Easter Activities 2011

There are many different activities planned this week to celebrate Easter with the kids... hopefully your family can make it out to one of these.  If you know of any other local events happening this week, please email the info and details to me at emeraldcoastkids@gmail.com

Happy Easter everyone!

Thursday, April 21

City of Fort Walton Beach's Easter Egg Hunt

10:00am at the FWB Landing

Preschool age children-age 5

Please bring a basket or container for collecting eggs.

The Easter Bunny will be on hand to greet the children.

The rain date for this event will be Friday April 22, 2011

For more information call 833-9576 or 833-9577



Destin Library's Annual Cuddlers and Toddlers

Easter Egg Hunt

9:30am-10:30am at the Destin Library

Pre-registration is required and may be made in person at the library or by calling 837-8572
Open to kids 4 years-old and younger

 Traditional egg hunt, door prizes, visit by the Easter Bunny, free balloons, and more. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held inside the library.

 For more info, call (850) 837-8572

Saturday, April 23

City of Crestview's Annual Easter Egg Hunt

10:30am - 12 noon at the Spanish Trail Park

Age groups: 0-3, 4-6, 7-12

Egg hunt, prizes, 27 ft slide and train, Easter bunny will be there

Destin, FL 32541
For more information, call 682-4715

Destin's Annual Easter Egg Hunt

9:15 am - 10:00 am
Morgan Sports Complex
4200 Indian Bayou Trail

Youth ages 12 and under

Special egg hunting zone for Crawlers & Toddlers. For more information, please call the City of Destin Recreation Department at 650-1241 or 654-5184

First Baptist Church of Navarre

10:00 am

For walkers through 5th grade

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter Sunrise Service on the Beach
Beasley Park on Okaloosa Island

6:00 am

 

Area Lutheran Churches will be hosting their 37th annual sunrise service on the beach.



Welcome to Emerald Coast Kids!!!

Hello! I'm Janette, a proud mommy to 3 crazy kids ( 6, 4 1/2, and almost 3) with #4 coming at the beginning of September! Yes, we definitely stay busy in our house!! My family has been living in the local area since the beginning of 2004 and we love it here! I truly believe it is an awesome place to raise a family and you surely can't complain about the beautiful weather! We currently live in the Crestview area, but spend alot of our weekends in Fort Walton Beach and Destin enjoying all that our area has to offer. Unfortunately, when I moved here, I had to learn and discover things the hard way.... I had no clue where to go for a good show on the 4th of July, who a good doctor was to see when I got pregnant with my daughter, and after having kids I had no idea where to go for different activities, mom groups, and extracurricular things like sports, dance, and gymnastics. So that's where this blog comes into play... I want this to be a resource for families of all kinds to help you find many kinds of family friendly activities in our local area. It will be a slow start in the beginning, but eventually this WILL be the "place to go when you need to know" LOL

I will be sharing our day and weekend trips each week, a Guide to Dining on the Coast, and each Friday I will be posting a "Weekend Roundup" filled with many family friendly events that you can participate in. Each week, I will also be doing a "Preschool at Home" post that will consist of activities, printables, and crafts that you can do with your young ones at home. I am in the progress of compiling a Spring/Summer Fun for Kids post, which will consist of summer camps, VBS, you-pick orchards, Florida's free meals locations, and much more. I plan to have that finished around the end of April/beginning of May, so you can plan your summers accordingly.

I also have LOTS of ideas planned for the future, such as:
*Preschool/Daycare/VPK Directory for each city
*Doctor/Pediatrician Recommendations/Reviews- (with your help of course)
*Moms/Dads groups
*Gyms/Fitness info for each city
*Consignment Sales
*Monthly Events Calendar (color coded according to your city)
*Theatre Showtimes
*Fall/Winter Fun Guide (pumpkin patches, corn mazes, festivals, etc.)
　
As you can see, I have lots planned for this and I'm really excited about how great this could potentially be for us!! So bear with me as I get this up and rolling...

Please feel free to email me at emeraldcoastkids@gmail.com if you have any questions, suggestions, ideas, info, whatever... I'm always up for ideas and would LOVE to hear from my readers!! I hope everyone is having a GREAT week!!

Also, feel free to "follow us on Facebook", all of my posts will be linked there as well since sometimes it's easier to see when there is a new post up in your news feed!