The Mommy Social

Festivals and Fairs
Healthy Kids and Green Parenting Fair
Learn how to protect your child from toxins in the environment, and find resources to help you make safer choices. Services and activities include free blood lead testing for children and pregnant or nursing moms, free lead testing of toys and other consumer products, safer toys and personal care products, natural yard care, organic foods, cloth diapers, free eco-friendly art supplies for kids and a babywearing fashion show at 11 a.m. Fantastic prizes from ERGO Baby, Sleepy Wrap, Earth Mama Angel Baby, Happy Heinys, Hotslings, BabyLegs, Lapsaky, BellyFish, FuzziBunz, and more! Held at the South Park Community Center in Tacoma.

Date: 03/20/2010
Time: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Location: 4851 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma, WA 98409 | Map It
Ages: Pregnant mamas, parents and kids of all ages Cost: Free
Event Info: 253-798-6492 | Web site | email
Films
Click! Family Flicks
Cable T.V. and The Grand Cinema present a free family movie (limited to the first 100 guests). March 20: Curious George; April 17: The Goonies; May 15: Indiana Jones--Raiders of the Lost Ark; June 19: Free Willy; July 17: Ice Age I; Aug. 21: Chicken Run.

Date: 03/20/2010 - 05/15/2010
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: 606 S. Fawcett, Tacoma, WA 98446 | Map It
Ages: All Cost: Free
Event Info: 253-572-6062 | Web site | email
Indoor Play
Open Gym Time
Drop by the gym for open play on the equipment: Mondays-Fridays, noon-2 p.m., ages 7 and under only; Mondays-Fridays 2-4 p.m., ages 8 and up; Saturdays noon-2 p.m., all ages. This is an ongoing event, so check the gym's Web site for unexpected schedule changes and holiday closures.

Date: 01/02/2010 - 03/31/2010
Time: See above
Location: Metropolitan Gymnastics, Kent | Map It
Ages: See above Cost: One hour $6, two hours $8
Event Info: 425-282-5010 | Web site
Family Gaming
Play favorite family games -- checkers, Monopoly, Chutes & Ladders -- and enjoy refreshments at this all-ages game day. Wheelock Library, 3722 N. 26th, Tacoma.

Date: 03/06/2010 - 03/20/2010
Time: March 6 and 20, 2 p.m.
Ages: All ages Cost: Free
Event Info: Web site
Reading Fun
Family Read-Aloud
Celebrate Family Read-Aloud by picking up a packet at any Timberland library, beginning on Dr. Seuss's birthday (March 2) and ending on Drop Everything and Read Day (April 12). Read every day as a family, and put a sticker in a room on the printed house (included in the packet) where you read -- the idea is to read all over the house. Keep track of the books you read, and you'll be eligible to win a suitcase full of Scholastic books and other book prizes. Entries must be received by a Timberland library staff member by closing time on Saturday, April 11.

Date: 03/02/2010 - 04/12/2010
Time: Daily, open hours
Ages: All ages Cost: Free
Event Info: Web site
Science and Nature
Nutrition Activities
Visit the museum every Saturday this month for free nutrition-themed activities.On March 6, make veggie prints.

Date: 03/06/2010 - 03/27/2010
Time: Saturdays 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Location: Hands On Children's Museum, Olympia |
Ages: All ages Cost: Free with admission
Event Info: 360-956-0818 |
Shows, Music, Dance
Luminous Edge
Thomas Arthur is an astonishingly skilled juggler, and in this family show he blends multi-media imagery and audience participation to inspire an appreciation of the natural world.

Date: 03/20/2010
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center, Kent | Map It
Ages: All ages Cost: $8-$12
Event Info: 253-856-5050 | Web site