Only a few more weekends until SCHOOL STARTS! There’s still lots to do with the kids around the Kansas City metro. A few things to check out this weekend - August 9 and 10, 2008:

• Worlds of Fun is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Mamba roller coaster. To commemorate the birthday, admission to the park is rolled back to 1998 prices for August 9 and 10. Only $26.99 instead of $39.99 (regular gate admission).
• Johnson County (KS) Fair Parade on Saturday morning, August 9th, at 10:30am - Gardner Fairgrounds, 136 East Washington, Gardner, KS
• Kids Aviation Adventure Day - FREE - Saturday, August 9th from 9am to 3pm - Wheeler Downtown Airport
• Also on Saturday, OPEN HOUSE at the Ford Learning Center at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - 1 to 4pm - learn about all of the great educational offerings at the Nelson!
• StoneLion Puppets presents Bubba & Trixie at the Kansas City Public Library, Central Library - 2pm on Saturday - click the link to RSVP!
• Saturday is also the LAST DAY AT KANSAS CITY CHILDREN’S MUSEUM IN KCKS! Jim Cosgrove will perform and MORE!
• Straw Hat Saturday at Shawnee Town - Saturday from 10am to 2pm - $1/adult and 50 cents for kids
• Sprint Family Fun Day in the Power & Light District, downtown KC - Saturday, August 9th - check out Wonderscope LIVE! and Funky Mama
• KidFest at Zona Rosa, Kansas City north, 12pm to 4pm on Saturday - Back to School with High School Musical 3!
• Festival of Butterflies, Powell Gardens, Kingsville, MO (east of Lee’s Summit) - Saturday AND Sunday
• Funky Mama & Mr. Stinky Feet, Music in the Park, Santa Fe Commons Park, 81st & Santa Fe, downtown Overland Park, 7:00-8:30pm, Sunday August 10th
• A Celebration Honoring the Gant Sisters, Hallbrook Country Club, 2pm to 5pm on Sunday, August 10th

So…LOTS to do this weekend! Get out and enjoy the city with your kids before they head back to school!



 

If we can get through the heat of the next two days (Monday and Tuesday), the forecasters claim that we’re in for a “cool down” on Wednesday! Mid-80s will feel like air conditioning compared to the last few days.

86 degrees on Wednesday will be great timing for a FANTASTIC special at the Kansas City Zoo. On “Wild Wednesday“, August 6th, the zoo is offering a $2 special. $2 admission, $2 train rides and $2 hot dogs - all day. Regular adult admission is $10.50; regular child admission is $7 - so this is a GREAT savings!

And if you’re looking for somewhere to beat the heat until Wednesday, be sure to stop in to visit the Kansas City Children’s Museum at Indian Springs in Kansas City, KS. As I’m sure you’ve heard, the Children’s Museum and Wonderscope have merged. Well, this is the LAST WEEK that the Children’s Museum’s KCK location will be open. Don’t miss your chance to play one last time. Jim Cosgrove (that’s Mr. Stinky Feet to you!) will perform at a special closing celebration on Saturday, August 9th. Stop by and say THANKS for the fun and the memories!

Buy/Listen Local! Probably the most well-known of Kansas City’s children’s music performers, Jim Cosgrove - known to his littlest fans as Mr. Stinky Feet - is a seemingly tireless musician. He is everywhere! All the time!

Mr. Stinky Feet’s music (and Jim Cosgrove himself) makes you and your kids get up and MOVE! We in Kansas City are so blessed to have him - in our schools and libraries and parks and festivals. If you haven’t caught Mr. Stinky Feet and the Hiccups yet this summer, there are still plenty of opportunities.

Mr. Stinky Feet’s upcoming performances:

• July 12 & 13 - Worlds of Fun (Kansas City, MO) - 12pm, 1:30pm, 3pm
• July 14 - Mid-Continent Public Library (Lee’s Summit, MO branch) - 9:30am and 11am
• July 15 - Mid-Continent Public Library (Claycomo, MO branch) - 10am
• July 17 - Mid-Continent Public Library (Liberty, MO branch) - 10am
• July 17 - Mid-Continent Public Library (Blue Springs North branch) - 7pm
• July 19 & 20 - Worlds of Fun (Kansas City, MO) - 12pm, 1:30pm, 3pm
• July 22 - Bonner Springs City Library - 11am
• July 24 - Mid-Continent Public Library (Parkville, MO branch) - 9:30am and 11am
• July 26 & 27 - Worlds of Fun (Kansas City, MO) - 12pm, 1:30pm, 3pm
• July 28 - West Wyandotte Public Library (KCKS) - 6:30pm
• July 31 - Leavenworth Public Library - 7pm
• AUGUST DATES AVAILABLE ON JIM’S WEBSITE!

And if you’ve caught the bug and want to take him home with you - don’t despair, he has several CDs released. Check out these CDs, pop one into your car’s CD player and keep the kids in giggles during your carpool!

Some of Mr. Stinky Feet’s CDs:

Upside Down (2008) - available for download at www.jimcosgrove.com

Stinky Feet

Mr. Stinky Feet’s Road Trip

Pick Me! Pick Me!

Bop Bop Dinosaur