There are quite a few great places to go see some pumpkins with your kiddos right now. Lots to do while you are there too. Get your face painted, ride a tractor, enjoy a sausage on a stick, go through a hay maze and finally get to play outside without it being over 100 degrees! Take advantage of the cooler weather and enjoy the fall season! Go to http://pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/TXpsanantonio.php to find the pumpkin patch near you!
Go to http://www.groupon.com and get the daily deal!!!! You won’t want to miss out on attending this year’s Ole Market!
The holidays bring loved ones together to exchange gifts, hang decorations, and test whose gravy recipe tastes best with a candy cane. Feel the first glow of the season with today’s Groupon: for $15, you get two multi-day shopping passes (a $30 value) to the Holiday Olé Market, presented by the Junior League of San Antonio. The Groupon is valid during general shopping hours on Thursday, October 20; Friday, October 21; and Saturday, October 22. Stroller hours are available on Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Junior League of San Antonio hosts this annual holiday market, featuring artisan wares from around the country and local restaurants to fuel long days of browsing. More than 85 merchants will be in attendance at this year’s event, serving up the giftable fruits of their labor in an extensive indoor orchard. Foodies can browse gourmet soup and cheese-ball mixes to find the right blend for a festive gathering or cozy autumn meal. Style-savvy clotheshorses will delight in the many boutique fashions on display for both adults and children, and accessory-hounds can follow their large, moist, quality-detecting noses to browse shoes, jewelry, and statement handbags. Holiday décor encourages patrons to deck the halls with autumn or winter wreaths, yard art, and handmade cloisonné ornaments. See the complete merchant list to prep your shopping list.
Proceeds from the market benefit the Junior League of San Antonio, whose members aim to promote volunteerism, support and develop the potential of women, and improve local communities through collective action. Since the Holiday Olé Market’s inception, the league has raised more than $1 million for local organizations
My friend Lisa sent this to me and it was too good not to share with each of you! These are 10 parenting tips that author Ann Voskamp writes about in her book called A Holy Experience.
1. Today, I will make our home a house of prayer. I will pray at set times. And I will invite our children to come move into an interior space that lives with God.
2. Today, I will transfigure all things into beauty, and I will refuse to see anything else.
3. Today, I will not have any emergencies. There are no emergencies! Only amateurs hurry.
4. Today, when stress mounts, I pray to dismount it with gratitude. My stress management plan will be intervention with verbal thanks. I can only feel one feeling at a time, and I choose to give thanks at all times. Fight feeling with feeling!
5. Today, I will pray to speak words that are only STRONG words, words that make these children feel strong. Grace words. Grace is the only non-toxic air. All other words I breathe are death words.
6. Today, I will pray to be consistently consistent. I will create safe rhythms that our children can find security in. I will create daily ceremonies because everyday we are CELEBRATING the gift of now!
7. Today, the moment when I am most repelled by a child’s behavior, that is my sign to draw the very closest to that child.
8. Today, I will hug each of my children as many times as I serve them meals — because children’s hearts feed on touch. I’ll look for as many opportunities to touch my children today as possible — the taller they are, the more so.
9. Today, my priorities will be all Things Unseen.
10. Today, I will laugh! And I will let the little children laugh! I will create a culture of JOY!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 is National Night Out! Grab your lawn chair and enjoy this beautiful weather. Sit outside and watch your children play and meet some new neighbors. Plan a pot luck dinner on your street or just enjoy getting to know one another. Check your neighborhood for things that might be going on tomorrow night right outside your front door. Celebrate this fall weather!
Come join Maggiano’s Little Italy for a Ghoulish Good Time! Kids’ Cook will concoct fun Halloween items during this session.
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 10:00 am.
Children ages 6-12 are welcome and each child may be accompanied by one adult. $35 per child includes fees, lunch and one adult. Call the banquest sales office to reserve your child’s spot. Seating is limited. 210-451-6010. Maggiano’s Little Italy is located at 17603 IH 10W at the Rim.
MESSAGE FROM CINDY LUTZ
Last spring I started working on a project for a friend by selling her surplus of children’s clothing on Ebay. Well, I am completely overwhelmed with the amount of clothing that has been delivered to our home, and I could sell it on Ebay for 5 years and still not complete my mission for her. Next week, I am opening our home to friends and friends of friends so others in our community can purchase these darling clothes. Over 90% of the clothing is new with tags and would be a great bargain for anyone needing clothing for their little ones or shower/baby gifts. Most clothing was purchased on sale from boutiques and major retailers. I am selling these items for 50% off the lowest tagged price and all used clothing will have set prices – low set prices. This is a great opportunity to stock up on gifts for baby, Christmas, baptisms, etc.
Baby gifts include 3 Marthas burp cloths and bibs, loads of blankets, boxes and boxes of Trumpette socks, coats, bloomers, towels, plate sets, Bible sets and more. All are new and in gift packaging.
Children’s clothing is girls infant through size 5/6 and boys through a 2T. Some of the brands include: Baby Nay, Anavini, Lemongrass, Little English, Children’s Place, Gymboree, Polo, Baby Lulu, Old Navy/Gap, Tralala, Rosalina, Feltman Bros, Kate Mack, oilily, Paris Cheri, rabbit moon, Vive la Fete, 3 Marthas, Kissy Kissy, Cach Cach, Zutano, le top, and the list could go on and on. Again, I have to emphasize almost everything is new with tags and there are multiples of many items. I have five packed racks of clothing and bins and bins of play clothes – most new!
Stock up for fall, winter, spring and summer!
I also have a box of Halloween/dress up costumes, loads of tutus, sun hats, bathing suits, pajamas still in boxes, and shoes, shoes, shoes galore (most still in boxes as well).
There are also a few Maternity clothing items and a rack of ladies clothing that includes Michael Kors, Gap, Banana, Ann Taylor, Anne Klein, French Connection, BCBG and Laundry if that is of interest to you.
The hours that I am planning to open our home are as follows:
Tuesday, October 4 – 9:00 to 1:00
Wednesday, October 5 – 9:00 to 3:30
Thursday, October 6 – 9:00 to 1:00
Friday, October 7 – 10:00 to 4:00
I am also happy to take evening appointments by email or phone and depending on what is left at the end of the week may have a blow out sale on the morning of Saturday the 8th of October. I will follow with another email should that be the case. Everything must go – it has overtaken our home!
My email is cindylutz@hotmail.com and home phone is 824-7817 cell is 286-6366 should you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment.
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Have you ever wanted to work on your photography? Learn ways to use lighting, capture family moments and edit better? Michelle Travis, a well known photographer in the Boerne area is offering photography session and workshops that might interest you to take that next step at bettering you family photographs.
Workshop Calendar:
101-Photography: Basics plus Aperture, Thursday, October 6 9 am – 3 pm 301-Natural Light, Shutter Speed, Exposure, Wednesday, October 26 9 am – 3 pm
CLICK & SIP OUTING!, Saturday, October 15, leave Boerne at 8:30 am, home by 12:30 pm
Free and fun practice!
Get the SHOT Workshop!
The Christmas Edition, Saturday, November 12, 9:00 am-2:00 pm
Complete with children for our models!
Learn some tips on getting the perfect shot of your kids for your Christmas cards and for gifts!! Lots of tips, ideas, and referrals included in the workbook…as usual!
Workshops for all levels of photography. We have people who just figured out that the dial on their camera can move and that those symbols mean something!! :)
Workshop prices are kept low so that you will be more likely to continue on to another workshop subject. The goal is to get you in the habit of learning and practicing!
We learn together, we practice together, and we review together! This format has proven to help people remember what they have learned and actually learn their camera!
Workshops are held on Wednesdays or Thursdays, 9 am-3 pm Cost includes lunch and curriculum notebook. $125
(Special Christmas Workshop will be held on Saturdays) Please call me with any questions that you have concerning the workshops and dates. If you have a group of friends that are interested in a workshop, please contact Michelle Travis about the hostess discount. The calendar of workshops is always changing with request and demand! So let her know what you are needing or ideas you may have! michelletravisphoto@gmail.com, 210-663-6864, http://www.michelletravis.com
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Saturday, October 1st, 2011
The St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church of Boerne Fall Festival has always been one of the most fun, exciting and successful events of the year for our growing community, and this year will be no different, as final preparations are underway for Bringing the Celebration Home! This year’s event promises to be all that and more with new twists that will make this October 1st event one to be remembered by the parish, residents of Boerne, and those in the surrounding area.
Kicking off this year’s event will be the second annual 5K Run/Walk. The participants will tour historic Boerne, beginning and finishing at the Family Life Center on the parish grounds. Registration fee for 5K Run/Walk is $25, and race-day registration will begin at 7:00am. Race start time is 8:00am.
This daylong event will close with nationally recognized Contemporary Christian Recording Artist, Shawn McDonald, performing live and in-concert in the St. Peter The Apostle Catholic Church Sanctuary beginning at 7:30pm. It will be acoustic and inspirational, so everyone will enjoy!! There will also be a meet and greet with Shawn McDonald supported by K-LOVE on campus to support the Hill Country Pregnancy Care Center, tentatively around 4:45 pm in front of the church. K-LOVE will broadcast the info!
The Fall Festival 2011 will also feature children’s entertainment section with rides and games, live entertainment throughout the day, a rummage sale, BBQ Brisket lunch available, various food booths and Bingo.
Participants, family members and friends may enjoy refreshments and take a peak at the soon to be completed “Upper Room”, a multi-use community venue/banquet hall sitting atop our main campus that features the most beautiful sunset views in the Texas Hill Country. The venue will be available for the public to reserve and will serve as an unmatched option for special events such as wedding receptions, reunions, company parties, and anniversaries…just to name a few. This banquet hall holds up to 400 people, with complete kitchen/catering facilities and boasts a beautiful veranda at its entrance.
Come help us as we are Bringing the Celebration Home! For more information on the St. Peter’s Fall Festival 2011, Shawn McDonald concert tickets, and to sign up for the 5K Fun Run/Walk, visitwww.stpetersboerne.com and click on St. Peter’s Fall Festival.
Fall Festival Schedule of Events:
7:00am 2nd Annual Fall 5K Sign-in Begins
8:00am RACE START TIME
8:00am-2:00pm Rummage Sale
11:00am-3:00pm BBQ Brisket lunch plate available for sale
2:00-4:00pm Bingo in Activity Center
5:30pm Mass Celebration
7:30pm Live Concert by Nationally Recognized Christian Recording Artist, Shawn McDonald
We would like to specifically mention and give thanks to this year’s sponsors for helping to make this event possible. Our sponsors include: H-E-B, Texas Star Nuts and Foods, Nature’s Eats, Caliente Harley-Davidson, The Boerne Star, and Attic Pantry Mini-Storage.
Join the Cooking Cottage tomorrow for Muffin Monday! They open at 7:30 am with fresh homemade sweet potato cinnamon crunch, chocolate and fresh ginger muffins, hazelnut biscotti, sausage, poppy seed & orange/cranberry kolaches. Makes me hungry just typing all of that up! Oh, and did you know that pick-up and dine-in is available Monday-Friday 10am-5:30pm. They serve salads, soups, wraps and more.
This weeks dinner to pick up will be PASTITIO(Greek baked pasta) $7.50/serving(minimum of 4 servings) and a garden salad with green goddess dressing($2.50/serving). Call 830-331-4151 or email cheflauren@boernecookingcottage.com
Located on the corner of Bandera and Schweppe across from the YMCA in Boerne.
Most of us know about Groupon and only some of us know of BoerneBucks. Right here in Boerne, TX we have our own Groupon type deals on http://boernebucks.com. Check this site out regularly and recieve great deals on local places around town. The deal this week is $51 for microdermabrasion with Dr. McRae Medical Laser Spa! That is a FABULOUS deal and worth every penny! You can even buy more than 1 to have as gifts(Christmas is right around the corner—and my birthday is in January-KIDDING). Really, this is a wonderful deal to pamper yourself and treat your skin to some rejuvinication.
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