September 27, 2007

Let them eat ate!

With busy fall schedules back on the calendar and families multi-tasking work, school, and extra curricular activities, getting a healthy, warm meal to the table in time for dinner can be somewhat of a challenge. Introducing, ate, a gourmet, dinner delivery service that brings healthy pre-made, heat-and-eat meals to your home weekly. Ate, owned and operated by Jessica and Rodolfo Buonocore, have combined their passion and talent for food with the realization of the importance of families eating warm healthy meals together. The pre-set menus offer a variety of meals, salads and desserts for at least four meals a week. The ample portions serve two to four people, are usually kid friendly, and taste like five-star dining. Usually, each delivery will include a meat entree, vegetarian dish, and a chicken or fish entrée. Each meal comes with a fresh salad, hearty entrée and delectable dessert. Clients can sign-up for a 4-week cycle, or individual menus, and expect to pay around $60 a week for the meals. The entrees can be heated-up immediately, frozen, or refrigerated for a few days. Click here for the next delivery cycle menu. Now you can take down that take-out list on your fridge and order ate to eat! 512.300.4252 To place an order, e-mail: jessica@atefoods.com

This weekend's Events:

Pecan Street Festival
Saturday Sept. 29th (11am-10pm) & Sunday, Sept. 30th (11am-8pm)
Pecan Street Festival The largest whole family event in Central Texas featuring 200 plus arts and crafts exhibitors, 40 food vendors, dozens of bands, dance lessons, theatre, comedy, and multicultural performers. (Voted Best Art Show in Austin 2006 by the Daily Texan readers poll)

Launch Party for New PBS Series, SUPER WHY!

Saturday, Sept. 29th (10:30am-12 noon)
Join the SUPER WHY! superhero characters at Faulk Central Library, 800 Guadalupe to launch the new PBS Kids series, SUPER WHY! Hear all about the Three Little Pigs and view screening clips of the new TV series. Take your photo with a SUPER WHY! costume character. Hands on craft activities, refreshments, and give-aways while they last. Program is free and open to the public.


Irie Bean Coffee Bar
Saturday, September 29
The Irie Bean hosts Kid's Decaf Club from 10am-Noon . Enjoy a cup of joe while the kiddos enjoy great music, balloon animals, and amazing doggy tricks performed by dog trainer Nancy Cusick and her little dog Mazzy.

TheatreworksUSA's Seussical
Saturday, September 29th 11:00am & 1:00pm
Join the adventures of Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant and other beloved Dr. Seuss characters on a magical musical tale of wonder in Seussical produced by theatreworksUSA. "Oh, the thinks you can think" when Dr. Seuss' best-loved characters and stories hit the stage in this unforgettable musical adventure by Broadway veterans Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. The noble Horton the Elephant, the one-feathered bird Gertrude McFuzz and the antics of the Cat in the Hat steal the spotlight in one of Theatreworks' largest-scale productions to date! Two performances-11:00 & 1:00 One World Theatre. Call 512-32-WORLD for tickets 7701 Bee Caves Road Austin, TX 78746 (512) 329-6753

Thank you, Nannies! Thanks to all of you who nominated your nanny. Congratulations to Vickey Reeder for winning a pampering pedicure courtesy of BabySccopAustin.com and Nannies from the Heart! Here is her nomination letter sent by the mom she works for:
"My nomination goes out to Vickey Reeder who is an incredible nanny for my 5 kids. Vickey is one of the most caring, good hearted and fun loving people I know. If she walks into a room with kids they gravitate towards her. She is like a magnet with all children! She has worked with many kids and knows how to relate to any child whether they are typical children or special needs. She teaches them sign language, life skills and how to become independent little people. Everyone needs a VICKEY!!!" -Chele

BSA’s dot-com of the week: http://www.childfun.com
This site gives craft & activity ideas for small children. You can also subscribe to their e-newsletter where you will be e-mailed ideas for crafts to do with your child. This week’s craft from Childfun.com: Milk Jug Bird feeders
Rinse out an empty plastic gallon milk jug with lid. Cut a window in the front of the jug, and make two small poke holes for the perches. Insert pencils for perches and fill the bottom of the jug with bird seed.

Vote for this week’s poll: Favorite Toy Store

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BSA’s something-to-do idea of the week:
Take your pre-schooler to a local library branch and get them (you) a library card. Have them pick out a couple of books to take home to read for bedtime. Then, teach them the lesson of taking back the book for other kids to enjoy. There are so many lessons to learn by going to the library: Being quiet (this can be a challenge), putting books back on the shelf, letting them give their card to the librarian when checking out a book, enjoying a story time quietly with other children, being still, and being respectful of public spaces.

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