4th Annual Sky Valley Farm Festival in Monroe featuring Wagon Rides between 3 farms and ALL kinds of FREE Interactive Fun - Saturday, October 13th 2012 from 10am-5pm - MUST READ!

This is a little farther than usual but what a great way to teach children where all their food comes from! If it's raining, grab your rain jackets and boots and go anyway!

" This Free festival celebrates our hardworking farming community and rich agricultural history. The three farms participating in this year's event include the Rivers End Cattle Ranch, Groenevelds Dairy Farm and Stockings Garden and Nursery. The Heritage Museum Tractor Club will ferry people from farm to farm in wagons...

The Rivers End Cattle Ranch-Visitors here will be treated to horse rides, a guided wagon tour, rope swinging in the hayloft, roping lessons and educational displays (also make sure to stop by and see Miss Pig Pig and her little piglets)....

Groenevelds Dairy Farm-Here visitors will spend the day learning about where milk and cheese come from. There will be guided tours, informational booths and so much more. The milking starts at 4 p.m.... 

Stockings Garden and Nursery...Here you will find the perfect pumpkin, stroll through the corn maze (fee), shop for fresh veggies and enjoy cooking demonstrations from celebrated chefs Gordon MacDonald and Mimi Stockmann, who will teach you how to transform fresh produce into a fabulous feast. There will be canning and cheese making demonstrations as well. "

What a great event!


For more info. go here.

Seattle Cheese Festival at Pike Place Market - Saturday and Sunday, May 19th and 20th 2012 from 10am-4pm ('til 5pm on Saturday!)

 

For all you cheese lovers - This is the event for you! All weekend long at Pike Place Market will be the 8th Annual Seattle Cheese Festival. Enjoy the great cheeses from around the world and locally too! Some will be paired with gourmet bread, preserves, and crackers. Yum.

Stroll along the cobbled street temporarily turned into "Cheese Heaven" and sample all kinds of exquisite cheeses. Plus, there will be seminars, chef demos, a wine garden and more!

While not primarily for kids, if your kids like cheese at all they might find this fun. We took our guy last year when he was two and he had fun sampling all of the cheeses! Plus, you can check out the market itself and see Rachel the Pig (the big piggy bank) and the guys that throw the fish and more!





For more info. go here.

7th Annual Seattle Cheese Festival at Pike Place Market - Saturday, May 14th from 10-5pm and Sunday, May 15th from 10-4pm

Check out the 7th Annual Seattle Cheese Festival this Saturday and Sunday held at Pike Place Market! You and the kids can sample the different cheeses and watch fresh mozzarella making demonstrations among other things! Say "cheese"!

  For more info. go here.

Map and Schedule here.