There are lots of festive lights to be seen in the Fresno area this time of year! To help us find them all, I’ve added a new category for Christmas lights. If I’ve missed any, please let me know or feel free to add your own listing.
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More ways to fight grafitti in Fresno!
Awhile back I posted about a phone number for grafitti abatement. Today I found out about the Fresno Sheriff’s Dept webpage to submit a grafitti report! I also found out about the FresGo app, which you can also use to report grafitti, among other things! Check them both out and let me know what you Read more…
FresnoFamily.com has a new look!
Did you notice? I have been working for about 10months on this HUGE REVAMP of this website and IT’S FINALLY HERE!!! For years I have wanted to turn this website into something new, even more useful. FresnoFamily.com started as a labor of love for just ME wanting something to catalog all the local things to Read more…
Come Celebrate the Seasons at The Discovery Center!
From their Facebook event: Upon planning our International Winter Festival, it became apparent that Fresno had many similar events and some of the groups were already booked up for the day. We’re saving that for next year, but considering the date has been set we’d love to offer this FREE event to our Members and Read more…
We Got the Beat Summer Camp is nearly here!
We Got the Beat Camp starts week after next! June 22-26. This will be my son’s second summer at We Got the Beat Summer Camp and I cannot say enough about Brenda and her programs. He loves the camp, he loves the sessions during the year (he takes the Adventures in Drumming classes the rest Read more…
We Got the Beat Summer Camp signups happening now!
Click on the image below for the full printable pdf file.
Just saw this business posted…
Thought some of y’all might be interested in what she has to offer: The Ohana Village Looks like she offers swim classes, preschool prep, body movement, baby proofing…. If interested, contact HER via her website, PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME. I do not run Ohana Village, I’m just sharing with y’all! (You wouldn’t believe how Read more…
Fairytale Summer Camp!
5 days of fun begins June 23rd! Register Today! (559)486-2124 ex 101
Chinese New Year Festival this Saturday!
New exhibits to open at Arte Americas celebrating local women artists
Four new exhibits celebrating the female creative voice will open at Arte Américas on Wednesday, March 5. The exhibition coincides with International Women’s Day and National Women’s History Month, and runs through Mother’s Day. The group show will feature women artists exclusively, all coming from Fresno and surrounding towns. “Arte Américas, as an organization, is known as Read more…
Clovis Children’s Electric Christmas Parade Tonight!
Saturday, Aug 31, come BBQ at The Discovery Center!
–The park and museum will be open 12-7pm –Admission into the park is free, the Museum will still be charging. –People can grab a picnic table, and bring their own bbq’s –They will probably turn the sprinklers on for the kids For more info call 251-5533 Please share!
Heads up about a change on FresnoFamily.com
I just deleted the webpage that was all about City Ordinances. This is a page that I created probably a decade or so ago, from info that was given to me on a local election flier. I don’t even remember what candidate it was, but thought it was interesting that they had all these city Read more…
Free Movie Night tonight!
This looks like FUN! Very cute movie! Would be fun to watch outside!
Fixing broken links & Update on FresnoFamily.com
Hello FresnoFamily.com’rs! Webmama Tina here! I am pleased to share with you guys that I recently got a plugin for this site that checks for broken links! (OK, might not be exciting to you, but this geek mom is excited to clean things up around here!) And there’s a lot of them here on this Read more…
Family Day at the Fresno Art Museum April 27!
Looks like a fun event! Are you going? This Saturday, April 27, from 11am-4pm. FREE entrance to Fresno Art Museum! Click on image to the left for more information.
Spring EggFest at The Discovery Center This Saturday!
Come join us at The Discovery Center this coming Saturday from 10am-2pm for the 3rd Annual “Spring EggFest”!!! Fun, music, food, games, and of course a wild egg hunt! The hunt will be broken into shifts: 10:20, 10:40, 11:00, 11:20…and we’ll add more every 20 min as we have eggs and children! 🙂 We will Read more…
Check out the Fresno Public Library’s new mobile app!
Have you been to a Fresno County public library lately? If not, you need to get yourself out there! And pronto! As a local homeschooler, we use our library system CONSTANTLY, let me tell you! I’m forever impressed by how much they have and how little of what I’m looking for they don’t have! Seriously, Read more…
Some technical difficulties
Just wanted to give a heads up that I have received several emails recently from people trying to register with FresnoFamily.com that have run into problems doing so. I’ve looked into this and so far cannot figure out why they are having problems, as I was able to register a test account without problem, as Read more…
November Camp at Gymnastics Beat
Halloween Gymnastics!
Check it out!! Looks like some fun Halloween events! Calling all kids ages 0-5 yrs! (and their parents too) Gymnastics Beat is hosting our Pumpkin Bash on Oct. 25. Its going to be much different from our other playgroups which are typically free play forums. We will have: *Trick or Treating *Crafts *Structured play Read more…
What’s going on this weekend?
This Weekend In Fresno: The Discovery Center is having Saturday Science classes from 12 noon until 2 pm. These are fun hands-on science oriented classes encompassing all sorts of topics and activities! This week’s topic: Bubbles! And they will be having fun with their water balloon launcher as well, so dress to get wet! Classes Read more…
What happened to Professor Toy?
My kids were heartbroken. We went shopping this weekend and found the Professor Toy location in Clovis (the one that was near Toys R Us) GONE! My husband and I were sad. We LOVED that store! The variety of quality, educational toys was unsurpassed by any other local toy store (which would only be Toys Read more…
Menu bar change
Just a heads up that I’ve recently condensed all the info from 2 menu bars into 1. All the same info is still there, it’s just been grouped differently to conserve space and look tidier. For example, I’ve put things like the pregnancy/birth and children’s activities sections under “parenting” now. If you have any problem Read more…
Listen for my daughter on KJWL & KYNO
From July 9-15, my 11.5yr old daughter Maeven will be featured in a PSA for The Discovery Center on both KJWL (99.3 FM) and KYNO (940 AM)! We are very proud of her! She did an outstanding job! And in case you miss it, here it is:
FREE fun at Fashion Fair Mall!
Did you know that Fashion Fair Mall has regular events for kids? I didn’t either! <———–Click on this flier here, or check it out in pdf form here. Looks like its going to be fun!
Woops!
I’m fiddling with the menu bars again…and I seem to have messed them up…don’t worry, I’ll get it sorted out. But I need to go do family stuff for a bit and then I’ll get back onto this again as soon as I can. Should (hopefully) be fixed tonight sometime.
Fiddling with fonts today
Don’t mind me…if you notice the fonts seem wacky…I’m trying some new ideas for a bit of a change to FresnoFamily.com. Want to find a snazzier font for the site, playing around with some. We’ll see how it goes. 🙂
Any good Fresno Podcasts?
Hey Fresnans! I am currently REALLY into listening to podcasts, and was just wondering….are there any good Fresno podcasts? I can search on iTunes, but thought it might be more fun to get recommendations from locals that actually listen (or produce) them! So…know any good Fresno podcasts? Leave a comment here!
Giant Lizard Invades Fresno…?
PEOPLE IN VICINITY OF CHUKCHANSI PARK CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY 3D IMAGE OF ENORMOUS REPTILE CAUSES COMMOTION AS IT REALISTICALLY APPEARS TO BE CRAWLING OUT OF GROUND FRESNO, California. February 9, 2012 – Local exterminators better be on alert; a giant lizard seems to have invaded our fair city and is causing quite a commotion Read more…