Happy Monday! After a terrible week last week, I am ready for a fresh start!  I have been blessed with not facing bullying in about 20 years...until this past week.  Every fiber of my being wanted to get mad, lash out, and give this person a piece of my mind.  However, then I realized that whatever I did, however I handled the situation...my son would be watching.  How can I tell him not to let other's empty words bother him, to ignore nasty kids who have nothing nice to say and to actually feel bad for those who have nothing better to do then talk behind others' backs and then handle a similar situation (even though this is between adults) differently.  So, I focused on being the bigger person and taking comfort in the fact that my son is getting to see his mom practice what she preaches.  Oh, and I guess being a HUGE believer in Karma also helps.  ;)  

This week we have several great giveaways including a new Frankenweenie Advanced Screening giveaway since the last group of passes went so quickly.  You also can enter for your chance to win 4 Disney On Ice Rockin' Ever After tickets (and if you've already entered, keep racking up those bonus entries).  

I am also working on putting together our fall festival and pumpkin patch guide so if you know of any events and/or locations that are open to the public, please e-mail them to me at [email protected]  REMEMBER that MCPS is closed Wednesday the 26th and has a 1/2 day on Friday, the 29th!!!  

For those of you who are local business owners and are looking to share your events, activities and/or classes with thousands of local families, please e-mail me at [email protected] to find out more about becoming a Site Sponsor.

THANK YOU to our current site sponsors who allow us to bring you this free newsletter and website every week!  We could not do this without their support!  Please be sure to show some super Mac Kid love to MarVaTots'n Teens, My Gym, Willow House, Sabrina at Pixie and Pirate Destinations and our newest sponsor SpiderSmart!  Please e-mail [email protected] for a copy of our media kit and more info on how you can promote your business.  

Remember that in addition to the event listings, remember there are LOTS more events listed in the updated weekly events article including open gyms, story times at the local libraries, craft workshops and more.  We also have a Kids Eat Free or Cheap section, a Now Showing section with current productions at local theaters, and a Macaroni Kid Saves section.  There are also even more listings of things to do for older kids under the events listing section!

Until next time...Peace, Love and Macaroni!

Lani