlier this summer, and we've been collecting codes.  We just got to 8 (yes, we eat a lot of cereal at our house), so I entered them in and just ordered 2 pillowcases - one for each of my kiddos.  They are quite excited.  :)  It was not a big deal to create a registration on the Kelloggs site, and easy to enter the codes, and there wasn't even a shipping or handling cost (I was shocked!). 

Right now at Meijer the VALUE SIZE Box of MiniWheats is $2.97/box, and Meijer is having a buy 4, get 1 box free deal, getting you 5 boxes of cereal and a Mike pillowcase (with a code to spare!) for $12.  Admittedly, not the most frugal thing I've done as a mom, but sort of fun nonetheless.   :)