Yakima Family Times

Greetings! The Yakima Arboretum is in the process of developing a formal environmental science education program. Moving closer towards our goal of becoming a lead educator in the Yakima Valley, we have developed our first Nature Day Camp series for this upcoming summer. We are also partnering with multiple organizations, such as the North Yakima Conservation District, Yakima Greenway Association and Yakima Solid Waste, [...]

Our daughter was competing in a singing competition, the Washington State Nashville Country Star contest and we drove up to Wenatchee from Yakima. Google Maps said the drive would take 2 hours, but we’re in an old 1985 Volkswagen Cabriolet, it took about 3 and a half. We drove aimlessly through historic downtown Wenatchee. The [...]

Kids can get free breakfast and lunch at several Yakima schools and parks this summer. ParentHelp123 is a website run by the state, to help low income families find resources that will help them take care of their kids. The free summer meals program, however, isn’t just for low-income kids. From their website: The Summer [...]

Pediatricians in Yakima have websites that are nearly impossible to find. In fact, when you search for “Yakima Pediatrics” or “Pediatrician in Yakima” What you find is a mishmash of websites, mostly designed to trick you into clicking on ads (Not that I’m complaining if you want to click on mine) But that doesn’t help [...]

Buy Local! Next time you’re shopping for a special gift, check out these mom-made goods in Yakima. Etsy.com is a website where artists of all kinds sell handmade items. Vintage goods are also sold on Etsy. That 70′s Shoppe sells vintage toys, clothing, appliances and collectibles. White Birch Weddings Sells handmade necklaces with beautiful satin [...]

11th Ave Ballet School recently added information about their dance-themed birthday parties to their FaceBook page. These parties are for 8 kids and suitable for parties at your home or at the studio.  They offer several different themes, like The Nutcracker, line dancing, fairy tales, seasonal specialties and more. During the party, a real live [...]

If you’re looking to take swing dancing classes in Yakima, you’re in good company. Yakima has several swing dancing groups, and oportunities to go swing dancing several times a month in Yakima’s West side, Terrace Heights and throughout the Yakima Valley and in Ellensburg. Swing Dancing at the Terrace Heights Grange The Dance Syndicate of [...]

Making handmade soap is a true work of both art and science. I made a batch of handmade soap in 1999, with olive oil, soybean oil, grapeseed oil, lavender essential oil and lye. I have about 14 bars away as gifts and the remaining bars lasted our family almost ten years. Soapmaking had a bad [...]

Yakima Childrens Birthday Party Places Out on a Whim in Yakima, Washington has a party room for children. If you haven’t been inside of this downtown children’s bookstore then you’re definitely missing out on some very fun decor- there isn’t a single plain wall in the entire place. If Russillo’s Pizza was a bookstore, this [...]

Yakima parents who are in the market for birthday party planning advice need to head over to Homemade Birthdays.com and to It’s a blast.org. Birthday Party Planning Homemade Birthdays is a new website that has a bunch of party planning resources and advice. The mom who runs it is a local mother with lots of [...]