My favorite month ever? Note from your publisher: 4/3/2019

It never occurred to me until I started looking at this month's editorial calendar that April is probably my favorite month of the year. While I'm not super excited about the changing weather, I love all the holidays and celebrations this month! By far my favorite holiday of the year is Earth Day, but April is also host to Easter (best candy of the year, am I right?), Passover, Children's Book Day (April 2), Zoo Lovers Day (April 8), Pet Day (April 11), Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day (April 12), Library Worker's Day (April 16), Arbor Day (April 26), Tabletop Game Day (April 27), and International Astronomy Day (April 28)! It's a month packed full of celebrations of all my favorite things and I didn't even know it until now!

As for this week, though, I have TWO GIVEAWAYS!

• The Jungle Book at SOPAC (Turtle Back Zoo will also be there before the show with animal ambassadors!)
• The Easter Bunny Train Ride

Some awesome local stuff going on:

• TONS OF LOCAL EASTER ACTIVITIES!
• Ani Ramen in Summit is open and it's amazing
• Where to get Matzoh ball soup around here
• Screamin' Parties in Springfield is hosting weekly jump therapy for children with special needs
• Spring break mini-camps

And some cool articles for you:

• A recycled craft incorporating two of my favorite things: recycling (duh) and bird feeding
• A "March Madness" inspired book bracket printable for you and your family
• What to do if you get an autism diagnosis, from one mom's perspective, for Autism Awareness Month

That wraps it up for this week! 

As always, please let me know if you know of any local events and  happenings that you don't see in my guides or articles and don't forget  to follow and like MacKid Summit SOMA on Facebook and Instagram @mackidsummitsoma for news, articles, and giveaways that you don't see in the newsletter!